I Visited the Italian Restaurant from Nodame Cantabile!
In volume 11 of “Nodame Cantabile” , starting on page 145, a place called the “Italian Restaurant” appears. Yunlong describes it as “cheap, plentiful, and delicious.” Whether or no…
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Ryokan Tachibana in Hakone-Yumoto
From the evening of the 14, I went to Hakone on a company trip. The photograph shows the bath at our lodging, Ryokan Tachibana. The inn stands on high ground, and the bath is on th…
Daiba
Today I enjoyed a beer-tasting set, a sake-tasting set, and freshly pressed undiluted sake at Daiba Brewery, leaving me in a very good mood. The beers were Kölsch, Alt, and Gold, a…
Pacific Heights
It rained today. I stayed at Michael’s house until 12, then moved to his Pacific Heights apartment. It is in a 24-story building, on its 23rd floor, and the living room is entirely…
Niebaum-Coppola Becomes Rubicon Estate
Yesterday, I wrote that I could not find Niebaum-Coppola. In fact, its name had been changed to Rubicon Estate. No wonder I could not find it. They have also started charging an ad…
Domaine Carneros & Peju
Today, Carneros and Rutherford. In Carneros, I went to Domaine Carneros. This winery is owned by the Taittinger family and is famous for its sparkling wines made using the méthode…
Tilden to Sonoma
Up at five thirty in the morning. From the detached guesthouse at Owen’s home, I can see the Golden Gate Bridge as dawn breaks. I watch the sky gradually change from orange to ligh…
Berkelay
From the office in San Mateo, I headed to Owen’s home in Berkelay. Along the way, I looked around the streets of Berkelay. It was quite different from Palo Alto and had a pro…
San Jose & Palo Alto
San Jose has an attraction called the Winchester Mystery House. It is a house of obsession—or perhaps delusion—that the widow of the manufacturer of Winchester rifles kept building…
Halfmoon Bay & Stanford
I left the Palace Hotel at 10 a.m. I stopped at the Longs Drug behind Visa International in Foster City and used my Citibank cash card to buy pain relievers (Naproxen Sodium/200 ca…
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