this shugo tokumaru video brought back so many memories about shimokitazawa, one of my favorite neighborhoods in tokyo.
there's something about shimokitazawa that's quintessentially tokyo: the contrast between the mad jumble and the calm. the hyperactive child, sleepy salaryman and nutty old lady all in one. it's the city i love. i hope it never changes.
chez panisse
after an exhausting week of work meetings in san francisco, i finally made it over to berkeley and alice water's chez panisse.
it was better than i had expected.
i was so excited throughout the meal i forgot to take my usual photos, except for the starter: local halibut tartare with cucumbers and chervil. just perfect together with a glass of sauvignon blanc, an unfiltered natural process alliance wine from the russian river valley. then i had tomales bay clams with chickpeas. the dishes, however complex the preparation might actually be, came off as being very simple, light and straightforward.
it was better than i had expected.
i was so excited throughout the meal i forgot to take my usual photos, except for the starter: local halibut tartare with cucumbers and chervil. just perfect together with a glass of sauvignon blanc, an unfiltered natural process alliance wine from the russian river valley. then i had tomales bay clams with chickpeas. the dishes, however complex the preparation might actually be, came off as being very simple, light and straightforward.
after the rain...
everything turned color. dark greens and violets. it's already looking like summer.
i finished reading part 3 of haruki murakami's latest novel, 1Q84, on the subway. the series is only available in japanese at the moment, and i won't go into the story line, but it got me thinking about the concept of a parallel universe. i imagined myself in a parallel universe --a world where this had happened instead of that, where i had done one thing and not the other, or had gone to live there instead of here... then i realized i had totally missed my stop by several stations. i ended up having to hail a cab. sigh.
i finished reading part 3 of haruki murakami's latest novel, 1Q84, on the subway. the series is only available in japanese at the moment, and i won't go into the story line, but it got me thinking about the concept of a parallel universe. i imagined myself in a parallel universe --a world where this had happened instead of that, where i had done one thing and not the other, or had gone to live there instead of here... then i realized i had totally missed my stop by several stations. i ended up having to hail a cab. sigh.
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