Lunch with husband at Maison Landemaine Tokyo

Catching up over lunch.

Happy birthday Ton cakes from MAISON D'AHNI

 Beret basque

 White chocolate pudding

 Lemon pie

Gateau Basque for dairy sensitive

Warm in Dec in Tokyo

Temp rising quickly. Glasses are foggy in the OUTSIDE because the air in the house is much lower than the outside. It's expected to go up to 21C in Tokyo today, recorded 26C highest some part of Tokyo.

Making fake chopped liver

Preparing for pot luck. Yum!

I made these!

I made this!

Foot esthetic by Mo

Mo cleaning papa's foot

Usual pizza for lunch

Hokkaido deer stew at Farmer's Market

Pancake for Sunday breakfast

Pancake mix from Akii chan. Thank you!

Hula Christmas Party

Annual gathering of Hula group Ton belongs. Buffet dinner, lots of hula dancing, etc. Kids weren't very happy about gifts they got from Santa, though, they are lucky to be here with parents and friends. Photos here.

Once a year key lime pie

Looking at Izumi Garden Residence

We used to come here often to visit Z&Y family until last year...

Quick lunch at cafe 1886, Shibuya

Falafel sandwich

Art Exhibition at Kindergarten

Mo's kindergarten had an art exhibition and they showed us around what they made for the past a few month. They had 4 groups which built their own world.  Mo was a member of Dragon Land.

Photos here.

Minced meat cutlet

A gift from my son

Contrast of blue sky and golden ginkgo leaves

Mo playing alone at the park

He wanted me to tape him go up and around a slide at park near us. Video here.

Macchiato for my heart

Good Italian coffee.

Asian lunch at Coolie's Creek

Mt. Fuji from Jingu Gaien

It was this dry and clear day so that we can see Mt. Fuji.

Purple malasada

Classic Car Festival in Jingu Gaien

After separating from Ton & papa who went to ice skate, we walked to Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery to check out Classic Car Festival organized by Toyota. Mo took a quick tour, he liked Mitsubishi Jeep the most. Then we saw a friend of his from kindergarten and that boy's sister with family. They walked around, played around, and saw those classic cars run away. Photos here.

Burger lunch

Chai tea latte break after park

Cooking class at elementary school

Annual cooking class for parents at elementary school. Theme for this time was to cook vegetable pasta dishes, and the instructor was from an Italian restaurant called KNOCK in Roppongi. It was fun and quite busy class as we cooked pasta one after another in 2 hours. Thank you very much for organizing it!

Photos here.

Lunch at Ozaki, Azabu Juban

One of dads from Mo's kindergarten friends is a chef of Ozaki, a Japanese restaurant only open for dinner usually, opened for special lunch for us. How can it be bad? We enjoyed the food very much! Photos here.

Ohagi from Hitsuji ya

Ohagi, sticky rice ball covered with sweet bean pate, pumpkin, white chocolate, and wall nuts. Macrobiotic sweets from Hitsuji ya.

Farmer's market

 Sweet potato!

 Rice ball, pork, egg, and veggie soup

Chicken!

Art Exhibition at elementary school

It was open during the weekend for parents and family members to visit the exhibition. The display made it even look nicer. Good job! Photos here.

Lunch from sage & fennel, Hiroo

Tried a new food joint called sage & fennel. Soft and juicy roast pork, turnip, pumpkin, and carrot salad.

Break with Chibiz Coffee, National

 Baumkuchen break

 Decaf for myself

Ending a fun, long day with Chibiz Coffee. Kids even got candies from the owner!

Farmer's & Kid's Festa at Hibiya Park

Saw some thing was going on from cab, we walked over to Hibiya Park from Marunouchi to see what was happening. They had a farmer's promotional event focusing on kids. We went around and got some goodies, and took a ride of rice transplanter which kids hadn't been yet.

Photos here.

I want this bicycle!

Parked on a street of Marunouchi

Bear the Ringmaster at Kokusai Bldg., Marunouchi

Random Christmas (too early!) decorations in Marunouchi area.

Indian curry lunch with George before his flight back home

Kids busy eating, George trying to restart his camera on mobile…

Junior high reunion mini

 My drink at a pub

Kampai!