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A Briar Rose: Baller Status: Auntie Edition!
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Monday, December 13, 2010. Baller Status: Auntie Edition! I figured out many years ago that no matter how hard you try to savor and preserve a moment, it eventually retreats with the same predictable resolve of each one before. Like it or not, this too shall pass. We started with Byodo-in. Built in 998, it was first a villa of a powerful clan member in the Heian period. In 1053 it was switched to a Buddhist temple and the famous Phoenix Hall was...If I ...
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A Briar Rose: September 2010
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Thursday, September 30, 2010. We've hit the wall. Round round she goes. Tuna and quail egg = decadence. We love this part of town. Random, but free! Thursday, September 30, 2010. Tuesday, September 28, 2010. Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink. We headed uphill pretty aimlessly, and stopped where we wanted. On the way we saw a really small shrine tucked back into a street corner. It's amazing how subversive the culture is here. When we left t...
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A Briar Rose: October 2010
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Tuesday, October 26, 2010. You know what really grinds my gears? Well I'll tell ya. It grinds my gears when there's a Cafe du Monde in Kyoto Station, in a country where people will wait in line 45 minutes for a Krispy Kreme, that doesn't have beignets but has hot dogs instead. Have they ever been to the orginial? The menu is: hot coffee, iced coffee, beignets. WTF, Cafe du Monde Japan, I'm disappointed in you. Why are you there anyways? Gwen and I found...
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A Briar Rose: November 2010
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Sunday, November 28, 2010. Move it like Bernie. Kayo and Gwen with the paddles. The "beer-o-matic" I want one. Apple and parmesan stuffed chicken breasts. Creamy mashed potatoes and gravy. Slow cooked country green beans. Home baked garlic knots. Vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and dried cranberries. Demonstrating the new dance craze called "Move it like Bernie." This link. Might be helpful to your understanding. Anyways we started there and then t...
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A Briar Rose: A KFC Christmas
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Photo courtesy Gwen Corner. Where my girls at from the front to back? Thursday I wandered around town and look what I found! Barber shop supporters. This poster was also on sale at the movie theater. Haters, go on and hate. I know too many of them too well to think this is gonna go unbitched about. Anyways I thought it was random, cool, but random. Needless to say we did absolutely nothing Sunday. I highly doubt it though, a...
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A Briar Rose: December 2010
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Not all those who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien. Monday, December 13, 2010. Baller Status: Auntie Edition! I figured out many years ago that no matter how hard you try to savor and preserve a moment, it eventually retreats with the same predictable resolve of each one before. Like it or not, this too shall pass. We started with Byodo-in. Built in 998, it was first a villa of a powerful clan member in the Heian period. In 1053 it was switched to a Buddhist temple and the famous Phoenix Hall was...If I ...