{"id":1706,"date":"2010-03-15T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T21:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2010-03-15T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T21:38:23","slug":"elementary-my-dear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/?p=1706","title":{"rendered":"Elementary My Dear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night some of Kuniko&#8217;s coworkers came over for some steaks and wine, and it turned out to be a pretty good party.  One slight hitch when they showed up an hour late and the cooks accidentally killed a bottle of wine waiting for them.  Still, we managed most of our entertainment requirements and everyone had a good time.  Some drinks were spilled, apple martinis were consumed, and there was even a cocktail napkin catching fire.  Excellent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1705\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0986.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1705  \" title=\"It's a wrap\" src=\"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0986-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Heading home\" width=\"491\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0986-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bryan.fredricks.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_0986-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading home while we can still walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Saturday Kuniko got up early (amazingly enough) and went to work at the usual time, and I slept in, cleaned up the house, and did some paperwork at home.  That night we watched the late show of &#8220;Sherlock Holmes&#8221; which turned out to be quite entertaining.  I was relieved to be able to watch the show with the original voices instead of dubbed over Japanese voices.  This is becoming more and more of a trend at the big theaters in Japan &#8211; I am really surprised.  It is a lot easier for Japanese people to watch Hollywood movies when they don&#8217;t have to keep looking down at the subtitles, but it is weird to me to watch a movie with Leo DeCaprio speaking Japanese.  They always have the same 5-6 voice actors for these things, which subtracts even more from the believability factor.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday we slept in, did laundry, and took a long beach hike to Akashi to burn some calories and enjoy the beautiful weather.  Then an afternoon reading (Raymond Chandler) and a dinner at Da Lorenzo &#8211; the &#8220;better-than-anyone-has-a-right-to-expect&#8221; restaurant across the street from our old apartment in Okubo.  After dinner we walked back home and shared a bath to recharge for this week.  Luckily, my week is pretty easy, and filled with fun stuff including a half day off, an evening at a new yakitori (tonight) and another sushi dinner at a restaurant that Kuniko really liked.  Life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday night some of Kuniko&#8217;s coworkers came over for some steaks and wine, and it turned out to be a pretty good party. One slight hitch when they showed up an hour late and the cooks accidentally killed a bottle of wine waiting for them. 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