Friday, April 10, 2009

More on my favorite restaurant...













My Favorite Restaurant











My favorite restaurant is in Japan! And the best time to be at this restaurant is during the cherry blossom time. Tonight we went up to the small mountain valley where the restaurant is located. The restaurant actually consists of many small, traditional Japanese tea houses winding up the valley between beautiful Japanese gardens and ponds.
























More Cherry Blossoms











More pictures of the beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan...








Japan in Cherry Blossom Time







I am currently in Japan on a business trip where I was very lucky to be here at the perfect time for the peak of the cherry blossoming. The weather has been perfect and the Japanese team has been taking me to many places to see beautiful cherry blossoms.






These pictures are from the Jindai Botanical Park where we ate some of the best soba in Japan and then walked in the park before heading back to work.












Two Dogs!


Bill and I went down to Klamath a few weeks ago to help out with my Dad's hip replacement and came back with another dog! She is actually Mac's daughter and is a sweetie but has a lot more energy than Mac, so he sometimes gets annoyed with her. Her name is Skye and like Mac, is sweet, friendly with everyone, and a little shy.


Thursday, April 9, 2009

San Juan Island











Bill and I went to San Juan Island for Valentine's Day and had a wonderful time. We stayed at the Friday Harbor House and hiked, did wine tasting and just relaxed.








More on Mac




Mac is getting better about playing with other dogs. He likes all people and dogs but just isn't very good about playing - he just doesn't quite know what to do. Here he is playing on a beach on Bainbridge Island.