http://talesfromjapan.com/2008/06/29/akihabara/ Stories of our travails in Tokyo Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://talesfromjapan.com/2008/06/29/akihabara/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Brian Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:56:02 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=63#comment-20 OY...the whole phone selection thing should be its own tale! Short version: we had to go Akihabara because the first phone was NOT on their list of "recommended" phones. I was furious, but we decided not to fight that battle. Ticking me off more was the letter than came home six months later saying that they had changed their mind, saw the wisdom in the first phone we had purchased, and would now allow it. Too bad, we already took that one back, and I am not going to shorten my two year contract with the stupid one on your no longer valid "recommended" list. (Can you tell I still have issues about this?) Pictures? Do you mean a picture of her phone? Or pictures of Akihabara? I didn't have my camera with me that morning. And Akihabara is like the French Quarter in New Orleans. You can take a picture, but you need to be there to experience the energy and vibe that is the air. The "alternate universe that is one part psychedelic trip through Lucy’s sky of diamonds, one part Dali’s surrealistic view in The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, and one part Baum’s Oz" seems to be the best chance of catching that energy, short of you clicking on my Travelocity ad, booking a flight, and putting Akihabara on your itinerary. You are always welcome! OY…the whole phone selection thing should be its own tale! Short version: we had to go Akihabara because the first phone was NOT on their list of “recommended” phones. I was furious, but we decided not to fight that battle. Ticking me off more was the letter than came home six months later saying that they had changed their mind, saw the wisdom in the first phone we had purchased, and would now allow it. Too bad, we already took that one back, and I am not going to shorten my two year contract with the stupid one on your no longer valid “recommended” list. (Can you tell I still have issues about this?)
Pictures? Do you mean a picture of her phone? Or pictures of Akihabara? I didn’t have my camera with me that morning. And Akihabara is like the French Quarter in New Orleans. You can take a picture, but you need to be there to experience the energy and vibe that is the air. The
“alternate universe that is one part psychedelic trip through Lucy’s sky of diamonds, one part Dali’s surrealistic view in The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, and one part Baum’s Oz” seems to be the best chance of catching that energy, short of you clicking on my Travelocity ad, booking a flight, and putting Akihabara on your itinerary. You are always welcome!

]]> http://talesfromjapan.com/2008/06/29/akihabara/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Margaret Whitt Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:54:45 +0000 http://talesfromjapan.com/?p=63#comment-19 And did we pick out a first-grade-appropriate cell-phone? How about a picture!?!?! And did we pick out a first-grade-appropriate cell-phone? How about a picture!?!?!

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