Kenka

Pretty fun. Cheap alcohol. They serve demon killer sake and this other one with a snake in it... Gross. Didn't even want to look at it. Food is okay... Okay if you are drunk. Good fun overall. Lotsa karaoke on the same block. Plus Japadog.

Grimaldi

Korea Way and Mandoo Bar

Totto Ramen

Spicy pork ramen!

Num num num

Delicious. Nice and peppery and hot the spot in this cold ass weather. Be prepared to come early. They open at 12. We got here at 11:20 and put our names down. We were the fourth table.

Going to NYC!

But testing out this google app first. Eventually I will load some pics.

Sitting in Economy Plus on this united flight and although it has extra legroom, the seat width is still an issue. Can't really move around but "thank the cows" I have a window seat

on the subject of books

the tao of pooh
by benjamin hoff

i really bought this book on a whim. i had a 40% off coupon at border's and used it to buy this cute little book about winnie the pooh. if i could pick one word to sum up this novel, it'd be "cute". the author cleverly uses phrases and situations from the winnie the pooh series to explain the core principals of taoism. winnie the pooh is the great philosopher, eeyore is a negative nelly, and piglet is a persistant worry-wart (piglet goes on to have his own book, the tao of piglet). there's really not much i can say about this book, as it is small with large font. quick read, but something to check out at least once.

booooooooooks

Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
One of those books that grinds against the nature of being and leaves the reader aching not only for the story within but for the loss of the virgin experience of it. Like all Murakami's work, rich with dream imagery that lingers in your memory for days, months, years. Simple language, big symbols, crazy characters, ultramodernness to spare -- a must read classic.

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