HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Japanese New Year's Day Tradition: Osechi Ryori @ Aburiya Raku
Happy New Year! While the customary tradition in Las Vegas is the influx of yacky tourists on the strip freezing their asses gawking at subpar fireworks, the locales spend it quietly indoors, or on occasion drive out onto a highpoint to see the entire Valley in fireworks (it's a beautiful site). Having been on both sides of that coin (2 hours stuck in traffic on Koval at 1:30am is living hell, possibly the stupidest thing I've ever done.....oh wait) I prefer enjoying it quietly, but not calmly (it was a mad house in the kitchen)...
In the Japanese tradition, there's a little less partying (at midnight, it's a loud gong along with a moment of silence, followed by an early morning rush to temple to give a 2 second clap n' pray and get your year's fortune). You come home to a banquet of food, prepared during the prior week, so that for New Year's and two days after, no one has to cook and the house is at rest, (which is bung anyways, but the sentiment is there). Which makes the week before New Year's a living hell -so much to be made and usually makes everyone crazy.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Happy New Year!!!
So with everything going on with the Holidays; family, travel and generally gorging myself to death, I have reduced my Blog to a dither of random pics and other noncomittals.... But I'm back and with a vengeance; more reviews will be posted later this week with more cities on the horizon!!!
Thanks to everyone who has checked out my blog, even with the sparse content I appreciate your diligence and loyalty!!! Have a great year everyone!!!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
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