I’ll start with my fantastic news first: Dan’s backpack was found!!! Last night was a little rough. It took us a long time to fall asleep. We slept with all three locks on our door locked up, including our balcony door despite not being on ground level. With someone potentially having our address and key, […]
Posts Tagged ‘friends’
Bag Returned! Kyoto and Nara
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deer, friends, Fushimi Inari, Japan, Kyoto, Nara, stolen, TÅdai-ji, travel, visitors on May 1, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Being Safe in Tokyo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, Japan, stolen, Tokyo, visitors on April 30, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Hi all! I am SO sorry I’ve been gone so much! I know I sound like a broken record, but my girl friends from college and I have been so busy! Check out what we accomplished in 2 weeks: Meiji Shrine Harajuku Shibuya cat cafe geisha makeover Kyoto Osaka Nara Yokohama Tsukiji Tokyo Disney Sea […]
Visitors Keeping Me Out of the House!!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged friends, Japan, visitors on April 25, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I’m still alive, and miss blogging! I’m hoping now I can be back on a regular schedule after missing two days. It was just too difficult to get to a computer/ upload images while playing tour guide to my friends all day! But let me assure you, we’ve kept busy busy, and I’m excited to […]
Meiji Shrine and First Time Hashers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged F3H3, friends, Harajuku, hash house harriers, Hiroo, Japan visitors, meiji shrine, Roppongi on April 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Another successful day of wearing out my visitors! We went back to Harajuku so Amanda could get a red dress for our run tonight, met up with my friend Cole for drinks, ran the hash and had a late dinner of kebabs. Our day in photos! It’s hard to document it all with all 3 […]
Harajuku and Baseball at Tokyo Dome
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baseball, friends, Harajuku, hash house harriers, Japan, red dress run, visitors, Yomiuri Giants on April 19, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I have 2 exhausted Oregon girls happily passed out on my couch! While Amanda wasn’t feeling so good, I took Brittany out for her first day in Tokyo. Since I’m bringing them hashing Friday, we needed to get red dresses to run in. The Lady in Red, a very famous hasher, passed away, and we […]
Visitors!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baseball, fitbit, fitness, friends, Japan, Tokyo, visitors on April 18, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I don’t have much to say today, because my visitors arrived!!!! YAY! Brittany and Amanda survived their 11 hour flight and made it to me safely in Tokyo! Dan and I went to meet them at the airport and brought them back to our place, then went across the street for some food and drinks. […]
Hot Yoga in Japan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dan, friends, gym, hot yoga, Japan, visitors on April 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Wednesday! This week is flying by! First off, I was so excited about yesterday’s giveaway I completely forgot to say that the countdown til my girl friends from college come visit is down to 1 week! Me, with Amanda and Brittany Brittany and I went to Oregon State University together. She actually knew my […]
Is there bacon in that cupcake?!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bacon, cupcakes, friends, Japan, karaoke, notebooks, organization, party, Roka-koen, tacos on April 1, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I love a good soirée. Sometimes I even wish soirée was my middle name (no, not really. But it is pretty and fun to say!). Even better, I am blessed with a fiancé that also enjoys entertaining. When we were living in Seattle we often entertained and had fun playing host and hostess to our […]
Tanabata Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, fitness, friends, Fussa, Japan, running, shopping, tanabata, yukata on March 28, 2013 | 6 Comments »
Happy Thursday all! We had beautiful weather here today! I spent the day over at Yokota, the air force base here in the Tokyo area. My friend Christine from work lives there, and we had a lot planned for today! She met me at the train station and we grabbed lunch, then we went to […]
A Run-tastic Day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Akasaka, books, Dan, fitness, friends, hash house harriers, Japan, Kit Kats, running, tanabata, Tokyo Ladies Hash on March 27, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Well my day had a good start to it: 8 miles! This is so far my longest run post-injury. The time was slower than I’d care for, but my coworker Jenna came over this morning and we ran it together. Knowing I can get the distance down is great, and now I just need to […]