Category: events
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First Post from Europe
Hello. Bonjour from Switzerland. 恭喜發財 Kung Hei Fat Choy ! We wish you all a Prosperous New Year of the Tiger and Happy Valentine’s Day. With the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the start of O Carnaval in Rio, what a busy weekend ! We are back online. The biggest adventure has just…
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Moving Across The Pond
As many of you may know, we are moving from Edgewater, NJ to Neuchâtel, CH. The movers are coming this week. Every thing is being packed for shipping. The chaos has been overwhelming. We will be living in a hotel and out of our suitcases for about two months (until we find a new home).…
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Honmaguro Oh-Toro from Mitsuwa
One of my first posts on this blog is about the public demonstration of cutting up a 680-pound bluefin tuna at Mitsuwa supermarket. It was posted here two months ago. Amy, Jason, Sue and I went to Mitsuwa, and I took pictures and videos of the demonstration. According to blog statistics, there are a lot…
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Resignation / I Don’t Like Mondays
I resigned on the last Monday of 2009, which was the start of the last work week in the first decade of the 21st century. It felt good. Thought about this song by Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsVbhVEAb-M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] I had this metal dice sitting on my desk for a long time. Each of…
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A Bad Day
Wednesday was a bad day. Sue and I drove into the city during the day on a weekday (against our better judgement). We had to get our visa from the Swiss consular office on 3rd Avenue and East 41st street. We parked in a garage on the east side which cost $28 for under…
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Christmas Bash / Nor’easter
Last night we went to the annual christmas bash in Montclair. As always, we had a great time: conversations, live music, carol singing, food and drinks, karaoke, etc. Calebc and Shecrow are great hosts, thank you. Outside was a roaring Nor’easter tearing up the East Coast. The snow storm persisted much of the evening and…