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The Magic of Japanese Packaging - Fukusaya Gosanyaki Castella

Wagashi molds

Home-grown Finca Cardiff, 2017-18 harvest

Day 23 - 1018_09_10 - DC - Building Museum, Chinatown

Day 20-21 - 2018_09_06-2018_09_07 - Manhattan

Day 17-19 - 2018_09_03 to 2018_09_05 - DC, museums - African American, Renwick Gallery

Pre-Iceland departure - Washington, DC - Inventors' Hall of Fame / Mus. American History / NPR Headquarters

Day 21-22 - 2018_09_08-2018_09_09 - Manhattan

Day 24 - 2018_09_11 - DC - Torpedo Factory

Day 11-12 - 2018_08_28-29 - Verona, Padua, Venice Film Festival

Day 13 - 2018_08_30 - Venice

Day 14-15 - 2018_08_31-2018_09_01 - Amsterdam

Day 09 - 2018_08_26 - Venice

Day 16 - 2018_09_02 - Amsterdam

Day 10 - 2018_08_27 - Venice

Day 07 - 2018_08_24 - Salzburg

Day 02 - 2018_08_19 - Iceland

Day 06 - 2018_08_23 - Salzburg

Day 05 - 2018_08_22 - Vienna, Salzburg

Day 08 - 2018_08_25 - Innsbruck

Day 04 - 2018_08_21 - Vienna

Day 01 - 2018_08_18 - Iceland

Day 03 - 2018_08_20 - Iceland

Public photos

Tuna Harbor Dockside Market

San Diego Botanic Garden - 2017-04-04

Galapagos trip

Tartine country loaf - 1st try

Mom's 91st birthday at OGH

Feelin' the Bern

Complete - Mari in SD, Mar 2016

5 of 5 - Independence & Death Valley

4 of 5 - Alabama Hills & Manzanar

3 of 5 - Trona Pinnacles

2 of 5 - Basalt columns & Fossil Falls

1 of 5 - Vasquez Rocks & Red Rock Canyon

THU's Christmas concert @ OGH, Dec 20, 2015

2015_10_04 Post-concert dinner at Bagby Beer

Washoku screens at Nibei

Alpine Beer w/the Sardinas

Kaito Sushi w/Mary & Derren

Little Italy w/Mary & Derren

Freddy in LA/Nibei

Bridge USA Natsu Matsuri

Akiko-san in SD

"We Said No No" at Nibei

LA Daiku concert in Altadena

Harp & Koto Stories at Nibei Foundation

THU's dinner at Little Bear in LA's Artist's District

THU's performance at Keiro, Lincoln Heights

Dinner at Izakaya Hachi w/THU

Killing time in Little Italy

Carlsbad's Guy Stuff - not your ordinary antique store

Exploring San Diego's Little Italy

San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden

THU at Bagby Beer

San Diego's Marina at night

Mari in SD for Spring Break, 2015

Mom at OGH

Christmas/New Year's '14/'15 in San Diego w/Mari

Christmas 2014 in San Diego w/Steve & Mari

Chef's Tasting Flight, George's California Modern

Torrey Pines State Beach walk, Jan. 1, 2015

GIA Museum, Carlsbad, CA

Opening day, Yakitori Taisho

A visit to Kaito Sushi, Nov. 4, 2014

Encinitas Classic Car Nights

SDTNT at Lofty Coffee Roasting Works

A concert & dinner

Eric & Kumi's wedding

Bagby Beer's private pre-open

A visit to Specialty Produce

Opening day, Bottega Americano

SDTNT at Cafe Virtuoso

Barrio Logan at Night

A return to Bagby Beer

Bagby Beer photoshoot

temp for upload

A sneak peek of Bagby Beer with Candice

Abs abs abs... (...and a Sous Vide steak...)

Freddy in San Diego, Aug. 2014

San Diego ComicCon 2014

Mari in San Diego, July 2014

NYC/Tug's cabin, 2014

THU dinner at Union Kitchen & Tap

Lofty Encinitas Roasting Works opens

Tohoku survivor Masako Unoura-Tanaka speaks at Nibei Foundation

Saeko-san's duo Koto concert at Nibei Foundation

Tohoku survivors speak at Qualcomm

DIY Sous Vide at home

Yo-chan's farewell party

Wendy visits from Tokyo

Idyllwild / Palm Desert

First day of 2014

How we closed 2013

Out and about SD with Family over the Holidays

Family Holiday Gathering in San Diego

Kaito (海人)

Palm Desert / Idyllwild Drive

A Night of Coffee Geeking, or, Coffee as Spectator Sport

Crisp-roasted pork belly

Sushi Bar Bluefin with Aki-san

A Surprise Raffle Win from The West Bean

Zumbar Cardiff with "San Diego Joe"

LA Daiku concert at Union Church, Little Tokyo

O'Briens, Societe & Helm's w/the Sardinas

Leadership, Legacy & Inspiration Awards

A Day of Random Rambling

THU gathering and potluck at Fujie-san's house

SD Asian Night Market with the Sardinas

Surprise! The Terasawa visit San Diego

Societe Brewing Co & SD Asian Night Market with the Sardinas

2nd Japan Arts & Music Festival

My new guitar, the "Little Pepe", #225

The Grand Canyon and Sedona

Freddy and Mari in San Diego - Aug. 2013

Kaito Sushi with Brandon and Sadaf

Some old pics at "Strobe Alley"

Balloons over Olivenhain

The Lost Abbey w/the Sardinas

Checking out Broke Girls' Coffee Bar w/San Diego Joe

Kaito Sushi with Fujiko-san and friends

Latte Art at Home

Home Espresso Bar

Home food experiments

Barista Appreciation Event @ Cafe Virtuoso

A special collection for Gyo and Soichi

Hana Festival, 2013 - San Diego Buddhist Temple

JAMS-SD's Japanese Art & Music Festival

Handsome Coffee Roasters

Monzo

The Romeros Return - San Diego Symphony

JAHSSD booth at Asian Cultural Festival

Carlsbad Street Fair

Opening Cup Noodles "Time Can"

Little Italy Art Walk & Adams Ave. Unplugged with Joe & Terry

Steve in S.D.

Private tour and meet with garden designer Tosh

It's spring!

Celebrating Mike Sardina's birthday

Baja food crawl with Reiko and Ryota

Reiko and Ryota-kun in San Diego

Lecture on asynchronous computing by Dr. Ivan Sutherland

JAHSSD's WWII Internment Talk at Point Loma Nazarene

モット (Motto) Bene Bacon & Help for Japan Charity Bazaar

モット (Motto) Bene NSB - New Style Bacon

"Allegiance" premiere at The Old Globe + "The Tag Project"

DC and Outer Banks, Aug-Sep 2012

4th of July Wa-Fu savory (and popping!) appetizers

Spain, Portugal and Morocco

Christmas 2012 & New Year's in San Francsico

Atlanta, December 2012

Thanksgiving 2012 in San Francisco

(Mostly) Chow-ish places

Da Chow, and only da Chow

iFit Live walks

Caffe Calabria's Thursday Night Throwdown

Guitar scans

Pepe Jr.'s 200th Guitar Party

At the birdfeeder

Evaluating the MyPressi Twist

Mom & Mari visits San Diego

A brief trip to San Francisco

Berkshires cabin, NYC, and DC

My latest guitar "Jun", P. Romero #205

Iwate-ken Charity Concert & Fundraiser

Bird Rock Roasters' Pour-over Challenge

Coffee Fest San Diego, 2011

From Uncle Andy to young paleontologists Helena & Michael

A Full Day Exploring San Diego

A Heartfelt Thank You to all "San Diego Coffee Roasters+ for Japan" donors

San Diego Coffee & Tea Peeps Support Japan!

San Diego Coffee Roasters+ for Japan

High speed still sequences, Sekai Dento Budou Renmei @ We Will Rise fund-raiser for Japan

We Will Rise, a charity concert for Japan

Cafes & Roasters

IRC Japan Fundraiser at BLAH (Blind Lady Ale House)

Modernist Cuisine - An Unboxing

WTF? - Urban Dare in Little Italy

Sony's "Music for Japan", a fund-raiser

Romeros in Concert

Bakesale for Japan, Little Italy

Cherry Blossom Festival, Balboa Park

Kendo demonstration - Cherry Blossom Festival, Balboa Park

Life with the Romero's

Japan Earthquake - Sendai Before & After - From Google Earth

Most Interesting Photos (acc. to Flickr)

Yumeya (ゆめや)

GPS Tracks - Japan '10

The short story - Japan/TKS Reunion

1 - Complete - Japan/TKS Reunion

2 - To Hotel Tenbo / Ikaho Onsen

3 - Exploring Tokyo w/Reiko

4 - Kyoto w/Mari & Francis

5 - Hakone w/Mari, Francis, & Irene

6 - TKS Family Reunion

8 - Kodomo no Shiro (Children's Castle)

10 - Side trips w/Family

11 - Day trip to Kamakura

12 - In Tokyo with friends

13 - Edo Matsuri at the New Otani

Latest upload - 2011_01_03

Candidate for Moo cards

Little Italy Festa, 2010

Opening day at Yokohama Yakitori Kobou

Sushi Shibucho

1 - Athenian Snapshots

2 - Shhhh! Hadrian's Library - Ancient Athens

3 - Roman Agora - Ancient Athens

4 - Ancient Agora - Ancient Athens

5 - The Acropolis - Ancient Athens

6 - Athens Central Market

7 - Changing of the guard, Tomb of the Unknowns

8 - The Food & Restaurants of Athens

9 - To Villa Petaloutha, and oh what a villa!

10 - Life in Villa Petaloutha

11 - A Walk through the Hillside town of Glossa

12 - How about a day cruise?

13 - Exploring the beaches of Skopelos

14 - To beret, or not to beret - A farewell dinner w/our hosts Antony and Miranda

15 - Atelier Brancusi and Centre Pompidou

16 - Le Marche a Bastille

17 - Musee l'Orangerie

18 - Burp! Fruits de Mer @ Le Bar a Huitres

19 - My Haphazard survey of Parisian Restaurants & Food

20 - Parisian Snapshots

A - Street Scenes

B - Views

C - Brushstrokes - Details from the Musee l'Orangerie

D - Our Season in the Sun

E - Videos

Blue Ribbon Artisan Pizza

SDHR_2010_08_15

Coffee Events

At-home prep of Diver (Dave) caught live Abalone from Fort Bragg

The Kids of Obon

Obon Season 2010 in San Diego

iFit Live on NordicTrack x7i Incline Trainer

Coffee Cupping @ Cafe Virtuoso

Baja by the Sea Food and Wine Festival

Little Italy Sicilian Festival

A Visit to Beth's Genkiville

Coronado Island, 05/07/10

Tacos El Paisa

Barrio Logan

Favorite few

Little Italy Art Walk 2010

Adams Ave. Roots Festival 2010

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 4/23/10

Cuyamaca State Park, 4/23/10

San Elijo Lagoon

Anza Borrego, Spring 2010

UCSD Matsuri

Rick Bayless event @ Macy's

Christmas '09 & New Year's 2010 in DC

Thanksgiving '09 in the Bay Area

Flickr Photo Essays (1 page essays)

Pizza & Bread at Home

San Diego Home Roasters

Aquis es Texcoco

Fixtures for Living

Bull Taco

Yakyudori Ramen & Yakitori

GPS fun

H - Soundscapes

G - Videos

F - Faces at an Exhibition (La Fête Médiévale au Château d’Aigle)

D - Pensive

C - Big Smiles

A - The Flora and (domesticated) Fauna of the trip

30 - At London Heathrow Airport and a return to SD via LA

29 - Continuing through Wales and the booksellers of Hay-on-Wye

28 - In to Wales and the Abbey at Llanthony

27 - The charming Cotswolds village of Arlington

26 - Oxfordshire villages of Woodstock (Blenheim Palace), Minster Lovell, and Shellbourne

25 - On to Kingham via Stow-on-the-Wold to meet Chris for lunch

24 - Tending to Michael's big Owie

23 - On through Geneva to catch our London flight

22 - To the medieval village of Yvoire, France

21 - On a tall sailing ship in Amphion on French Lake Geneva

20 - On to Amphion on French Lake Geneva

19 - At Swiss Vapeur Parc in Bouveret

18 - La Fête Médiévale au Château d’Aigle

17 - A farewell dinner in Les Collons

16 - A final visit with the pasturing cows of Les Collons

15 - Day-trip and hike to the spa town of Ovronnaz

14 - The Romeros in concert

13 - Saanen Church and The Romeros rehearsal

12 - Meeting The Romeros at their hotel

11 - Day-trip to Gstaad to meetup with The Romeros

10 - A hike along an old water channel

9 - In the nearby village of Vex

8 - Around our village of Les Collons

7 - A river-side picnic in Hérémence

6 - Hiking above the Grand-Dixence dam

5 - Our day in town - Sion

4 - At our Chalet

3 - Views from our Chalet

2 - Our first hike

1 - Getting to the Chalet

South Bay Food Crawl

"Noodle House", Monterey Park

Bay Area Trip, July 2009

July '09 C8H10N4O2 crawl

Numero, a new addition to Little Italy

Spur-of-the-moment dreaming

Little Italy Mercato, & Exploring Downtown

Regional Farmer's Markets

Hodad's - Home to San Diego's Best Burger

Specialty Produce

Robataya Oton

Yakitori Yakyudori (焼き鳥 野球鳥)

Videos, Legoland and Sea World

Legoland w/Steve, LeAnn, and Kristin

Sea World w/Steve, LeAnn, and Kristin

Coronado Island via Ferry w/Steve, LeAnn, and Kristin

Photo observations

Cafe Chloe, East Village

KaitoTV - Videos during Prep @ Kaito Sushi

Prep @ Kaito Sushi

Food-related Videos

Combining Espresso and Sushi Cuisine; Well, sort of...

Prepping a Live Uni @ Home

Exploring the Hillcrest Farmer's Market

Little Italy's ArtWalk

Creating a Habanero Pepper Sauce

Brewtus is in da House

Video, WBC, Japan vs. Korea

"Color" shots, WBC, Japan vs. Korea

WBC, Japan vs. Korea

Fred Bacher's 60th BD Party

100+ Faves!

1811, Maryknoll

Mom in L.A., S.D.

Holidays '08/'09 in the Bay Area

Bringing-back Mr. Kamiyama's turkey recipe

Okan

Mariscos German

Las Brisas Tacqueria

Japanese Restaurant Show

Surfas, A Chef's Paradise

Little Italy Festa, 2008

Rudy's Tacos

Misc. Videos

Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 2008

The 90 Second Pizza (per Heston Blumenthal)

My Guitars

Simulating a Hearth Oven

Do(ug)h!

In the kitchen

Getting Cultured

"Coffeetronics" - Project Arduino

Awabi Night at Kaito

Humorous

Food Art

A Roll of the (R)ice

Tensys Medical

Park at the Park

Designers on Design

The Magic of Japanese Packaging

A Geotagged walk in Solana Beach

The bincho-tan/shichirin experiment

Yakitori at Home

Exploring South Bay S.D. w/Ceasar & Ximena

Mitsuwa Umaimono Fair, and a Day of Food

Family Gathering for Michael's Baptism

Loudoun Hunt Point to Point at Oatlands

Red Bull Airrace, San Diego 2007

Gene Caffe mixing test

Bringing on the Heat

Steak meets The Fat Duck

Mitsuwa's Ramen Matsuri

Kaito Sushi's 3rd Anniversary

T&H Prime Meats - Traditional Butcher

Christmas 2007 in SF

Cocina Avalos Mexicana

Cupping the '06 and '07 Idido Misty Valley Yrgacheffe's

1/3 - Thanksgiving '07 in S.F. - complete

2/3 - Mill Valley

3/3 - Tomales Bay, Nov 2007

Ritual Coffee Roasters

Burbank Kid's Art Festival

A Return to Intelligentsia

SD Wildfires - The evacuation that never was

Nisei Week/L.A. Tofu Festival

Intelligentsia's L.A. Opening, Aug 2007

San Diego Obon Odori '07

Vista Obon Odori '07

[1/6 - complete] DC Gathering to See Baby Michael

[3/6] Omakase Kaiseki Course at Makoto

[4/6] In the Garden

Parallel Grains of Rice - Sushi Fact or Sushi Fiction?

Visiting Justin/New York, May '07

Elizabethan Desserts

SCAA 2007 - Long Beach, CA

Litle Tokyo at Night, May 2007

A Visit to the Happeist Place on Earth

Teuchi Soba (手打ちそば) at home

Teuchi Towari Soba (手打ち十割りそば) - Attempt II

Soba making by "accident" - my first teuchi towari (100%) soba (手打ち十割りそば)!

Suzuya

Tsuruhashi (鶴橋)

Scouting the Escondido farmer's market & food court, Mar '07

Exploring downtown on bike

The Grammy's Honors the Romeros

Sushi Bar Blue Fin

The Brewtus gets a Detailing

Exploring Santa Monica

Saito-san opens Sushi Bar Blue Fin - opening day, Jan '07

Amtrak to L.A. Union Station

New Year's 2007 - Mom in S.D./L.A.

Christmas 2006 in the Bay Area

Working the stone grain mill

[2/5 - Santa Cruz - Natural Bridges, Monarchs, Roaring Camp RR, & Redwoods] A Bay Area Thanksgiving

Chalk Art, Festa!, Little Italy

[4/5 - Boulettes Larder, San Francisco] A Bay Area Thanksgiving, Nov '06

[3/5 - Mosaics and Signs of a Foodie Haven] A Bay Area Thanksgiving, Nov '06

[5/5 - Making a ritual out of Ritual] A Bay Area Thanksgiving, Nov '06

[1/5 - complete] A Bay Area Thanksgiving

So Cal Barista Jam

Baja Food Crawl

JAHSSD downtown walking tour

Paul Bertoli's Fra' Mani tasting event

Festa! Little Italy, San Diego

Scouting the O.C. Japanese scene, Sep '06

Daikokuya (大黒家)

Exploring Downtown San Diego and the Gaslamp

San Diego Korean Festival

Iron Chefs in San Diego

Balboa Park

Embarcadero at night

Architectural Salvage

The struggle to learn Latte Art...

Tensys Medical goes to Petco Park

San Diego Red tide events

[2/6 - favorites] Mom's 81st birthday trip

[6/6 - D.C. sans party] - Mom's 81st birthday trip - 5/5

[1/6 - complete] Mom's 81st birthday trip

[3/6 - San Diego] - Mom's 81st birthday trip

[4/6 - Los Angeles] - Mom's 81st birthday trip

[2/4 - NYC] Mari's wedding & NYC

Shapes, patterns, and lines

Mom's return to L.A., Jan. 2006

Scanography

[1/5 - complete] Sydney, Tasmania, and New Zealand

[2/5 - Sydney] Sydney, Tasmania, and New Zealand

[3/5 - Tasmania] Sydney, Tasmania, and New Zealand

[4/5 - New Zealand] Sydney, Tasmania, and New Zealand

[5/5 - Hiking Fox Glacier] Sydney, Tasmania, and New Zealand

Backpacking the Sabrina Basin

Medium format - misc.

The Roomba Rumba

Brea with Holly (and Rudolph)

Sense of place

[1/9 - complete] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

[2/9 - LA and beyond] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

[3/9 - Helena visits Kokoro] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

[6/9 - Day-trip to Napa] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

[7/9 - Dinner at Oliveto] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

[8/9 - Cantor Arts Center w/Gyo, Hana, and Simon] Thanksgiving Trip '05 - LA - SF - LA

Vinegar-making at Home

Balboa Park at Night

331 Omakase Tour, Nov '05

[3/7 - photo observations] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[2/7 - favorites] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[5/7 - Musee d'Orsay - Brushstrokes of the Impressionist Masters] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[7/7 - Paris] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[4/7 - Helena's Baptism Day] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[6/7 - UK sans Baptism day] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

[1/7 - complete] UK and Paris, Sep-Oct 2005

Mom's Los Angeles farewell

Shoebox for photos

[1/2 - complete] Mom's 80th birthday party and weekend

Favorite haunts and 'eats'

[3/4 - Mari & Francis' garden] Mari's wedding & NYC

[4/4 - Mari's wedding - favorites] Mari's wedding & NYC

[1/4 - complete] Mari's wedding & NYC

Favorites

Visual compositions

Nature

Nostalgic

Desert Wildflowers, March '05

My Work

Miscellaneous

Family events

NYC and Fall colors, Oct. '03

Italy & Brunnenburg Castle

Japan, Nov. '04