. ...been a while...
...we are sorting ourselves out here in the Hatsukaichi following an excellent January sojourn to sunny San Franciso, sunnier Puerto Vallarta down there in Mexico and the quite, quite brilliant Vancouver-towne in that country leading the world in being north of the United States...flannel-y old Canada.
Here's some pics...
...this is yours truly getting a handle on the whole pregnancy issue in an effort to share the burden with his lovely wife. There was a try on tummy in the changing rooms! Brilliant...
...aforementioned lovely wife hang-hang-hanging out during a splendid stroll around the San Francisco waterfront. San Francisco = Super Cool...
...in what will become a running theme in this post, I present......meat..
In this case 28 day dry-aged USDA Prime Bone-in Rib Eye Steak...
...grilled over fruitwood and charcoal...
...from here...
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have eaten alot of meat in my days.
This. Topped. The. Lot.
...pole position......'nuff said...
...yours truly at the helm of one of two surviving Liberty Ships......the ships that beat that nazi bastard...
...and so on to sunny Mexico......meat...
...enormous tables laden with......meat...
...and Mexican wrestlers......armed with margaritas...
...cooking meat...
...yarrr......take oranges...take mandarins...
...there were sunsets...
...there were flasks made of cows hooves...
...there was jug after jug (after jug) of pina coladas...
...there were breeding Mexican wrestlers...
...and their wee (rather feisty) relations...(...note the move away from the traditional black ninja-suit to the more "fashion forward" sponge-bob-square-pants number...)
...there was hanging' out...
...there were rather nifty churches......admittedly on a lean...
(...as well as blue skies...)
...complete with bitchin' St. Francis of Assisi statues...
...and hep-cat priest dude statues...
...surrounded by -frankly stereotypically cool- cobbled streets...(...see previous note re: blue skies...)
...(...)...
...stuff woz big in Mexico......the super-size-snacks on the left are deliciously-puffed-bite-sized-pieces-of-
deep-fried-pig-skin
(note to self: work that phrase into autobiography title)
...mmm...
...all together now...
deliciously-puffed-bite-sized-pieces-of-
deep-fried-pig-skin
...one of these two is going to have a better day than the other...
...have you guessed which one yet?...
...the enormous charcoal BBQ outside overlooking the sea?......bloody nice touch I thought...
...(sigh)...
...mmm......component piggy parts...
...roasted...
...(sigh)...
...then it was off to Vancouver......Vancouver was cool...
We stayed with the Mike and the Stacey, Canada-ites that we met here in sunny Hiroshima-towne.
...seriously...how Canadian is this photo? What with the Danger Bay-esque float plane? I swear, not 5 seconds after this photo was taken Bryan Adams (he's on the $5 note) came up and offered me some maple syrup....true story...
...deep cove......cold...
...deep...
...i can deeply, truly respect a council with the ability to take the piss...
...no seriously......strap your Canada on...
...more meat-y goodness......after much deliberation, I went for the headcheese and the smoked buffalo...
...breakfast of champions...
...perty......so is the view...
...there were chums...
...there was hockey...
...there were blue skies...
...and the question should be why WOULDN'T there be a giant inflatable radio controlled orca flying around the stadium dropping ski-field lift passes from its underbelly...So there you go folks. Grand times indeed. Thanks to all involved.
Now we are back in the Japan, counting down until the end of April...
I trust you are all well
Have a grand 2008
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