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Tod gave an interview
Tod gave an interview in Japanese. The reporter, Kumi Yamada from Mainichi’s MyCom web magazine, attended DigitalEve Japan’s awards event to gather information for an article she is writing about us. Tod was the only man in the room and he won a prize for his participation on the Technology Team, so he was a…
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I’ve just discovered that
I’ve just discovered that Queen’s Isetan, the big supermarket in our neighborhood, has online ordering and delivery. This is good news. I’ve grown fond of some of QI’s high quality items and our new apartment is about a 25 minute walk away. The nearest food shopping in our new neighborhood is Yunesuko; it’s a small…
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This morning, I put
This morning, I put pencil to sketchbook for the first time in months. It’s been almost a year since the last time I actively sat down to draw something. Too much time away from art ruins my eye-hand coordination! Of course, I didn’t stray far from my beloved computer. Is it ironic or prophetic that…
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Valentine’s Day store window
Valentine’s Day store window display at Mono Comme Ca, Harajuku. Dogs with oversized noses, based on in a series of popular photographs, sniff at a huge pile of chocolates. The dogs are wearing Mono Comme Ca T-shirts and the pile contains plenty of Mono Comme Ca’s own Valentine’s Day creation, the thin striped packages at…
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Note to self: being
Note to self: being organized is worth the pain of getting there. I’ve enjoyed reliving many experiences by organizing my slides and photos. It is taking lots longer than I’d expected, but the results are fantastic. I can find all the images from my trips and photo expeditions quickly now. I hope I can keep…
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Before we move, I
Before we move, I need to reduce the volume of stuff we own. Of course, we’re having a sale of miscellaneous household furnishings but I’m also trying to pare down my professional life by organising my slides and clippings. At the moment, my clippings are a huge stack of magazines where my work was published.…
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Ah, Spring! We’ve just
Ah, Spring! We’ve just entered the new season and even though the weather hasn’t budged a bit from “chilly and grey” I know it will soon. The annual parade of flowering trees has begun. It culminates in the cherries blossoming in early April. The plum trees bloom first. For me, that is the true mark…
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The meat department in
The meat department in Japanese supermarkets offers a dazzling array of cuts because standard butchering techniques are unlike American ones. Chicken thighs are deboned. Beef is cut into extremely thin slices rather than roasts. Food is bite sized when it’s served. But this begs a question. Which came first, the cuts of meat or Japanese…
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Absinthe is a green
Absinthe is a green liquor made of wormwood and anise. It was originally a medicinal tonic, but gained popularlity in the Belle Epoque first among French soldiers, then artists and writers, and finally among the general populace across Europe. It was so popular that it was eventually banned because its active ingredient, thujone (from the…
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Today is 2-2-2. I’m
Today is 2-2-2. I’m delighted to be living at the turn of a century because I’ll be able to revel on dates like this for the next 10 years. And it’s even better in Japan. In the Japanese tradition, the year is noted by the length of the emperor’s reign. 2002 is is Heisei 14.…
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