Posted in Food, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays on Saturday, December 16, 2006 | 3 Comments »
For the past three years, I have celebrated New Year’s Eve by cooking and eating and drinking with an intimate group of close friends. Thanks to conversations that sparkle like the champagne we drink and fulfill like the warm, hearty food we eat, the night that I used to spend alone watching Conan’s “Central Time [...]
Posted in Drawings on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 | 3 Comments »
If you read the about page for this here blog, you know that I promised to deliver a new piece of original “art” each week - a sketch, cartoon, illustration, design, or whatever. Actually, I never really used the word “promise,” but I did decisively declare my intentions, mostly because this was something to which [...]
Posted in History, Restaurants on Sunday, December 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Japan, and especially this part of Japan, is not known for its ethnic diversity, which is reflected in the relatively narrow variety of international foods available. Yes, there are a few import stores here and there, and Fukuoka City has a decent range of non-Japanese eateries - including Jamaican, African, Russian, Thai, Latin American, and [...]
