Odds and Ends

On Saturday Peter and I went Japanese Shopping. This means that we randomly picked a building that looked commercial (sometimes it is hard to tell), and walked in to see what they sold. It is very hard to tell from the outside what we will find inside, so Japanese Shopping is always an adventure.

This store had a very large grocery store on the ground floor, and a mix of clothing departments on the second floor. A Japanese Super Target. Unfortunately, there were no cameras allowed, but I wish I could have taken some pictures of the groceries. The produce section was completely alien to us. The only things we could identify were the "exotic" American staples like corn on the cob and strawberries (which were $5 for about a dozen). We also recognized Goya (bitterfruit), which is well named. We learned the hard way to avoid that one. We spent a long time trying to guess what the vegetables all were. They also sold both ready made sushi platters and the ingredients to make your own sushi. The most exciting food we found was a display of LIVING shellfish.


On Sunday we had Game Night. Smithifer recently blogged that she knows that she is getting old because she eats meals with recognizable food groups and falls asleep in front of the TV. We have taken frumpiness one step further and have dispensed with all electronic entertainment. We now amuse ourselves with a board game party every weekend, that starts off with a balanced meal, progresses through dessert and a PG board game, and ends around 10pm when we all pass out. From exhaustion, not alcohol consumption. This week was Uno. I was the one that had so many cards in my hand that I had to start stacking them in piles on the table. It did not end well.