chie has dessert


chie has dessert
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After zazen I got home just in time to help mama make a mountain of potato pancakes and cook a spiral ham. Chie came by and started cooking up a storm, too so again Newman ate well. Mama wasn't feeling great either and neither was P (this stomach virus is going around!) and Newman was sniffling all night, but we still ate well!

rei & tonchan


rei & tonchan
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Went to Suji's for brunch and dragged Rei and Newman along. I left early to get to zazen and P took Tonchan home early because she was grumping (still a bit sick) but mama and Newman and Rei hung out and had some eats.

the police @ tokyo dome


the police @ tokyo dome
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Just got back from Tokyo Dome. I love seeing concerts in Japan. Tickets say the show starts at 7:30, the show starts at 7:30. Encore, second encore, bow, 9:30 -- lights come up. Then they announce section by section and everyone leaves in an orderly fashion.

Oh yeah and The Police ABSOLUTELY. ROCKED. God damn that was a fine concert. And double oh yeah, we were arena floor, center, 7th row.

THANK YOU!

Also, we had The World's Most Awesome Babysitter. We left and Tonchan was crying for mom. We come home and Tonchan's asleep on the sofa, babysitter watching TV. I ask: "How was she?" Her reply: "After the bath she fell asleep, about 7:30."

Huh?! No fits of screaming? No tantrums and clothing tossing and crawling away and pillow kicking? She just FELL ASLEEP?! I need this woman to come babysit some night when I'm here so that I can see what she's doing and take notes!

fever

Tonchan had a gnarly fever yesterday; coughing, sniffling, body fluids coming out from all over the place. She was not very happy. P stayed home with her and mostly slept.
This morning the ladies woke up and were in much better spirits. Fever is basically gone, Tonchan ate some breakfast and was her generally bubbly, giggly, goofy self.
She's not 100% but she's much, much better.

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sayonara spike

Our little boy is all grown up! Seems just yesterday he was a new graddie with too much hair gel. Now his girl is almost 3 and he's off to Hong Kong. I was supposed to be in HK today but at the last minute my trip got cancelled so we headed out to Odaiba to say farewell. Amy and Maya and various others from the old gang were there so Tonchan had some fun with the older kids. I love taking the Yurikamome monorail at night across Rainbow Bridge; very slick view of the Tokyo skyline!

clap clap


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Mama came back from Shanghai (best comment: "Chinese new year is...loud. All they do is light firecrackers 'til 3am!") and needed some eats. P and Tonchan and I were out in Shinjuku (Takashima Times Square) the day before checking out all the fools lined up for 3 hours in the cold rain for Krispy Kremes.
I ended up ordering a suit; nice Italian wool and it will be hand sewn by some old Japanese dude, so we'll see what happens.
Today we took a long walk and ended up at Mitsukoshi in Yebisu Garden Place. Finally (FINALLY!) found some decent shoes at Ecco; plain black seamless round-toes, nothing funky or pointy or capped or stitched. Just plain. black. shoes. Then we bought some munchies in the basement and headed home.

gelato cone


gelato cone
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