Japanese on the weekends

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 ...

2016/02/04 05:43

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...

2015/10/02 07:10

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 (...

2015/09/27 05:53

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...

2015/09/22 06:55

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.....

2015/09/20 12:46

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...

2015/09/17 05:12

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 ...

2015/09/13 10:21

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...

2015/09/11 02:31

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...

2015/09/04 04:15

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...

2015/08/26 04:49

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...

2015/08/20 06:38

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...

2015/08/18 09:47

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 ...

2015/08/16 10:07

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...

2015/08/08 07:20

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...

2015/08/06 10:42

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 ...

2015/08/03 03:37

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...

2015/08/01 09:32

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...

2015/07/29 13:18

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...

2015/07/28 09:29

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, ...

2015/07/13 04:15

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...

2015/07/09 06:36

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...

2015/07/08 03:27

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...

2015/07/06 11:10

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...

2015/07/04 13:00

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...

2015/07/02 01:51