Cafe blogging
I’m chilling in a cafe in Ebisu called Rue Favart. It’s a pretentious overpriced place, but it’s at a street corner just so, and there’s something about it that I just like. Wood, dim lighting and a chill soundtrack can take you pretty far it seems. It’s got the cafe glow down, what looked to […]
February gawkery
  It seems I checked out two exhibit-type things last month.  One was the temporary Japan Media Arts Festival, the other was the Studio Ghibli museum. The Ghibli museum had just what I like to see in museums – thoughtful, clever details in little places.  (That’s exactly what I like about California Adventures, by […]
Snapping sounds, explained
Soo…while night snowboarding in Hokkaido was a blast, I did notice some popping sounds over the course of my runs. It would seem my stomp pad glue is too used to warm California conditions, and got a little brittle what with the subzero Hokkaido slopes and all. That or I was just carving it up […]