June 12th: a late start to my birthday week. it began with a trip out to Ginza for a fancy lunch with S at Vietnam Alice:
sooooo tasty! and finished off with a very nice vietmanese coffee:
ROWR!! Godzilla attacks tokyo!
had a short walk over to Marvelous Cream (a new ColdStone knock off) with their gazillion flavors and bright pink interior:
YUM!
afterwards, went across the street where they had set up a fake park in the middle of the city complete with artwork inside these cargo freight boxes serving as makeshift patios:
this was some very nice (and surprisingly grass-like) astroturf:
June 13th: actual birthday. started out with lunch at my favorite curry udon joint in Ike and went to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine where there was supposed to be a an iris festival:
which turned out to be much smaller than i expected. still pretty though:
prayers for a better year:
there was something going on with some tour buses but i didn't know what it was:
with Sally and Gillian at the shrine:
afterwards we went to the new bread factory (potential clients of Sal's) where we had some really nice refreshments:
such a cute place:
and on to birthday dinner! we went to the Firehouse for gourmet burgers:
sooooooooooooo good:
a small dinner with the urban family:
E takes a big bite!
and we ended the evening playing guitar hero. so much fun. i still suck:
June 14th: family birthday dinner at my favorite japanese restaurant: uojin
the fam got me a cake! how cute!!!
and the restaurant people gave me some flowers:
my favorite finish! a rille rice ball in a light broth:
and homemade ice cream to top it all off!
birthday schwag this year. havianas from nani:
self beautifying products from S&A and Jess:
heaps of canadian candy from Cheech and a dairy milk from S&A:
home office supplies from E:
a great new book from D:
and a complete papa lazarou outfit from the fam in the states. if you don't know what i'm talking about, watch this. my sister and i laugh our asses off about this all the time:
had so much to eat the night before that i saved my birthday cake for the next night (i left half with my uncle and granddad so they could also partake:
thanks to everyone who helped make it a fantastic birthday!
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