Friday night after work I joined a couple of former students for Asian food in Tarumi. We had dishes from Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea, all in one restaurant. It was good to talk to the students and find out what they are up to these days. We didn’t stay too long, just a few hours, but it was a nice party. Afterwards I headed to Red Spanky on my own to make an appearance – it has been months since I was there. The regular gang was there, so it was like no time had passed since my last visit.
Saturday we slept in and in the afternoon went off to the Honda dealer to seal the deal on a new car. We sat at a table sipping coffee waiting for our sales guy to come over, and through the window we were able to observe an interesting ceremony. The entire staff of the shop had gathered outside around a family that had just received a new car, and there were some speeches, some photos, and finally they let the excited family pile into their new car and drive off. Kuniko and I immediately decided that we’re going to have to skip that one.
Anyway, the car is all settled and we’ll take delivery sometime in the middle of next week. Our sales guy seemed surprised that we weren’t going to pay cash for it, and we were surprised that they would expect us to. In the end we worked everything out and then headed out for some shopping and then home. We worked together on dinner Saturday, making four different mini-pizzas in several different ways. We baked the first two in our oven with a pizza stone at the highest temperature which made for a firm crust on the outside and a little chewy inside. I grilled one pizza out on the BBQ using the pizza stone and the crust turned out perfectly, although the top didn’t quite get golden. Finally we baked in the oven without the stone, and that turned out pretty well, too. We had lots of different toppings – chorizo, basil, mushrooms, prosciutto, watercress, and of course plenty of mozzarella. Maybe our most delicious pizzas to date – we might be ready to cook them for guests in the future.
Yesterday we did a couple of hours of hiking on the beach, but otherwise stayed home and relaxed. Kuniko did some work on the computer, and I played Skyrim for hours. A typical Sunday for us – relaxing but fun.
This week there are no special events except for Friday night, when I take Kuniko out to her favorite French restaurant for dinner. Saturday we’re attending the wedding of some friends, and then Sunday we’ll celebrate Kuniko’s birthday at her parents’ house. It should be a high-calorie weekend.
