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Saturday, 31 Oct 2009 | Views [30]
Brandon and I went down to American Village to check out their costume contest and grab a bite to eat. (Check out some of the costumes we saw in our photo gallery.) It rained off and on, so there wasn't as big of a turn out as predicted, but it was ... Read more >
Wednesday, 28 Oct 2009 | Views [28] | Comments [3]
As part of my on-going "Dessert Diplomacy" efforts, I made these cute Halloween spider cookies. They are frosted and decorated Double Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Brandon says they taste good. (I don't like chocolate cookies, so I've only sampled ... Read more >
Sunday, 25 Oct 2009 | Views [32]
Megumi and I had a wonderful lunch at Soup Soup on the second floor of Max Furniture and right across from Today!OK. And no, I'm not kidding. We both chose soup sets. I had a bowl of their clam chowder, which was soy based with peas, carrots, onions, ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 | Views [61] | Comments [2]
While Mama was here, we purchased the latest RockBand game, "RockBand: The Beatles," to provide us with hours of fun and a good way to unwind in the evenings. For all you who aren't familiar with RockBand, it's a video game where you choose ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 | Views [34]
Mama and I went out for lunch with Megumi the day before we flew back to PA. We had a fun time wandering through American Village and ate at "the Depot" for a curry-filled lunch. Mama had "Prime Rib Curry," I had "Chicken and ... Read more >
Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009 | Views [35]
To the Okinawa Aquarium, of course! We had a lot of fun showing Mama around the Aquarium and taking her to the ever-changing dolphin show (it's always completely in Japanese but we've never seen the same show twice!) When we got back from our trip ... Read more >
Sunday, 18 Oct 2009 | Views [49] | Comments [2]
To quote "The Princess Bride," "Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up." We've had a very busy, very fun last few weeks. And we have plenty of photos to prove it! When we got back to Okinawa from NE, we brought ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [66]
Last weekend, Megumi and her husband, Roger, invited us to go along with their group to the beach at the Renaissance Resort, a ways up Rt. 58. We had a wonderful time and couldn't have asked for a nicer day! It was hot and humid enough to enjoy a swim, ... Read more >
Sunday, 13 Sep 2009 | Views [66]
I'm so proud of my wonderful husband! Brandon passed his Security Plus certification exam Thursday! Yay!!! We won't get the actual certificate for a few weeks, but I had him pose with the print out he got to prove he passed. He thought I was a bit ... Read more >
Monday, 7 Sep 2009 | Views [84]
"The Dinner of the Convenience Store" Brandon and I wanted to get something quick to eat the other night, but neither of us wanted to cook and our favorite take out place was closed, so we decided to head over to Family Mart, our local convenience ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009 | Views [73]
Brandon broke out his new grill for a test run last night, grilling
us up some tasty cheeseburgers, complete with Jack Daniel's BBQ Sauce!
Yummy! We bought him the Fiesta gas grill during the base's Father's
Day sale and Gimli helped him put it ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009 | Views [68]
Military show-and-tell planes and equipment? Check! Games, festival food, performances, kiddie rides? Check! Fireworks in the evening? Check! The local Marine base's Flight Line Festival had it all, folks! Brandon and I headed down Rt 58 to ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009 | Views [97]
We're still playing a bit of catch up from last weekend. After such a wonderful evening with Aria Asia on Saturday, we braved the heat and humidity to head up to the Aquarium for our second time! One of my friends from Geneva College has been stationed ... Read more >
Thursday, 6 Aug 2009 | Views [77]
Megumi and I had a wonderful lunch at Ocean Pizza, near Cape Zampa. The buffet was delicious and we had a beautiful view of the Sea. I am really loving the fresh fruit salad full of mango, pineapple, papaya, and coconut squares. (The coconut squares ... Read more >
Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [108]
Brandon and I looked out the window the other day to find this photo-worthy, "only in Japan" bus parked in the lot across the street. I HAD to get a photo! All you "Thomas the Tank Engine" fans beware! Hello Kitty Bus may be ... Read more >
Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Views [136]
I watched a rain storm as it worked its way across the Sea of China while I waited for Brandon to get off work the other day. It looked really neat! I've seen storms off in the distance before, but never one that looked quite like this. Fun! ---Arielle ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Jul 2009 | Views [83]
We went to the festival on Sunset Beach in our town yesterday. It was so fun to have Brandon try some of the popular festival foods! And I was excited to have my yakisoba again - brought back happy memories of festivals and friends in Tokyo and Yokohama.... Read more >
Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [118] | Comments [2]
Megumi and I tried out Clover Cafe near our apartment for lunch. We had their "healthy lunch" set. I love the attention to detail the Japanese as a culture as a whole gives to food presentation! Bottom left: sticky "brown rice"... Read more >
Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [160]
Yesterday was a busy and exciting day! We had a solar eclipse at 11am here to start things off. It's the longest total solar eclipse we'll have in the 21st century. On Okinawa we had 80% of a total solar eclipse, so for a little over 6 minutes we ... Read more >
Monday, 20 Jul 2009 | Views [150]
Saturday, Brandon took me out for lunch at the Ramen shop in American Village. I had some very good Okinawan fried rice and Brandon had beef ramen. The ramen here is a far cry from the stove-top ramen Americans are used to...come to think of it, we ... Read more >
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