i am now 36%

↓this date 36 years ago,

i was born from these wonderful parents!
"a lot has happened to you this year,
but it is great to end the year with
-happy birhtday-
every year!"
thanks for great message!

i am here, standing straight (sometimes not) because of you all!
thank you so much for everyone's endless love!
perfect (!!??) great surprise started at midnight!
professional treatment at home!
while 2 angels (ahahaha!) danced
thanks nekomusume!
thanks M-chi and S-chan
♡

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now my camera is safe with cat's
handmade camera case!

you know me too well!

thank you sooooooo much!

and eating continues

creepy looking

nekomusune's home cooking!
endless eating for 12 hours~...

eating season

none stop eating season is here...
great people and wonderful food gathering!

curry, california roll (tower), veggies, inari

crab brothers

tosh's world famous lasagna my main dish, endless of great deserts
thanks for hosting, big D!

oden!

oden season is here~
restaurant quality oden!

with matsutake shochu!

thanks k-san!!!

happy birthday tae chan!

12/25, the day god and tae chan was born.

iz is in town!

happy birthday!

2005 red car syrah

i (we) did it people!
i (we) cooked!!
all for 2005 red car syrah~

first, decant the wine,
like 100 silk threads going down the decanter~

menu:
penne all'arrabbiata
garlic bread
roast beef and mango salad

bacon and eggplant

special dressing (thanks P-san!)

tons of garlic!
(thaks tchan)

and my main♡

ごちそうさまでした。

Kazu!

went to kazu on irving and 9th
everything was great!

fresh katsuo straight from tsukiji!

finish with ramen from shrimp broth~

great food, great owner.
kazu-san, thank you for everything!
we will be back!

happy birthday JK!

best neighbor!
best fake korean!
best baker!
best best!
thank you for bringing sunshine into my life~

happy birthday~ JK!

mochitsuki

it's time for mochitsuki!
hard core mochitsuki fans are pounding 250lbs of mochi!
starts with steaming the rice, classic way
get a help from modern technology
(ahaha! unko!)
getting lectures from bunch of drunk guys

pound!
after it's pounded, time to shape the mochi
after little bit of work, eat and drink
meatafter long long long hours of doing all the above,
natures were fighting against people leaving
with one none drunk driver and
bunch of other drunks with many cars,
they finally got out!

*
now i am set for mochi for new years~
thank you~

tamalesuki~

dreamy tamales!

after a lot of magic and hour of good sauna,

top it with mom's salsa...
mmmm

thanks miss M!!

*
finished the night with dono cookies.

nekodinner

i get to have nekomusume's dinner all the time!

this time, it was tapas~
after endless of food and drinks,

finished it with home made cookies~