Food, Fun and Exercise - but not necessarily in that order. haha! As someone who loves to explore, the last few weeks have been rather close to home other than jumping up to Tokyo to say farewell to a friend who is getting married and since the party moved to the States. It was a … Continue reading Food, Fun and Exercise
The first week of March I began feeling the crunch of time, time getting away from me. It marked the final year of our time in Japan. Everything from that point forward will be the last chance to do something (seasonal) while we are here. The last Cherry Blossom (Sakura) season: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I busted my … Continue reading Spring Time Adventures
Well February has arrived and I'm happy to note 5 pounds have come off and I have just started going back to the gym. This is not a New Years Resolution kind of thing but more a re-focus and get back into the swing of things I was doing towards self-improvement prior to getting lazy … Continue reading 2015 – Ready…. GO!
What started out as a concert and overnight stay at the hotel in Tokyo became so much more. The husband originally was going to go up with me on Monday afternoon, see the concert, spend the night then head home Tuesday but his work interrupted that plan and we adjust accordingly. He could no longer … Continue reading Opera and Steel
Part two of updating you on what all we have been up to lately. TOM TAM – This is my favorite restaurant in Kamakura, it’s run by a couple or three maybe older ladies and the entire place could almost fit inside my kitchen. Their food is always good and they are super sweet and … Continue reading Typhoon Day Means Blog Day – Part 2
Lets see, what have we been up to lately... Since my friend deserted us to return to her home in the U.S. We have been keeping around base mostly, gearing up for my step-daughter to be visiting in a few weeks. On base a few weeks ago they put on a Wine Tasting that was … Continue reading May-June 2014 Goings-on
I have been away from the blog for a couple of weeks due to a visit from one of my very favorite people. She arrived on May 15th and stayed for 9 days. We introduced her to our part of Japan and everything we love about it. We introduced her to some of our favorite … Continue reading Vacation Japan Style-Part 1
Warning: Long Post Commencing - Settle In I know I know, it's taken almost two weeks for me to report on my New Year's Eve celebrating, but I've been uber sick with what I thought was a nasty cold but the cough lingered and did not improve so I gave in and went to the … Continue reading Bringing 2014 in Right-ish
December 2013 began with a cough and sniffle. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, working with children all day four days a week it was inevitable that I catch a virus or two and it is not unheard of for me to get sick during the holidays as a general rule. For some reason the … Continue reading December Follies
A couple of months ago the husband and I decided to spend the four day Thanksgiving weekend in Tokyo exploring so we booked a semi-fancy Japanese hotel that seemed to be in a good proximity to many things and started narrowing down what we wanted to pack in to our weekend. A week before the … Continue reading Tokyo Weekend
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