Last evening I threw together a dinner of grilled burgers and mushrooms and black eyed peas. I walked in and out of our house on to the back patio to grill, and between the sun shining on the back of our house and the heat of the grill, it was a very comfortable experience.
Turns out it was just in time.
An hour after I wrapped up the BBQ in the cover and went back inside a sudden freak storm came through. Thunder, lightning, and sheets of hard rain hit. I’m glad I wasn’t out there in that. And this morning I looked out the window, and everything is white. Snowy white.
On Friday night we went out to see Life of Pi in the theater in Kobe. I liked the movie – it was a good attempt to film the unfilmable and the writer of the screenplay wisely decided to skip a few choice parts. Still, great movie – and beautiful.
Saturday night I was on my own for dinner, because Kuniko was eating out with Kori in Okubo. I spent the day cooking up some carnitas, and they turned out very nicely. In the end I baked them until the outside was crispy, but looking back I think I should have baked them a few minutes less than I did. The result was awesome, however. I’ll put that recipe away and maybe bring it back to serve when we host the Yamajis later this month.
OK, out to face the winter snow.
