Saturday, March 7, 2009

morning tennis, afternoon nap, sunset walk

Steve and i played tennis again today.  and will hopefully play again tomorrow morning around  7:30am.  tennis was fun and no falls for me this time.  it was the first time to see Steve again since the last time we played tennis back in early february or was it january.  he went from no work (other than being a stay-at-home dad)(which was full-time) to two jobs now... manager of a Starbucks and children's tennis coach.  maybe i should get a job, oh yeah, i have one and will return in mid-april.

here is one of my neighbor's cat.  i think her name is something like. . .
 Mystique Blue (thru the window)

this is where i first saw her


my first pair of Crocs and Tony(2)  too


did i mention i had some takoyaki the other night?  soon i will have the real thing... Takozo, Takozo, Takozo!!!  this isn't the Takozo that i usually go to but maybe i will try to find it.  the one i go to is at Senri-chuo.  this is an interesting takoyakiya-san.  he sang for Tony and i.  i will try to find the photos and video i took of him singing . . . 

 you can see Tony was younger then and still had his whiskers.  and if you listen closely the first word the takoyakiya-san sings is . . . "tonikaku".  Tony's full name is Tony Kaku :  )
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after a little nap, i walked to the beach mainly to try out my new camera.  i made it in time for sunset but there wasn't enough clouds to soak up and reflect the colors.  i did get to try some night photos...

poppies with a touch of sunlight


trying out the old zoom lens on the new camera


downtown Redondo Beach just after sunset


twinkle twinkle きらきら


waiting for the bus

still waiting 

still 


late night coin laundry


welcome to the Driftwood