Archive for May, 2008
Generating Green Energy
Find out how solar powered bras and high heels that capture energy can save our planet…or at least make it more interesting to look at.
Keepon
I am forever running into to things that amuse and bewilder me. Some stop me in my tracks. Some even leave me shaking my head in disbelief while at the same time thinking, “Man, I would really like one of those.” My latest find fits into this category…unfortunately, they aren’t for sale. [...]
Undokai 2008
Last weekend was my daughter’s school’s annual undokai - sports day. Her school falls into, what is loosely translated as, an elevator school. This means that once you gained admittance, you may continue in that school up to its highest level. Her school has its own yochien program (three year kindergarten program) [...]
Yuzu and Ponzu
Yuzu is a citrus fruit indigenous to Japan. It is about the size of a medium sized orange, but its skin has a slight yellowish hue. The fruit is pale cream in color. While the skin is wonderfully aromatic, the fruit itself is so bitter as to be nearly inedible. The skin can be found [...]
Inari
One of my favorite afternoon snacks is inari. The little sushi shop on the corner usually has little sets of three that I grab when I need just a little something extra to get through the afternoon. Inari is made by taking thinly sliced tofu and deep frying them twice so that the tofu [...]
