Boozing it up in Tokyo |
Josh and I decided to be fabulous last night, and had drinks in the bar at the top of the Tokyo Hotel's Cerulean Tower. We don't often blow wads of cash on booze (um, have we EVER done that?), b...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:37:00 PST |
And while I'm extolling the virtues of public spending... |
...I might add that the public transportation system here in Tokyo is OUT OF THIS WORLD. You can get anywhere you need to go on the city's immaculate subway system, fairly inexpensively (just to...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:24:00 PST |
An example of how things are done RIGHT here. |
So Josh and I will be living here in Tokyo for about six months over the coming two years. As a consequence, we've been combining some good old fashioned tourism with forays seeking some basic a...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:19:00 PST |
bliss |
I swear, every day I've been here in Japan (other than, perhaps, one day we spent in a town about two hours from here, riding a pirate ship across a lake in a torrential downpour. Yes, I said PI...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:28:00 PST |
I am an Amazon. |
One thing is for sure: Japanese women (and men!) know how to dress. They must spend at least half of their disposible income and time, as well as a goodly portion of the space in their min...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 03:21:00 PST |
struggles with Number 2 |
Ummm... I hesitate to mention this, but given that a goodly portion of the entries on dooce.com (one of my favorite blogs, and one of the most popular blogs on the internet) involves the author'...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:37:00 PST |
shameless self-promotion |
Isn't this a nice picture of me and Josh? Taken on an overpass near Shinjuku Station.
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:36:00 PST |
A Merry Christmas, Hakone style |
Given my jet-lag addled brain and our desire to explore Japan, we decided to take a short Christmas trip to Hakone, a hot springs resort about two hours outside of Tokyo. Given all the geotherma...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:33:00 PST |
Huh? |
Just one example of the utter weirdness that spews in every direction when the Japanese don't spend the extra yen on hiring a decent translator. These gems of wisdom were on a gift bag, for sale...
Posted by ponch on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:28:00 PST |
Achem's Razor, Made in Japan |
The scientific principle of "Achem's Razor" tells us that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is most often true.Well, if the Japanese started manufacturing Achem's Razor, it would undoubtedly c...
Posted by ponch on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 06:17:00 PST |
