phoenix turns japanese for a weekend

joined the folks for the annual japanese festival in phoenix. it's a barrage of oddballs wearing ill-fitting kimonos, bad teriyaki sauce, and anime obsessed tweens.


there was good food to be had. i enjoyed my carnitas at macayos:


dad makes his own shade:


riyoko says hunting for fatties in america is like shooting fish in a barrel but i think the goal is to find the exceptional specimens, like this winner:


dad enjoys his in-need-of-viagra breadstick:


this dude actually SAID he was a ninja. but that we were only able to see him because he ALLOWED us to. oooooooohhhhhkaaaaay . . . . . .


steak and oysters at Durant's: