Today’s the day! Our town has it’s summer festival, stalls and games.
Yakisoba, kakigori, hotdogs, ramine in glass bottles with a marble in the neck. dancing, singing, catching goldfish, spongey toys, balloons, fans.
The girls will all wear their brightly coloured yukkkata ( cotton summer kimono).
Luckily for us, it is held on the sports ground across the [...]
August 1, 2008
Matsuri!!
August 1, 2008
Red Hooded Sweatshirt.
It’s interesting isn’t it how some things, a shared joke, a shared moment, a song, stands the test of time. For my friend, whom I’ll call ‘ Aura’ it is Adam Sandler circa about 1996 singing Red Hooded Sweatshirt, while the whole song is great, hilarious, it’s the ‘50 cotton and the 50 poly’ that [...]
August 1, 2008
A Mini Break
We just enjoyed a fabulous mini break in the lovely home of Jacadamia, also known as ‘Martha’, 5 kids between us, ( Sunshine opted for staying home and raiding the fridge, unlimited phone and tv.) we managed to have a lot of fun. Wednesday we hit a pool park, we may have got a little [...]
August 1, 2008
PAPICO
Gals in Japan, if you haven’t already had one, get yourself to the nearest conbini and get a PAPICO. It is a sort of coffee-ish, chocolate-ish, ice cream, they are absolutely delish, only 126 yen, and in this heat, they hit the spot much better than a crappy Mount rainier Latte at 148 yen.
I won [...]
