golden week

thursday, i started the "week" off right with NO alarm clock.  in the afternoon, i met up with Ro and went up to omiya, in saitama.  we met up with some of my old coworkers for my old school's annual orchestra concert, and drinks afterward.

friday Ro and i walked around ueno, had dinner at a yakitori place in ameyoko and then i went to shinjuku to meet up with some old college friends.  one of the guys moved to osaka last year, so it was a mini reunion of sorts.  i came home on the last train and crashed into my bed, just perfectly tipsy.

then, on saturday, i made a handful of kinchaku.

then Ro and two of his friends and i went to the races on sunday.

i bet 100yen on 5 different races and actually won once!  but i forgot to cash in my ticket!  it was only about 160-190yen, because it was a favored horse, but i can't believe i forgot.  apparently i can cash it in somewhere in asakusa.  may have to look into it...

and the rest of the "week"?

i did a lot of eating/sleeping/lounging around/walking the neighborhood with Ro on monday, tuesday and wednesday.

we went to bed around 12midnight every night, and woke up around 10am, sometimes not actually getting out of bed until noon!  now that's what i call vacation.  not to mention, the weather was fabulous.  ALL WEEK.

also, in just 4 days, we ate yakitori, ramen, yakiniku, indian curry, and tsukemen.  i didn't get pictures most times, but here's my ramen from kimihan:

we also ate at an indian curry place on monday night and about 30 minutes later, both of us were thankful for the public restrooms scattered throughout nakamise in asakusa.  > <  the curry was really good and i would definitely go back, but we agreed that we didn't want to get caught anywhere without a toilet after eating there!  haha.  in the end, the raspberry and lemon gelato (also in nakamise) helped soothe our stomachs and we left for home happy campers.

i also made breakfast on monday (fried eggs/sausage/toast/yogurt), tuesday (french toast/yogurt/apple juice) and wednesday (vegetable scrambled eggs/toast/grape juice) mornings.  spoiled boy.  :P


we did do a lot of eating, but we walked everywhere (not to the racetrack or to omiya, of course!) and isn't vacation made for eating, sleeping, and playing each other in othello on your iPhones until you both fall asleep?



...yeah, that's what i thought.  :)