Tag Archives: Food

Savannah and Parts South

Sabbatical (Part 1b) Last time we left off we’d made the trek to Charleston. While there we stayed at one of those ‘mod’ hotels that seem to be in fashion these last few years, except the hallways weren’t dingy and the … Continue reading

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Sundries (Part One)

I say part one only because I have a fair amount of miscellaneous photos with very little overall theme to tie them together. But since you’re ‘there’ and not ‘here,’ I expect photos would be of great interest (pictures, thousand … Continue reading

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‘Betcha by Golly, Wow’

Forgive me for burying the lede, wishing to save the best for last. August in Tokyo is nothing if not hot. And by Grabthar’s Hammer is it hot (I’ll let you non-nerds look that one up). I will never complain about … Continue reading

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Reigning Cats…

As always, meandering musings of nothing in particular, but pictures make it bearable… Today (tomorrow for you past-dwellers) is ‘Tanabata,’ the ‘Star Festival.’ To celebrate we wrote wishes onto slips of paper and tied them to trees temporarily imported into … Continue reading

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Saturday Stuff

We spent most of the day out and about, starting in Akihabara, then Asakasa, Meguro, and finally back in Hiroo. Akihabara is a center for Manga, Anime, and electronics. There are mega-stores and shops filled with books, videos, TVs, cameras, … Continue reading

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Tokyo Disney is Something to See

The Tokyo Disney complex is about an hour away from the apartment toward the North end of Tokyo Bay. There are two main complexes; The Magic Kingdom and DisneySea, along with the usual shopping malls and hotels. We spent the … Continue reading

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A Little of This…

…a little of that. First up, food. Let me say right off that food is likely to come up quite a bit in these posts. It’s probably because I’ve never seen so many restaurants jammed together in my life. I would … Continue reading

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180 Degrees of Food

We went out to eat both Thursday and Friday nights. The meals couldn’t have been more different. Each was eaten on a very rainy night. June and July constitute ‘tsuyu,’ or the ‘rainy season,’ and we’re resigned to getting wet … Continue reading

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Tokyo Fish Market

It was a warm Saturday so we decided to get out and explore the Tokyo fish market. Amy had been in the area a few days earlier for a business meeting and had found a great sushi place. We found it … Continue reading

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