Our first morning in Lotus-Land

This morning, Bob and I were lucky enough to have a lovely lady named Hitomi take us as a "goodwill gesture" to the somewhat remote neighborhood of Arashiyama. Her tour there included Tenryu-Ji, which is a major Zen Rinzai temple that features a famous moon-viewing garden. See above.

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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.

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