Off to California!

Back to that steam-cooker they call Kyoto in 2 weeks…

Off to California!

Back to that steam-cooker they call Kyoto in 2 weeks…

For my birthday last week, I decided to give my late 20′s the proper send off they deserved, and went for a nice intimate dinner with I. at a somewhat fancy French restaurant overlooking the kamogawa near sanjo.

In addition to the impeccable, yet friendly service, the food was some of the best I had in a very long time. I still can’t get over how delicious the homemade foie gras with figs was…

Definitely recommended if you are ever looking for good French cuisine in Kyoto (while they are probably some less expensive options in town, they really aren’t even in the same range of quality)…

A couple more weeks and I’ll have fresh cilantro for my Thai curries!

These “volunteers” will teach you English (and the Word of Jesus Christ Savior) for free, at three convenient locations around Kyoto.

Obviously, Japan is not doing enough to discourage missionaries these days…

Yep, that’s my daily commute.

Post-meeting dinner with visiting Todai researcher and incidentally major wine amateur: any day, really…

God how I would have loved to seat the design meeting for this one:

“- For our sign, we need something refined something that spells GLAMOUR…”

“- how about the silhouette of a woman sitting on her ass, spread-eagled, showing her crotch?”

“- Brilliant! That’s exactly what I meant!”

Near demachi yanagi

Japan: the country where trains being one minute late on the usual schedule warrants posting advance notices all over the station…

Perfect timing

Testing new iPhone-upload system…