Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:58AM | Post a Comment 
Okinawa Ramen at our favorite ramen restaurant in American Village.
I promised a few posts ago (okay, it's been a while) that I'd explain a bit of the difference between our Okinawa ramen and the slightly scary ramen noodles I may, or may not, have lived off during my college years. :)
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:57AM | Post a Comment 
While Brandon and I were out Christmas shopping, we came across this wonderfully, hilarious sign. I've always said the Japanese culture is an extremely polite one. They even go so far as to label themselves "selfish" when they close their store for a few days. Gotta love Okinawa!
---Arielle
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 11:00AM | Post a Comment 
Arielle and Gamera - look out!
Megumi and I ate at a nice Japanese lunch buffet where she introduced me to the tropical Chinese fruit Lychee for dessert. The outside of it reminded me more of a nut than a fruit, but it peeled off easily to reveal a white fruity flesh. The closest taste comparison I can think of is a cross between a grape and a pear. It might be one of those things that just tastes uniquely like itself, though. Inside, there is a nut-like seed, so I'm very thankful Megumi was there to teach me how to eat the fruit (and not the seed.) Now that I know my way around it, I'd definitely have a lychee again.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:02AM | Post a Comment 
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:04AM | Post a Comment 
Today was our first wedding anniversary! We can't believe how quickly time has gone by! It's been a whirlwind of a year with many, many changes. Last year on this day, we were married on the beautiful beaches of Jamaica. Then the traveling adventures really started - I moved to Nebraska, we flew back to PA for Christmas, less than a month later we repacked everything and moved to Okinawa, we spent a wonderful week in Italy, we flew back to NE for three days, we flew back to Okinawa for two weeks, then flew back to PA for a week.
