Why? Because if I didn't, it would explode apart from all the adds people shove in there every day. Pizza, sushi, apartments, gardens - there are TONS of high gloss adds just waiting to tempt your wallets. Maybe it's just that I'm from the middle of nowhere New Hampshire, but I'm honestly not used to seeing so much junk mail. Worse yet, this stuff isn't always junk I can just throw away, because it often features glossy photos of sushi and pizza which make me unbelievably hungry!
Look at that Sushi...I mean seriously, that's good stuff! The food in these photos is probably wax...
but they look amazing!
Whatever photographer has this job knows how to make people hungry, that's all I'm saying. Whether they spray the food or it's made of wax...it still looks fricken delicious.
In other news, I'm missing Free Comic Book Day this year in the US. For those of you that down know, the first Saturday in May ever year in the US is Free Comic Book Day and that means there are free preview issues for many series available at your comic book store. Get there early in the day, and there's also often some pretty sweet free stuff to be had from your favorite comic book companies! Get there late, and in my experience you won't even get all the preview issues because they're out. I seriously recommend getting to your local store before 10 AM if you want the goods stuff (earlier if your store opens really early for the event). I'm a little sad to be missing it, but I guess I'll just be going online to see what I'm missing this time. Feel free to let me know if anything's going to be worth picking up via Amazon.
The Pink Cow cafe and bar in Shibuya, Tokyo.
Our documentary cosplayer profile, "Today, I'm Julia" premiered at the Pink Cow last Sunday. The Pink Cow is a sweet cafe and bar in Shibuya that is a chill place to see art events, etc. while getting DELICIOUS foods like 3 layer lasagna, delectable sandwiches, homemade guacamole and fresh toasted tortilla chips (which are tough to find in Japan due to avocados costing more than they ever should). I have to admit that the prices are very reasonable considering the American-sized portions you get (and yes, I mean real American sized portions, not this "reduced Japan-ized" portion...stuff...)
I definitely recommend it to anyone that hasn't had a chance to go there yet. See if you can go on an Art Mixer, Live Music or other event night and check it out for yourself. Good Food, Good Drinks, Music, Art, Film and more! Their website is here.
Watching Temple University Japan student documentaries at the Pink Cow. The inside of the cafe has an excellent, mellow feel with string lighting, tapestries, and select artists hanging around the rooms (which change each month, meaning you can always see some cool new paintings, etc.).
I guess that's it for now. Longer post later when I've collected my brain from this week of teaching. Golden week just started, which means I get a few days off. Golden week is a week in Japan that happens to contain four government holidays. Many companies give a whole week off, calling it "Golden Week." This means many places are crazy busy, but if you just want to relax at home or your local park it's an absolutely wonderful week to take a break from school and work.
Thanks for reading,
Lady Jones
1 comments:
I get those same sushi and pizza ads, though not in such abundance as you seem to. I take pride in never having purchased anything as a result of a direct mail campaign (though part of that is my inability to find the sushi restaurants pictured in the flyer).
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