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On Thursday, July 8, 2010 Ai-chan sent a new batch of drawings that she made while sitting in the airport at Vancouver, BC on her way back to Japan a week earlier... |
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March 31, 2007 At Mamasan's, in Bellevue, WA. I met Ai-chan on March 23, 2007, a few days after arriving back in the Seattle area (after having spent 10 months in North Carolina). Ai was singing "Eyes on Me" and "Suteki Da Ne" from Final Fantasy and we became fast friends... |
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May 2, 2007 At the table in Bigfoot... |
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July 28, 2007 Dropping Ai of at Mamasan's in Bellevue, in her kimono... |
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August 4, 2007 Studying in Bigfoot... |
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May
15, 2008 Outside Crossroads Mall, in Bellevue... |
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June 14, 2008 Downtown Bellevue... |
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June 21, 2008 |
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June 22, 2008 Outside the REI in Redmond... |
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July 4, 2008 We walked out of a Sprint store in Bellevue and beheld a Disney truck... |
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July 4, 2008 Watching the fireworks over Seattle and Bellevue, from 156th Ave in Bellevue, near the Uwajimaya... |
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July 5, 2008 At Cabela's in Lacy, WA... |
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July 6, 2008 Ai-chan at the wheel in Bigfoot... Oh no! |
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July 24, 2008 Bananas... |
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August 2, 2008 At the Washington Arms Collectors show in Puyallup, WA. The fairgrounds where the show is held in Puyallup was the site of a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Ai had been studying "Snow Falling On Cedars" for one of her classes at Bellevue College, so this was an interesting irony... |
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August 3, 2008 At the Warthog Barbeque Pit, in Fife, WA... |
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August 7, 2008 Dropping Ai off at SeaTac airport for her trip back to Japan... |
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October 11, 2008 Ai and Mamasan... in Bellevue... |
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October 26, 2008 Michiko and Ai... in Bellevue... |
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November 16, 2008 Ai and Yuki... in Bellevue... |
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February 19, 2009 At Lion King... The Paramount Theater in downtown Seattle... |
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March 31, 2009 Ai and Aya... and Red Robin... in Bellevue... |
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May 21, 2009 Before and during the Yoshida Brothers concert at the Triple Door in Seattle... |
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August 12, 2009 Ai-s place in the Eastgate section of Bellevue, near Bellevue College. Ai moved into this house during the Spring of 2009... |
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August 12, 2009 Ai and her roommate Ryoko (and Ryoko's two friends)... |
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August 12, 2009 Dropping Ai off at SeaTac airport for her trip back to Japan... |
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October 3, 2009 Sushi... in Bellevue... |
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October 19, 2009 Keiko and Ai... |
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January 2, 2010 Ayako and Ai... |
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January 3, 2010 Ai at Factoria... |
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March 8, 2010 Ai, Kanako, Bigfoot, and Aya. These gals lured me to a sushi shop in Redmond for a surprise "farewell" dinner, as Aya and Kanako were about to return to Japan... |
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April 3, 2010 I taught Ai to play chess and she quickly became a chess freak! |
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April 18, 2010 Ai recording vocals for "Suteki Da Ne" inside Bigfoot... |
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May 22, 2010 Chihiro and Ai at the Salmon Hatchery in Issaquah... |
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May 22, 2010 Ai in the karaoke box at an establishment in Bellevue... |
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May 28, 2010 Chihiro and Ai at the Korean barbeque restaurant in the Eastgate neighborhood of Bellevue... |
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June 5, 2010 Ai-chan in Guess, at SouthCenter Mall, Tukwila... |
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June 6, 2010 A meeting at Red Robin, with Ai, Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, and Saki... |
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June 8, 2010 Ai and Katakana. Katakana, who is Kanako's friend in Japan, was on a 10 hour layover in Seattle on her way to take an exam in Toronto... |
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June 12, 2010 Aya (#2) and Ai... dinner at Factoria... |
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June 16, 2010 Ai-chan's last music class at Bellevue College... |
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June 23, 2010 Starbucks... |
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June 26, 2010 Ai-chan googled her upcoming trip to Japan and discovered that the legs between Seattle/Hawaii and Hawaii/Tokyo were listed as "take a kayak!" Ai-chan laughed so hard I thought I would have to call 911... |
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June 26, 2010 With Chunhee at the Bellevue Strawberry Festival... |
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June 27, 2010 Ai donated some of her excess belongings to Saki, Ayumi, Maki, and Yukari... |
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June 27, 2010 At Tully's... Ai, Maki, Saki, Yukari, and Ayumi... |
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June 27, 2010 At the Lil Jon, with Yukari, Saki, Ai, Maki, and Ayumi. Ai received a nice card from her friends. This shot was taken about 5 minutes after Yukari caught a little birdie that had flown in the restaurant through a back door... |
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June 27, 2010 Ayumi, Maki, Yukari, Ai, and Saki... in Bigfoot... |
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June 28, 2010 Ai with Areta... |
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June 29, 2010 Chihiro and Ai... in Bigfoot, at Bellevue College... |
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June 29, 2010 At Bellevue College with Yukari, Maki, Ayumi, Ai, and Chihiro... |
