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2010 Olympic Festivities

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On Valentine’s Day my family and I headed to downtown Vancouver to check out the Olympic festivities. The streets were blocked off so no cars could pass through. Lots of foot traffic though and no lack of excitement.

Ginza

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Looking through pics I took a while back and found this one of a yakitori joint in Ginza. I have zillions photographs of people, places and things in Tokyo sitting on the hard drive which will eventually be organized and uploaded to my Flickr account.

2010 Olympic protests, why?

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Despite anti-Olympic demonstrations and rowdy protesters shouting, “the world is watching,” the Olympic torch made its way through downtown Vancouver and the 2010 Olympics are in full swing. There are many groups protesting the Olympics like the one we saw the other day, here. More reading about Olympic protests ...

Olympic Torch Relay leaves Burnaby

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BURNABY – Pouring rain didn’t stop Olympic Torch Relay supporters from lining the streets at Kennsington Square in Burnaby, BC this morning to catch a glimpse of the flame as it made its way through town.

Matcha and Red Bean Dorayaki Roll

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Influenced by the dorayaki, a popular Japanese sweet. I made this pancake using eggs, honey, baking powder, milk and flower. Heated a griddle just like you would when you make pancakes. I poured the batter into skinny strips, flipped once and let cool. Made real whipped cream, used half of ...

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