October 31, 2011
October 28, 2011
Canvas and Cocktails
So there is this fun group that I recently learned about. It’s called Canvas and Cocktails. A group of people (artistic or not) get together to paint, drink, and socialize with the help of a local artist. It was a blast. The lady that does it here, Emily is super sweet. She puts on at least 2 a month. She is also does lots of other things. Some even unmentionable. http://www.emily-art.com/For this class we painted our take on the Kintai Bridge that is located here in Iwakuni.
I had so much fun I’m going again next week!
October 27, 2011
New Camera
Peter got me a new camera while he was in Okinawa. I’m loving having a camera again. Post should come more frequently. On another note, I feel like I need to take a picture of Cora everyday because she changes so much.
October 25, 2011
Saying Goodbye
This is Connor, or Con Con if you’re Cora. Him and his family are going back to the states this weekend. This has been Cora’s best friend for the past year and a half and it will be sad to see him go. You are a sweet angel. Hopefully we meet again one day! I’d be interested to see the person you will grow up to be! We love you Con Con.
October 24, 2011
October 22, 2011
Soba
Like ramen, but thicker noodles, not as much flavor, and served with tempura.
The tempura (fried food) was delicious but overall I prefer ramen. At least now I know the difference!
October 12, 2011
Italian Food
Curry and Italian are favorites of the Japanese. These type of restaurants are everywhere! We found this place in the AlPark Mall in Hiroshima. It was decent Italian food and super cheap. I got soup, salad, drink bar, and shrimp risotto all for 660yen. That is really good! Bri got a spinach, chicken pasta and rolls and Olivia got pizza (pictured below).
We found these sweet hats in a store. And nooo…not a costume store.
Chao!
October 10, 2011
Sako
This little place is right outside of base. Apparently it is famous world wide. Playboy might have even had an article about it a long time ago. That is the rumor anyways. They are known for their BLTs so of course I had to try one. Now it took me over a year to make it to this little place because they use to have the worst hours. They would open at 11:30 (I believe) and would close up when they ran out of produce which was shortly after they opened. The first year I was here I never once saw them open. To make a somewhat long story short, this place got new owners after 1000 years and new hours. I see them open all the time now. Lucky for me so I could finally try this famous BLT. The new owners were trained under the old owners so everything was the same.
BLT, BLT with Egg, Fish sandwich, Katsu sandwich, Fried Rice, Yakisoba, Onion ring
A quick shot of inside. It’s a tiny little place.
Missy, one of the owners, with her magic water of youth or something. She said it is special water and that we should drink lots of it! So I did.
My BLT. Delicious. The bread is the perfect amount of toasted. Lots of tomato. Great amount of lettuce. And the bacon was cooked just right. The best BLT? I’ll never know…but it was pretty dang good!
Olivia’s BLT with Egg.
Onion rings.
October 7, 2011
Jackie Allen
Jackie Allen has been living in Japan for 14 years. She came here while her husband was in the military and they never left. She came to our MOPS meeting today. She is always full of so much information and energy. We just love her. She’s got a great site if you want to check it out and get a feel for some more things Japan.
October 6, 2011
Alpark Mall and the SINK!
Yesterday I got some mommy time and went to Hiroshima with my friends Brianna and Olivia. We went shopping OF COURSE. Hello, it’s pay day weekend! :) We went to the Alpark mall which I’ve never been to. It was mighty big and spacious compared to the other malls I’ve been to in Japan. Needless to say, we were excited.
Cue in awe faces!
I spent some money and bought some cute things but the neatest thing I found was in a bathroom! Now we all remember the squatty potties.
But then they have the super smart toilets that do everything for you. The seats raise and close. The seat is warm. There is a flushing sound or water trickling sound for modesty. As you can see there is a spray and bidet setting if you’d like. You can choose your water pressure. They usually flush automatically.
At the mall I came across this nifty sink. This is Bri modeling how it works. On the left side is an automatic soap dispenser. In the middle is the automatic water faucet. Then on the right side is an automatic hand dryer. ALL ON THE SINK! Genius. I was very impressed. Apparently. It basically got a whole blog post!
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