Fifth Avenue's got nothing on this.....

This morning, Bob and I headed for nearby To-ji temple, as this was the day of the Kobo-san market fair, held at To-ji only once a month. If you've a taste for all things Japanese (as I do), then this is a Nipponese orgasm; Kimono, scrolls, pottery, lacquerware, all manner of food, on and on and on and on till your wallet is empty and you stagger out (as we did) with so many packages that getting past the other shoppers was nearly impossible. Some of our important acquisitions? An ancient lacquer box, a 100 year-old cape made for men, a wonderful painting of a Boddhisatva, a beautiful (and extremely affordable) kimono, and a few others as well. Luckily, we arrived at the market early - by 10 a.m. you could hardly move through the crowd.

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Of Shopping and Singing Crabs

As we were walking in a huge Kyoto shopping arcade we fell victim to the intoxicating siren song of a giant plastic crab. In an atempt to lure customers many restaurants in Kyoto employ the talents of singing plastic food all of whom have childlike voices and big round eyes. I'll post more Japanese singing entrees as I find them.

Summer Down Under

While we're freezing here in NYC it's summer in Australia and the folks at Aussie Bum are turning up the heat even higher. So check out their website and think warm thoughts.

Stroke Stroke Stroke

During one of our many google searches we came across this picture of the 1950 Boston College varsity crew. Presented it here as a public service. Click the picture for a better look.

Angels and Others

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