The snow here in Misawa is finally gone and baseball fever struck last week. The only prescription was Japanese Baseball!
Archive for ‘Travel’
Feasting on Yakiniku!
Welcome to Isshintei Yakiniku! When our shabu-shabu Japanese beef rib meat arrived, we threw a few pieces on the grill along with some garlic and diced salted green onions and began the ever watchful art of not overcooking our beef!
Misawa Bowl
Bowl a strike at Misawa Bowl!
Not the Big Boy Restaurant I Remember!
Lunch at Big Boy Restaurant…Japanese style!
Sakura Donuts
Are you kidding me? Sakura flavored donuts at Mister Donut! You had me at donut! Ahh donuts…my achilles heel…I love’em!
Spring Haiku 2
A haiku for National Poetry Month.
Japanese Konbini
“I’m so hungry I could eat a sandwich from a gas station.” ~ Clark Griswold.
Ho-Oh Ramen!
The often cold and chilly weather here in Misawa, Japan is a perfect excuse to slurp down a steaming hot bowl of ramen. And that is exactly what my friend Phillip and I did yesterday. We slurped down some spicy ramen for lunch!
A Thousand Miles from Kansas
Why “A Thousand Miles from Kansas”? Easy. Dwight Yoakam, South Korea, and a yearning for home.
Atchison’s Good Ol’ Days
I wrote an essay titled “Atchison, Kurashiki, and the Moody Blues” (Moody Blues as in missing my Grandma Moody, not the prog rock band…although they rock!). It was published in the Atchison Daily Globe on January 5, 1999. I even found it in the on-line archives of the newspaper! In memory of my Grandma Moody, I now share it with all of you. And how I truly wish the last paragraph was still possible today. I miss you Grandma.
