My compulsory exercise (biking until I fix my car) has yielded some interesting photo ops. The bike path I take to work goes along the train tracks and at dusk, there’s usually a good view of the Bishop and Madonna peaks. Also, there’s a big red pedestrian overpass that crosses the tracks. Check out these [...]
Makoto and I walked out of the noisy pachinko parlor into the quiet street. I only had a few hours left in Japan and my mission to find Guinness foreign extra stout had been unfruitful. So we decided to check some of the nearby grocery stores to see if they had it. Unfortunately this didn’t [...]
Once we had enough of the view from Marine Tower, we made our way back to ground level and prepared for the next leg of our journey.
Following Makoto and Yoko’s wedding reception, which was on the second floor of Marine tower, Robby and I said thanks to the bride and groom as well as their parents and then linked up with Yoshi who was to be our guide for the next adventure. In our hands were shopping bags from Barney’s New [...]
As I was leaving work today I did the unthinkable: I looked up from my iPhone screen to survey my surroundings. Admittedly, I was in the middle of crossing the street when I did this (I should probably dislodge myself from that tiny screen more often) and luckily I wasn’t about to be hit-and-run. To [...]