motorcycle is back!

after 7 years, bike is back!
Thank you Mr. N! my bike doctor~!!!

sei chan turned 2 last weekend and he is already playing scrabble...

who's cake??

more of spitting then blowing. cute!

flowers everywhere now in east bay.

fried chicken

nice to have great neighbor who goes all the way to have great fried chicken~
first, boil them in curry hinted water

double dip in more spiced flower, and fry.

and this is party~

thanks neighbor!

one night LA visit

long time friend, 3D tommy from ohio time was visiting LA, so we drove down to see him!
I-5 had endless borromed cherry tree on both side.
It smelled so good.
They had bee hives for honey... It was nice, but we saw a lot of them dead on our window...
sorry bees.

after 6 hours in the car, (not driving... thanks matt) we were at the beach!
It was too cold to jump in the water...

matt trying to catch sun.

we finally found thom!
nice face!

next morning, I had biggest pancake ever in my life.

I was able to finish only 30% of it...

when we were out of the restaurant, the line was even longer!! I never ever waited for pancake so long. fun time!

kikitan

sophitan!

fun time, LA.

Iz's visit

after long 2 month in India, Iz has powered up, and came back!!!
I had 2 chefs working in the kitchen everyday~!

this is Iz's chai making.
every morning.
I did not like it first, but now, I need it every morning...

again, 2 chefs working together.

matt's first carnitas @ hussein's nice new kitchen!

pork, orange, onion, other stuff and a lot of salt!

instead of tortias, Iz made chapati. ahaha

she took class in India, where teacher sat on chair, and all the hard work was done by young boys.

mit's wonderful salsa making!

cheers, everyone!

another day. bike up hills to burn little carolies.

she is back in the kitchen again...
Okonomiyaki time!

Keiko's improved apple cake!
it was good at first time anyway.

playing any game with Iz is always nail biting moment...

another night.
chanko with rikishi

always great to see K-mom!
great hair cut~

and she left...
Iz, we ate a lot....
till next time!

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for our valentine's day, we got all-clad pan!

with all-clad and matt chef, it's magic time!

paris day 6

lunch.
bottle has measurement on the side.
will be charged by how much it was drunk. good system!

pork big as your head!

steak big as your head!

pie big as your head!

went to flea market. biggest i ever seen!

but since it was -9 degree, most of shops were closed...

we walked and walked and ended up here...
another kind of flea market.
can you spot hiromi? she is blending in really well

finished the night with chinese~
nice spicy nabe.

paris day 5

woke up to this!
snow~!

went to mariage.
so many teas to choose from...

we also had lunch there.
start with scone.
behind hiromi, handsome french boy was making tea as it was ordered.

meat and tea...

my main course!

more paris days

took train to another city, Saint-malo

this is how it looks inside. big windows.
reminded me of train going to nekomusume's parents' house from nagoya.

had little time between the city, so we wondered around, and came into place where average age is 65 (my point of view!!!)
playing lotto?

lunch break.

cute tree house

and here we are, saint malo

beautiful glass work

hiromi and I, oba-shot.
I am natural

from one corner to another, city was covered with this stones .

amazing simple beautiful pattern with square stones.

about 2000 calories???!!!

I would like to have a wall like this...

dinner. buckwheat crape with ham and egg.
simple, but wonderful~~~