burritos?


burritos?
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A new restaurant opening on November 4th in Azabu Jyuban. The sign leads us to believe it will be a burrito place, complete with discarded burrito-wrap foil. This could suck, but then again it could be awesome. We'll know in a few weeks...

cupcake


cupcake
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Hit the Nishimachi International Food Fest for some variously good eats. Here Ton discovers the sugar rush that is a cupcake with icing.

viking


viking
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fell and scraped her elbow so she gets icecream


fell and scraped her elbow so she gets icecream
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Went to Arisugawa Park, aka ice cream park, and had a wonderful time, except for the bastard blonde kids whose nannies are unable to exercise any amount of control or discipline.
Ton slipped and scraped her elbow, so somehow that meant she got mint chip ice cream at the Baskin Robbins down the street.

driving the train


driving the train
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huh?


huh?
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racing queen amanda


racing queen amanda
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Heavily jet-lagged, Dancing Queen Amanda demonstrates her NYC driving skills -- she was really good at parallel parking but had issues getting around the track at speed...at least until she finished her beer.

Having a Kyosho Circuit Party is The New Hawsome.

racing comedy


racing comedy
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remote control cars


remote control cars
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a little grumpy


a little grumpy
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Little Man Mo was in a generally good mood this morning. He walked his big sis to school and then took his parents to the Starbucks before he sent dad off to the train to get to work. Took a little nap and then got a bit grumpy; probably needed some food I don't think he wanted tea.

karaoke


karaoke
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Did some karaoke in Roppongi to welcome in the new and say farewell to the old.

senjuan weekend

Took the family to Senjuan in Gunma over the weekend. Got to Tokyo station Saturday morning before 10am so had to wander a bit until everything opened, then loaded up on bento and pre-train snacks.
Ton was all excited and hardly napped. She finally passed out on the bus and slept for all of ten minutes before we got to Minakami Station to get picked up by the onsen van. At the station some genius thought it would be a great idea to install a REALLY LOUD steam train whistle that anyone can ignite simply by pulling the rope. So EVERY goddamn tourist at the station let out a hugely annoyingly loud steam train whistle every five seconds. Needless to say, Ton and Mookun did not sleep much.
Got to the onsen, settled into our rooms, then changed into the stylish lounge wear before proceeding to the esthe room for well-deserved massage-ness.
Hit the baths before dinner but Riku was super grumpy, lacking sleep, and wasn't having much of it, so the three guys headed back to the room and got him to chill after about 30 minutes of crying. He mellowed out literally ten seconds before the ladies came back, and as soon as he saw P he screamed again, until she picked him up and he was immediately quiet, then fed.
Ton had some excellent Anpanman slippers and for running around outside in the yard they provided squeaky Hello Kitty sandals.
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Have wanted to go to this place ever since I saw a picture of the glass-walled hallway the opens on the yard. As expected, it did not suck. Many photoage here.
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Also it is super kid friendly -- they provided a kid's meal for Ton as well as baby and kiddie seats at dinner, plus a little baby futon in the room and another one in the dining room. We saw several other families with kids, including a 2-year old girl Ton followed around out in the yard a little bit (mainly because there was only one pair of squeaky Hello Kitty sandals and Ton wanted them.)
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red shoes


red shoes
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Off to school, with P and Moo and Jiji and Anna.