Guns and Frocks
This adventure was going to require a serious frock.Paul Cornell, Human Nature, Chapter 1 It’s 18 February 1995. My friends and I are attending Tri(c)on, a Doctor Who convention which is…
Thanks
And that's that. Thank you to everyone who commented, and to everyone who told me that they were reading along, and to everyone else who's been reading. I had a…
Home safe
Our last day in Tokyo was largely uneventful. We took a quick trip back to Harajuku to check out a 100-yen shop. (These are great. Full of things shaped like…
No fugu for you
Saturday night we went for dinner to Shibuya, which, According to Calvin, has the busiest intersection in the world. It's massive, with neon signs and animated billboards. And everyone in…
Both dogs found
We got a phone call last night saying that Gracey had been turned in at a vet in Marrickville. Willey wasn't mentioned. Years ago, they used to escape occasionally, but…
Worry
Another great day yesterday. We got up horribly early in the morning to go to the fish markets at Tsukiji. Calvin had seen them on Lifestyle Food, and it was…
Blossoms and bidets
Calvin ended up getting back from his work dinner after 11.30 last night, long after I had fallen asleep. Right now I'm waiting for him in the glamorous hotel lobby,…
Glamour
Tonight's blog entry comes to you from the 34th floor of the ANA Inter-Continental Hotel Tokyo, where I'm sitting at the window of the club lounge with my complimentary glass…
48 hours without coffee or garlic
We're back from our stay in the Buddhist temple, and it's quite different from what I expected. We stayed at Eko-in, which is a shukubo, a Buddhist temple which doubles…
Red meat on Fridays
I'm just back from dinner. Calvin and I went to a restaurant under the hotel called Wakkoku, which was recommended by the Guide for the quality of its Kobe beef.…