It’s been over 25yrs since I last saw one of my gymnastics mentors. (One of us is losing his hair.)
We finally got together last night in his home town, Osaka, to catch up on old times. Shiro took me to this famous and historic restaurant.
It looks old, but is actually located in a brand new and modern shopping centre. They’ve kept the same look and décor as decades ago.
I have a team of Geishas feeding me all day long at the World Gymnastics Championships.
Domo arigatou gozaimasu.
Dungeness crab, home town Dungeness, Washington.
That photo from one of the many co-op Delis I visited in the Pacific Northwest. My host, Doug Davis, is a bit of a fan of co-ops.
The fate of my immortal soul (and the Calgary Stampeders) hinged on this donut.
… Did we win?
Kate had a tasty birthday at Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver.
She was pleased the whole fam damily could celebrate on a perfect day.
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Lucky me.
I got together with Amy and John TWICE last week. First at a wonderful Indian joint near Granville Island.
Can you believe the size of these Dosas?
And later at a celebration of Taiwan culture. Here we are getting a photo with new students just arrived from Japan.
Kate and her daughter Zoe are taking in a chick flik this afternoon. Then the family is doing a beach barbecue picnic to celebrate her 29th birthday.
It’s partly a wedding anniversary celebration, too. She married some old, forgetful guy named Stanley about this time of year, decades ago.
At Robert Clark’s Pink Salmon Festival in Vancouver we saw this amazing bubble making machine.
Some of the Salmon seemed to SWIM AWAY through the air.
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What other shapes can it make?
Ron makes Kate teabags of ideal strength by putting loose leaf into an empty bag.
These are 64 bags for £4.45 out of the U.K. …
In Vancouver Ron found the bags imported from Japan.
By the way, have you found Twinnings tea bags to be getting weaker and weaker over the years?
I really enjoyed a complimentary outdoor Salmon dinner yesterday.
… The event is organized by Robert Clark, sustainable fish advocate and chef of divine cuisine, who teamed up with Pacific Salmon Foundation to celebrate pink salmon as one of British Columbia’s most sustainable seafoods. A total of 1.5 tonnes of free, barbecued-to-perfection pinks were prepared and served by chefs to hundreds of visitors …
Rockin’ was one of the chef / evangelists.
Denzel had a booth selling their barbecue sauces. He’s attending Barbecue on the Bow next weekend.
The weather was perfect.
Rick McCharles 