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Post by Jane on Jul 19, 2010 14:19:39 GMT -5
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Post by jspnrvr on Jul 19, 2010 17:37:04 GMT -5
Yaaaaay, Jane! So......howdja do it?
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Post by Jane on Jul 19, 2010 17:41:20 GMT -5
At this point, I have no idea, and I'm not sure I could do it again.
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Post by doctork on Jul 19, 2010 19:21:06 GMT -5
Everybody looks great! Wonderful pictures! And Jay, the photos from our trip bring back a whole passel of good memories. The guy with the top hat - Emiliano (remember that Hilary, though American, grew up and lives in Rome) - is a really fantastic young blues guitarist. He never said much, maybe he didn't even say anything, but he was terrific. It looked to me like Pat Donohue was studying and admiring Emiliano's technique.
One of these days I will have to start taking and posting pictures. Problem is, I am such a "Be Here Now" person that I hate to step outside the moment to snap a pic. When I am there, I am totally there.
So Jaystar took all the pix on our Caribbean APHC cruise, and Jay took our trip pictures. Obviously I better get on the stick.
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Post by BoatBabe on Jul 19, 2010 21:29:30 GMT -5
Man! What a treat! These are great. Which reminds me, Doc, are you still without a sound card on your computer? I mean, I would hate that you can't hear the great music.
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Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 5, 2011 18:47:37 GMT -5
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Post by Jane on Jun 5, 2011 20:00:13 GMT -5
Bee-you-tee-full! Makes me want to take the trip across the ocean(s).
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 5, 2011 20:03:32 GMT -5
Looks like a nice little trip, Mike. Have you ever done the Napa Valley tour in California, visited all the wineries? Or one of these days, get back to the heartland and take a trip along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail!
And what was that tree/flower? Looks like it might be part of the magnolia family.
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Post by joew on Jun 5, 2011 22:04:13 GMT -5
Or maybe the tree is a dogwood.
Great pics, Mike!
Regrettably, they don't sell Japanese whisky in the boozeries around here.
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Post by doctork on Jun 5, 2011 23:26:50 GMT -5
Wow! Wonderful pictures, reminds me I haven't been to Japan in a very long time.
I need to put it on my list, apply some intentionality.
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Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 6, 2011 17:22:53 GMT -5
Thank you all for the kind remarks.
Jay, I have been to Napa and Sonoma valley for the wine tours. They were both very enjoyable, although I'd have to say that I enjoyed Sonoma the most. I have yet to tour a whisky distillery in the States.
According to Emi, the name of the flower is Yamaboshoi and that translates into "Mountain Hat" in English.
Joe, it's a pity you can't get Japanese whisky where you are, I've discovered that some of them are extraordinary in quality.
Doc, next time Joe comes to Japan you should come along with him. I'll meet the two of you in Tokyo!
Best regards, Mike
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Post by gailkate on Jun 6, 2011 19:32:53 GMT -5
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 6, 2011 23:12:08 GMT -5
Oh, Thank You, Mike, for resurrecting this thread! It is just so darned fun.
Great photos and thanks so much for sharing Japan with us!
{{hugs to you and Emi}}
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Post by joew on Jun 7, 2011 9:11:19 GMT -5
Joan Baez certainly had a golden voice.
In my freshman year of college (1960-61) I was walking down the corridor of my dormitory one evening and heard this beautiful sound coming from one of the rooms. I stopped and stood there listening, as if transfixed. Eventually the door opened and the occupant came out and I asked who that was on the record. It was Joan's first Vanguard record. IMO it was also her best. Of course I bought it and the next several and enjoyed them all. I never agreed with her political views, but her singing was exquisite. It's wonderful to be reminded of that beauty.
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Post by gailkate on Jun 7, 2011 14:17:08 GMT -5
You never agreed with nonviolence, civil rights and human rights around the world? hmm. Yeah, I know, that doesn't belong in this thread. We've been listening to a lot of her albums in our daily Music Hour and her voice gets more and more exquisite to me. But that doesn't belong in this thread either. Back to vacation pics. Mike, that flowering tree is lovely. You haven't told us much about life since the quakes and tsunami. I guess it's still bad up north but pretty much normal in most of the country?
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Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 7, 2011 17:22:55 GMT -5
When we visited the Mars Distillery, the 4 of us were the only ones there; I being the only foreigner. When we finished the tour and we’re in the Spirits shop, a local news crew showed up to do a piece on the Distillery. Being the only foreigner there (sticking out like a sore thumb) they asked if they could interview me. I’m a relatively shy person but the girl doing the interview was so cute I couldn’t refuse. Here’re three pictures my friend took of me being interviewed. In this next picture, Emi has managed to get between me and the interviewer. All the best, Mike
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Post by joew on Jun 7, 2011 22:55:47 GMT -5
Nice bit of serendipity!
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 7, 2011 23:41:31 GMT -5
Wow! You are a television star, Mike!
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Post by Nomad-wino on Jun 16, 2011 20:30:19 GMT -5
A bit of a boring day, so, time to break out some more pictures. A few months ago Emi and I went on an overnight trip to the Mount Fuji five lakes area. Here are some snapshots from that trip. media-files.gather.com/images/d966/d959/d746/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg [/img] This is where we spent the night This is the hot bath facility. Woman to the left, men to the right. If you stand up in the bath you have a view of the lake and MT Fuji. This is the view from the hot bath. I hope everyone enjoyed. Regards, Mike
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Post by jspnrvr on Jun 16, 2011 20:51:51 GMT -5
Thanks, Mike! Looks like a great get-away.
And if you stood up in the hot bath, what did everyone else get to view?
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Post by BoatBabe on Jun 17, 2011 9:14:14 GMT -5
Great pics, Mike! I love the trips you and Emi take. It's all so beautiful.
Hugs!
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Post by joew on Jun 17, 2011 9:15:30 GMT -5
Nice pics, especially the final view of Mount Fuji.
It took me a while to figure out what is the kanji for "lake" in the two signs — very different "fonts" being used.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 8, 2011 23:41:10 GMT -5
OMG. My pics can't compete. Maybe I'll tell more than illustrate. For now, here's a pic of me and my friends outside an Ann Arbor shop with me pointing out the little "fairy door" on the side. A guy in A 2 has been decorating the town with these little doors, sometimes requiring a hole in the owner's building. You can see the whole story here. urban-fairies.com/ Here's me looking sort of stern before setting off for the reunion dinner: We were lent a house in Midland that had been designed in the 50s by Alden Dow, a Midland architect influenced by Japanese and Frank Lloyd Wright structures. It was all sorts of levels and materials (note the rough brick of the FP behind me), and so many rooms and levels we kept having to shout to find each other. From outside, as we were packing to leave: I have some pics of the inside but I'll have to work on them to get them big enough for you to see. It was a wonderful gift to have been lent that house (I wouldn't have gone if I'd had to add the motel costs to everything else), and I'll try to show you more of it. OK, Jane, take it away! Our 45th reunions must provide entertainment before Japan and storytelling, so I hope your pics are big enough to see. What do you think gk will wear to the reunion this year?
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Post by gailkate on Sept 17, 2011 23:40:02 GMT -5
Babe, I can't believe you ferreted out those pictures! This was just a small reunion, 4 of us who have been friends since before the rocks cooled. So far, there have been few pictures forwarded by those who had cameras. Here's one of me gazing out over Lake Michigan on a perfect September day. No, I'm not that fat; yes, the lake is that blue.
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Post by BoatBabe on Sept 18, 2011 13:26:11 GMT -5
You've let your hair grow, Gail. You are beautiful.
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Post by gailkate on Sept 18, 2011 17:42:08 GMT -5
Why thank you, sweet thing. Long has always been the real me, but I kept it cut in buttoned-down-shirt-land and cut it all off when I decided to go au naturel.
Speaking of which, on the tram in MSP airport, a young woman offered me a seat. I’d been walking briskly, less briskly, trudging for miles and finally took a chance on the tram (which was built some time since my last trip and might have been headed for another terminal, for all I knew).
Possibly I looked harried, maybe just the tiniest bit disheveled. I had the impression, as I swung onto the tram in the nick of time, that the young woman was about to get off when she gestured me to her seat. But she didn’t get off, and the seat said something about seniors and disabled passengers.
Seniors and disabled. Holy thit. Maybe I should go back to coloring my hair.
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Post by joew on Sept 18, 2011 18:07:27 GMT -5
Seniors and disabled. Holy thit. Maybe I should go back to coloring my hair. LOL They do know how to toss in an unintended (I hope) zinger, don't they?
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Post by doctork on Sept 18, 2011 22:09:05 GMT -5
I'd just be inspired to know that there is at least one (well actually 3 because I will add my two daughters) who have proper home training and know to offer a seat to an older or disabled person. And I have had the experience of an occasional gentleman offering his seat to me, a lady, because that is what gentlemen do.
Anyway, you and the lake are lovely gk. And the day too - you never know what you're gonna get in Michigan in September. And no, you are not fat at all, not to mention "not that fat."
BTW Jane, every time I open this page, there is your lovely family at the top!
Does the "Go Global" grandson speak another language? Today's NY Times Sunday Magazine has a story about an American family (dad a foreign correspondent) who moved to Moscow and put their 3 kids in a local private school instead of an international school. The stories detailed the kids' struggles being tossed into a Russian-speaking school without knowing Russian. Suffice to say, it was "sink or swim" and they did not sink. I had the same experience in Germany and really the "total immersion method" (pun acknowledged) is the best way to learn a language.
Then on to Mike's photos of life in Japan - always fascinating! Then gk's vacation! A veritable cornucopia of images.
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Post by jspnrvr on Sept 19, 2011 5:31:11 GMT -5
Seniors and disabled. Holy thit. Maybe I should go back to coloring my hair. LOL They do know how to toss in an unintended (I hope) zinger, don't they? What a neat picture, gail. It's does look perfect. I haven't been around the Great Lakes in a long time;15, 16 years maybe. I always love the northern lakes and the water up in the hills in KY and TN, blue up north and greenin the hills. Downstate, out on the prairie, our rivers and ponds were always kind of brown. And you look fine! Limber enough to get up and down on the sand dune, by golly, so good for you! I haven't had the senior courtesy extended to me yet, though I'll now accept a senior discount if offered. It's not like turning 21 and being booze legal, I'm not in any hurry to get "carded".
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Post by brutus on Sept 19, 2011 6:13:57 GMT -5
Babe, I can't believe you ferreted out those pictures! This was just a small reunion, 4 of us who have been friends since before the rocks cooled. So far, there have been few pictures forwarded by those who had cameras. Here's one of me gazing out over Lake Michigan on a perfect September day. No, I'm not that fat; yes, the lake is that blue. Lookin' real good, there, Toots! ~B~
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