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I've learned to make very specific New Years goals and resolutions because those are the only kind I can stick with. However, I did allow myself one vague resolution this year: to have more spontaneous fun.
I received a random bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne recently and decided to bring it along to the hockey game I went to yesterday. My friend and I drank the whole bottle in the parking lot of the HP Pavilion, pre game. We even had a little plastic bottle of orange juice so we could make mimosas, and I tuned the radio in to a hip hop station.
"Mo' Money, Mo' Problems" came on while we were drinking from our tin cups. It was kind of perfect.
"Quebec-Style" fries at Stanley's, which were french fries with cheese and gravy. I'm not sure why places in the US are so afraid of the word "poutine". Then again, this isn't really poutine since they used grated cheese instead of curds.
Regardless, these were quite good.
Read my review here.
Okonomimura
5-13 Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0034
Go up to the 3rd floor and take your pick!
Friday, 11 August 2017: Kyoto - Hiroshima / Miyajima
Rosa and I are relaxing in our Hiroshima hotel after a day that got off to an exciting start on our 7.20am bullet train from Kyoto - it's a big holiday weekend here in Japan and the tour company hadn't been able to reserve seats for us beyond Osaka which meant we were all spread out in different carriages when we left Kyoto, and then half the group got off our train at Osaka to try and find unreserved seats and couldn't get back on again!
Luckily Charlea was with them, and they all got on the next train to Hiroshima, with was only 30 mins later. They got seats; we'd stood, squashed like sardines! Another stroke of luck was that the family of four who are on the tour were split between the two trains / groups and were texting, so we all sort of knew what was going on.
Once we'd rendezvoused in Hiroshima (広島市), we dropped off our bags at the hotel and headed off to the nearby island of Miyajima (宮島) for the day. It's famous for the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社) with its wooden walkways that stretch out over the waters of the bay (when the tide is in at least) and its red/orange wooden Tori gate a little further out in the bay. Really beautiful. We took lots of photos.
After some BBQ street food for lunch (corn of the cob on a stick for me, takiyaki (octopus balls) for Rosa), we went DIY for a couple of hours: Rosa explored the souvenir shops and Julia and I headed up into the hills in search of the "Buddhas with knitted hats" that Charlea had mentioned lined the way to another temple. We bumped into Skylee, Granted and Andrew, and the five of us soon found the first of many Buddhas of all shapes and sizes. The outside stone ones all have knitted hats, and some even have scarves.
We ended up spending an hour or so there exploring the beautiful Daishō-in (大聖院) temple complex - lovely wooden halls, pathways through green glades, prayer wheels, peace and quiet, in a valley stretching up into the wooded hills above the Itsukushima Shrine.
One of the highlights of the trip for me, Although it's a sad story behind the hats and scarves.
We all met up at the ferry pier at 3pm, took the ferry / train / tram back into Hiroshima and then on to the Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園) in the late afternoon. A good time to visit.
Dinner was Okonomiyaki pancakes again, this time Hiroshima style and cooked on a hot plate in front of us, in a tiny place, one of many on the 4th floor of a city centre building. All a bit ramshackle and market stall-like, fab food, lots of fun - and a very welcome cold beer served in a glass from the freezer. NICE. Tram back to base, shower and chillax.
Off to Osaka first thing tomorrow (8.10am departure from the hotel, which is a luxurious late start compared to the past week!), for sight seeing, lunch and then the stage sword fighting workshop and a night in a capsule hotel.....
But now, bedtime!
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The Star Theatre @ The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore
23rd November 2017
Photo by N. Seryhana
Special thanks to Live Nation Lushington
This is my interpratation of a necklace ornament done in the Unes style, which was popular in the 11th and early 12th centuries CE in Scandinavia. Bronze
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Nikon D3x with 105mm/2.8 lens.
Strobist: Two light set-up. Key light is an Alien Bees B1600 with 22" white socked Beauty Dish, camera left. Alien Bees B800 with 10 degree grid right of subject, shining behind her.
If you don't care for a bus or tram, you can get a tour around the city in a classic car. This guy was so cool, and we had a great conversation about old cars and motorcycles. He was so excited to show me photos of old American cycles in Czech museums. Always meet a local because they are the best.
Prague, Czech Republic
Open Mon-Fri, this little 3D taco truck has all the trimmings. Wonderful home-style tacos right out of the side window on old route 66, I just love trekking across the "Old Route" and seeing all the great retro stuff.
Nikon D700 - 1/500 sec. f/11 ISO-200 24mm single shot handheld
HARRY STYLES: LIVE ON TOUR
The Star Theatre @ The Star Performing Arts Centre, Singapore
23rd November 2017
Photo by N. Seryhana
Special thanks to Live Nation Lushington
Freebies, Group Gifts, & Cheap Goodies! Visit freeslcouture.blogspot.ca/2013/01/style-no-30.html for style details.
See what happens when you come back from the hairdresser's and don't know how to deal with the new chaos ;-)
dear alan, i'm sorry for going back on my word. i've come to understand that short hair is very much 'me'. i hope you understand. maybe one day i'll attempt to grow it out again...
wearing:
grey old navy shirt, rx'd
cutesy skirt, salvo rx'd
black tights & brown shoes, rx'd
yellow scarf, rx'd
in hand: linen jacket, so wrinkled, rx'd
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I like a lot how Lara Jade takes her pictures
she got awesome self portraits and a unique style almost as her signature in every picture ... so i decided to make her a tribute with one of my photos =D ... hope you like it