Tasting at Cask

I went to Cask the other day with a friend. They have a few stores (at least two that I've been to) and have tastings quite often (Tastings link) at the Postal Building near my work. They've got quite the nice selection of whiskeys, if you're a fan, and the Postal Building is a nice building.

Cheers!

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Things that happened a long while ago...

I often take photos of things that I would really like to share, but then get so busy that I never get around to posting...at some point I start to wonder if it makes sense to post such things any more and usually eventually delete such pictures or save them for my own picture books. This is one of those things, but, as I would really like to post it, please endure.

I attended the opening of my friend's exhibit at the Canessa Gallery (Canessa) at the beginning of August. It's title was "Time". It was a series of photographs that detailed my friend's journey of handling the loss of his dear brother. It was truly a beautiful exhibit. The opening was attended by his brother's widow and child. I really meant to post this quite a while ago. Unfortunately the exhibit ended at the end of August. Here are some pictures from it however.

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GG Park Japanese Tea Garden 日本庭園でのお散歩

My family and I took a stroll through the Japanese garden at Golden Gate Park the other day (Here). It's a nice size, although a bit expensive for what's there, I feel (SF residents are $6 and non-residents are $8. They charge $2 for children from age 5 to 11.). I guess, this not being Japan, they are able to charge in accordance with its rarity? For instance, the garden at Meiji Jingu is very big and beautiful and only carries a JPY500 (about $4.15) "contribution" (I always pay, but maybe you don't have to?) for maintenance of the garden, but the garden in Golden Gate Park provides a nice stroll. It's a good size for small children (my 1 y.o. was able to walk the whole thing without problem). Also, there are squirrels, which basically are never in Japanese gardens in Japan, so that was exciting. We took a snack at the tea house there. The matcha and snacks are complete decent. It also serves fortune cookies because fortune cookies are actually a Japanese creation brought to America. It's interesting because here they are almost exclusively found in Chinese restaurants here...^_^;;;

先日、家族とゴールデン・ゲート・パークの日本庭園に行ってみました。割と広いですけれど（それでも1歳児でも歩ききれるぐらいの広さですが）、ちょっと高い気がします。アメリカは、こうゆうガーデンが珍しいからかしら…？園内のティーハウスでおやつをしたが、写真をとる前に子供はもう食べかけてしまいました。お菓子などは、以外と食べられ、普通においしかったです。↓の紅色のお餅は、なぜか強いイチゴの味がして、びっくりしましたが！

園内は、フォーチュン・クッキーが食べられます。フォーチュンクッキーはアメリカですと、よく中華料理のお店で出されますが、本来、日本からアメリカに持ってきたものなんで、ここで食べられるのがとてもいいと思います。

View from the tea house. ティーハウスからの眺め。

Food at the tea house (my kids starting eating before I could take a picture) -- the pink mochi was surprisingly a strawberry flavor (this is not the flavor of pink mochi in Japan)!

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Running wear

Today's jog started at Ocean Beach and went through Golden Gate park. Still trying to run once a week....but traveling for work all the time has really put a hamper on it >.<. Eating nothing but room service and business lunches isn't helping my waistline either -_-;;.

さあ、今日もジョギングしてみました。オーシャンビーチをはじめ、ゴールデンゲートパークなどをジョギングしました。最近、仕事のトラベルが多いので、あんまり走れてないが、ちょっとウェーストや腰の辺が。。。＞。＜。しかも、ホテルのルームサービスやクライアントとの食事も多いので。。。困ります！

Overcast in the outer Richmond

Joggers' Russian Hill ^_^;;

Running wear -- here's a mother of three's tummy! I love how a tight sports bra pulls up everything in just the right way -- instant sportiness!

三児の母です！スポーツブラのおかげで、スポーティ度アップ↑↑↑！

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ただいま～ (Back in the SF Office)

Well after a busy week of traveling to NY and then to Dallas, it's a bit nice to be back in the SF office. All the summers are gone -- grabbed my fav junior for a quick coffee at the new Blue Bottle Coffee (here) by my office. She got a waffle←I totally recommend these waffles btw, they are delicious...unfortunately, it was eaten before I got my coffee (some people just cannot wait! Lol!!).



ここおいしいよ！

やっとサンフランシスコに戻りました！一週間に、４回の飛行機って疲れますよね。ちょっと落ち着くため後輩と職場の隣に新しくできたブルーボトルに行ってみました。日本にもあるらしい（ここよ）が、アメリカと同じ味でしたら、大変お勧めしますよ。後輩はワッフル頼んだけんど、コーヒーを待ってるうち食べてしまいました←これもおいしいと思う！

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Cafe Madeline

Took a summer to Café Madeline. I *heart* their logo. I got a cappuccino with whip cream. In Japan this is on the regular menu at Illy (cappuccino Viennese), but not at Illy in the US (T_T). Café Madeline only has chocolate whip cream (which is sooooo delicious!!), so it's a little different but so good.

Their desserts are delicious as well ～☆.

カプチーノウィーンスタイル＠カフェマドレーヌ。

ロゴがかわいいでしょ＾＿＾

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Little white dress (ホワイトワンピース)

肩がみえちゃうホワイトワンピースが大流行の最中ですよね。あったかい所に住んでたらいいのにね～。っとゆうけんど、小さい子もいるし、肩を見せるのもかわいいとは思うけれど、うちはなかなかできないタイプなので、ちょっとこの流行に参加できないかなあと思うのですね。

だけんど、アタシがフォローしているブロガーさんの記事から下記のとても素敵な例を挙げようと↓

No doubt little white dresses are soooo in this summer. It makes me wish I lived in a warm place...

Anywhoo, here are two of my favs on blogs I follow:

• Fellow SF attorney blogger (but oh so much more fashionable than I -- LOL!): Darah Gabrielle at Pacific Avenue (blog) -- she was in Palm Springs (too cold in SF for such cuteness!)

• Fabs style in the warm south: Southern Curls & Pearls 

Well, not only do I live in a permafrost environment, but have three smallems makes me generally wary of beautiful white dresses.

Here's a compromise for us mummies by Joie (print over a casual white dress -- I also like this dress, because although I get the off-the-shoulder boom as well....well, I'm more of a show more leg, show less shoulder kind of girl ^_~): http://www.joie.com/arryn-b-dress-porcelain-steel ←完全ホワイトじゃないけど、うちみたいなママが心配なく着ることできそうなかわいいワンピでえす。気に入ってまあす。自分の素敵なワンピを見つけてね！

Happy dress hunting!

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Day off in the park (日本町の近くにできた公園)

I've got today off (observed 4th of July), so I took two out of three smallems (eldest went with my husband to a doctors appointment) to the new playground near SF's J-town (at Raymond Kimbell Playground).　It's new and clean and even my small smallem (1 year 6 months) could easily play on most things (he couldn't play on a tension wire thing they have or a net bridge thing they have).

7月4日（アメリカの独立記念日）が土曜日になっているので、今日が振替休日になりました。サンフランシスコの日本町の近くの公園（Raymond Kimbell Playground (地図)）に新しい遊ぶとこができましたので、ちびっ子たちと一緒に行ってみました。

little kid play structure (うちの下の子は1歳半だけど、問題なく小さいほうの滑り台などで遊べました。).

a xylophone - 鉄琴です

　

Gittin aaaaall purdied up (おしゃれしていいかな？)

So “summers” are here. People who work at law firms will know that this means “summer associates” (law students who work at law firms during the summer between years at law school). This is a joyous time of the year because associates tend to get budgets to take summers out for coffee, lunch, dinner and, in the case of this office, manicures. The Tokyo office did not have a manicure budget…and manicures in Japan (although they do end up fabulous) are too expensive for me to splurge on (never mind that I would never have enough time to leave the office to get my nails done in a million years). So, for the last five years or so my nails have been bare.

Today, that changed. Another transaction done and done, so I got my nails done with a summer this afternoon (then I came back to work -- haha). I've never tried such a bold color before (I'm generally pretty conservative and go with light pinks when I did used to get my nails done so long ago)...but this office is soooooo casual (and I'm somewhat senior -- senior-esque?) that I think I can pull it off. Cheers!

5年ぶりにマニキュアしてもらって、いいきぶんに！↑↑^_^

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Workwear

Today's a workday. But I had a bit of time in the morning. Here's some workwear in my U.S. office. It's a lot more casual than in Tokyo. Hair and make-up were done before leaving my house. Yes, I have a tent in my living room...

今日は平日とゆうのに、今朝はちょっとした時間があったので、朝の一枚。こっちのオフィスは金曜じゃなくてもビジネスカジュアルとなっているようです。ヘアメークは出勤する前に済んだ。

後ろは子供関係でテントです。そうです。居間にテントがあります。

洋服は日本のブルックス ブラザーズのパンツにこっちのユニクロのノースリーブシャツです。



Brooks Brothers bottoms (last summer) and Uniqlo top ^^;;

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Field day (運動会)

In Japan, no child's education is complete without plenty of friendly undoukai, or "field days", during which include events like relay races and throwing balls into a basket (tamaire). Because my children attend international school in Japan, they were formerly deprived such experiences. Now that we attend J-school in the US, my eldest had finally his first undoukai. For mamas, this day means making a grand obentou...

先週の土曜日は、長男の人生初の運動会でした。そして、ママの初めての運動会のお弁当は↓です。

So despite waking up with more than two hours to finish everything, I failed to achieve maximum cuteness. Additionally, I got called into a teleconference for work just as lunch happened, so I missed the entire period allotted for lunch T_T!!! So, I actually didn't know how everyone liked my lunch >.<.

 

Fried dumplings -- filled with pork, cheese and tofu (and salt and hondashi)

 

Inarizushi -- although my husband is a sushi chef, I used oinarisan set to save time!

 

The main race scene...I didn't have time to make it very well. I had a plan for a goal line and "ganbare" in circle hotdogs...but oh well...

The scene here is running a race -- my kid is on the white team (the other team is the red team).

Hotdogs made to look like octopi, boiled broccoli, hearts made out of tamago yaki (rolled omelet) and grape tomatoes.

 

Small onigiri for small hands -- just shio musubi (lightly salted rice ball) with sesame seeds

 

Hotdog parts that couldn't get incorporated

 

 

Four tiers of lunch for a 7 y.o., a 3 y.o. and a 1 y.o. and one mama and one papa.

 

Well, overall, a bento failure. I will try harder next year!!

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ちょっとやってみようと

５、6年前は、違う、もっともっと前だったと思うけど、もう覚えてないが、ブログをスタートし、結構書きましたが。ロースクールを出て、仕事を始めたと同時に仕事以外のすべてが消えてしまったのね。

そして、昨日部下のファッションブログを見て、色々思い出した。たぶんその部下はそのうちブログかこの仕事のどっちかをやめてしまうと思うけれど、とりあえずアタシももう一回ブログを書こうと。

とゆうても、何を書くかは決まっていない。あんまり私生活のないあたし、とりあえず自己紹介をしようっと。

あとちょっとで30歳になるカリフォルニア州の資格を持つ弁護士です。といっても、相談は絶対しない。法律に関しても書かない。ただ、仕事がすべてのアタシ、しばらく書かないときは、仕事が理由です。

日本語のネイティブじゃない。テキサス州育ちのアメリカ人です。ヨロシク。

趣味は、オペラ、着物、グルメ、女性らしいことばかりだが、仕事で忙しくて、あんまり出かけられない（美白効果はあるが（苦笑））。

去年、日本からサンフランシスコに引っ越したが、最初はこの今まで来たことのない町に関して書くかな。

日本はずっと向こうやん。

 

 

 

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