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November 23, 2008 12:53 PM EST --
Folks, I've been away from Gather, because I've been postong on my own blog at nikkeiview.com. But I thought some of you might want to click over and read my latest, about Betty James and the . . .
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February 10, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
Hot stuff: Orochon Ramen lets you choose your level of heat. I opted for #3 and it was pretty damned warm.
When Erin and I were in LA last month, we ate dinner with her cousin Lisa . . .
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February 02, 2008 11:35 PM EST --
Erin and I went out to eat tonight at Thai Basil , a very popular restaurant in southeast Denver. We had eaten there a couple of weeks ago with friends and enjoyed the food, so we decided to give it a . . .
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February 02, 2008 02:42 AM EST --
When Erin and I traveled to Hawai'i last September, we spent several days at the home of my cousin Laura McHugh and her husband John, in Mililani, northwest of Honolulu. I didn't write about it . . .
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January 14, 2008 01:32 AM EST --
Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro and Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan in "Bones."
The best thing about DVDs is the opportunity to fall in love with television . . .
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December 01, 2007 12:57 PM EST --
In the U.S., snack food manufacturers in recent years have become creative, and come up with a variety of flavor combinations beyond the old barbecue-flavor potato chips or the nacho cheese flavored . . .
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November 18, 2007 10:47 PM EST --
Members of the Grateful Crane Ensemble's "Moonlight Serenaders" in "The Camp Dance: The Music & The Memories," include (front row) Keiko Kawashima and Jason . . .
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November 18, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Bill Hosokawa in 2005, sitting next to a caricature at the Denver Press Club
Bill Hosokawa died of natural causes at age 92 in Sequim, Washington, where he lived with his daughter. . . .
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October 14, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Sat. Sept. 22
It's our last day in Honolulu, but we're now slowing down. It's jam-packed, with a trip to the fabled Flea Market that Erin has been raving about since we've been planning . . .
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October 14, 2007 03:21 PM EDT --
Friday, Sept. 21
Another big food day. We're eating our way across Oahu.
It was also a day of hunting history.
We began the day with Richela, who joined us in a drive downtown to the Japanese Cultural . . .
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September 30, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
Thursday, Sept. 20
This was a food and friendship day. We got up and had a leisurely morning, hanging around Richela's condo. Then Erin and I drove past downtown to meet up with Bill Rose, one of . . .
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September 27, 2007 05:19 PM EDT --
Wednesday, Sept. 19
It was sad leaving Laura and John's in Mililani – it's a beautiful and comfortable home, and they were so gracious and generous, it felt like we've known them all . . .
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September 24, 2007 09:14 AM EDT --
Tuesday, Sept. 18
We spent the day with Regine, Laura's twin sister, and the evening with Laura and John. She lives just a few minutes away in the older section of Mililani, land of rusty dirt. She . . .
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September 21, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
Monday, Sept. 17
This day was one of discovery about my family. It began with my cousin Aileen Moriwake guiding us to the apartment of my Aunt Mary Asakawa and my cousin Keith, who's probably around . . .
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September 20, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
Sunday, Sept. 16
The Hanzawa-Sakuma family reunion was a Sunday brunch, held at a restaurant on Shafter Army Base in Honolulu. Because she was one of the organizing committee members, Laura had to get . . .
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September 18, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Saturday, September 15
Yesterday was a long day, and a preview of today's reunion.
We started with the relaxed morning of papaya and conversation with Laura, but eventually moved on to the day's . . .
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September 15, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
It's great to feel so welcomed.
Erin and I arrived late yesterday afternoon at Honolulu Airport and called up Regina Shimomura, a cousin I'd never met. She's the twin sister of Laura McHugh, . . .
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July 09, 2007 01:52 AM EDT --
Two news items worth noting, although one is kinda old already:
First Burger King has announced that in Hawaii, they're selling a new item, a Spam Platter -- two slices of Spam nestled between white . . .
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July 09, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
For most people -- but I think especially for Japanese Americans, who tend to come from very defined communities bound together by geographic roots, generational branchings and, for many, the shared trauma . . .
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June 27, 2007 01:06 AM EDT --
We spent some time at the Sakura Matsuri, or Cherry Blossom Festival, in downtown Denver's Sakura Square this past weekend. It was a good chance to catch up with old friends and we ended up filling . . .
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