Valentines Day

On February 13th Masa and I baked side-by-side. I made Rose de Sable introduced to me by my French corres back in 10th grade

 I woke up in the morning to find two matching Tiffany watches on the dining room table ...

 

beautiful matching watches

 

 In the evening Masa surprised me by taking me to an adorable little European Thai restaurant along Shibuya river near Ebisu Station called Cosi.

 After dinner present :)

Food, Family & Fun

 Beer cheese fondue from Berlin

 Special sushi lunch

Thank you Oma and Dale

 

Todai office

Shoko and Peter in Tokyo

Ebisu Beer Museum

Shoko and Peter's Wedding

  

 

 

  

GHLP 2011 Reunion brunch turned into lunch at Accueil

the famous Mont Blanc pancake

The first sweet ume smell

a hint of spring is in the air

at Rinshin no Mori Park

Wedding Fair at the Tokyo American Club

Beautiful Vera Wang dresses

 Mini burgers, cheese cake etc

 

looking down at the lobby

Spaghetti a la Masa

New Years and welcome January

New Year's Day Osechi

January 23rd Potluck with the extended family

our contribution was the Mount Fuji potato salad mound

 Brunch at Irving Place

and we were finally able to visit the adorable tree house out back

and dessert and Kiwi Kitchen just down the street

cafe latte with strawberry-rhubarb pie, chocolate brownie and caramel slice

 First snow of the year

from the balcony

after a 45 minute walk through the blizzard we arrived at one of the best yakiniku restaurants in Tokyo

Stamina

at Sanshiro Pond, Todai

A book no Berlin girl should go without

 Today I tried the ragu alla bolognese ... 

deliciousness