Where have I gone?!

Lol!! So crushed at work lately (by which I mean the last several months!!)!! Well...I'm almost back!! First, a little vacay in Hawaii from ...

Tasting at Cask

I went to Cask the other day with a friend. They have a few stores (at least two that I've been to) and have tastings quite often ( Tastings...

豚肉ときのこのお弁当 - Pork and mushroom obento

ヤット新しい弁当箱買えました!!これで、お昼全部ひとつの容器で済む。ヨシ！We finally bought a new bento box!! So, now I don't have to put my son's rice in a separate container (...

Things that happened a long while ago...

I often take photos of things that I would really like to share, but then get so busy that I never get around to posting...at some point I s...

Chicken & Nori (seaweed) (チキンのお弁当)

Today's J-school bento was chicken. ....hmmmmm....well I'm really running out of creativity on these. I've tried hard not to repeat bentos.....

GG Park Japanese Tea Garden 日本庭園でのお散歩

My family and I took a stroll through the Japanese garden at Golden Gate Park the other day ( Here ). It's a nice size, although a bit expen...

Obento come-back

Japanese school has started up again. Which means...bento-making is back as a part of my Saturday morning routine. This bento consists of a ...

Texas hotels (テキサス州のホテル)

I had planned on making a post on my stay at the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas the other day (by which I mean about a month ago, after m...

Gone again!! またまた旅立つ。。。

Off to Texas again on work!! Well, this is looking to be the last time for a while though. As a small-town girl, I will tell you that travel...

Running wear

Today's jog started at Ocean Beach and went through Golden Gate park. Still trying to run once a week....but traveling for work all the time...

And as soon as I'm back, I'm gone!

また仕事でテキサスに行ってきまあす！ At the airport on my way to Texas again for work Copyright © 2015 busy weekend mama. Content may not be reproduced...

ただいま～ (Back in the SF Office)

Well after a busy week of traveling to NY and then to Dallas, it's a bit nice to be back in the SF office. All the summers are gone -- grabb...

New York for OCI

What a whirlwind of a week. It started off by taking a redeye to NY. Unfortunately, although it was the first time being back in NY in over ...

Coffee with a fellow blogger

Had the honor of having coffee with this girl (fellow blogger with a legal day job) →  http://www.pacificavenueblog.com/ ←ブロガー先輩と会うことができました...

Toe stockings -- ストッキングのレビュー

My mother-in-law recently came for a visit from Japan and brought me these ↓ toe stockings (like toe-socks, but, well stockings. And yes, a...

たこシチュー -- Spanish octopus stew

昨日はそうでしたが、たまに子供にスペイン料理をあげたくて、たこのシチューを作ります。うちの作れるスペイン料理はこれとチューロスぐらいですかね（苦笑）。I feel like making Spanish food every now and then...and octopus ...

ジョギング "Jogging" is "jogging" in Japanese ^_~

先日ジョギングを始めました。10年ぶりかな。いきなり5.1キロでしたが、大変すぎるう！全身筋肉痛>.<!! I started jogging the other day...(I'm inspired by a really fit female attorney in t...

Feels like home to me…oh but not to you?

Well continuing on my experience in Dilley, TX, the other week... The work we did in Dilley, I feel was important. It’s hard to make a den...

Texas for International Justice Day 国際ジャスティス・ディー（難民申告者を解放すべき）

Well, in case you were wondering where I went, I was away in Dilley, Texas last week. 先週は南テキサス州ディリー市（市とゆうても南テキサスのちいさな村なとこです。）でボランティア活動をしてました...

Nail Magic (自分でマニキュア)

週末の出勤はイヤですが、たまに必要ですねえ（東京ですと普通ですが）。書類のコメントが届くまで、待あてまあす。ので、先日買った用品でマニキュアやってしまいました↓。 Did my nails while waiting for document comments -- oh, ...

Cafe Madeline

Took a summer to Café Madeline. I *heart* their logo. I got a cappuccino with whip cream. In Japan this is on the regular menu at Illy (capp...

Little white dress (ホワイトワンピース)

肩がみえちゃうホワイトワンピースが大流行の最中ですよね。あったかい所に住んでたらいいのにね～。っとゆうけんど、小さい子もいるし、肩を見せるのもかわいいとは思うけれど、うちはなかなかできないタイプなので、ちょっとこの流行に参加できないかなあと思うのですね。 だけんど、アタシがフ...

Boss as I wanna be (新スーツ買いました)

So, finally, finally, finally had a real meeting the other day with an actual company and bankers and various counsel -- seriously no one ha...

Day off in the park (日本町の近くにできた公園)

I've got today off (observed 4th of July), so I took two out of three smallems (eldest went with my husband to a doctors appointment) to the...

Lovely lattes

A successful launch demands a moment to one's self...or rather shared with a junior ^_^;;. A lovely café breve for me and a quad latte (four...