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2001, August 11 Atsuko and Yamada-sensei... Atsuko-san sang a charming version of Edelweiss... Photo-Journal... |
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2001, August 19 Afternoon tea at the Queen Mary Tearoom in Seattle with Atsuko (from Mamasan)... Photo-Journal... |
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2001, September 22 After John's wedding I repaired to Mamasan's... Photo-Journal... 1st shot: Atsuko. 2nd shot: 3rd shot: Yamada-sensei and Yoshia. 4th shot: Yoshia. 5th shot: Mamasan. |
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2001,
November 30 Mamasan's... Photo-Journal... |
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Photo-Journal... 1st shot: Store front. 2nd shot: Mamasan and Yamada-sensei. 3rd shot: Beautiful Saori. 4th shot: Charming Atsuko. |
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1st shot:
2nd shot: Yoshia and yamada-sensei. 3rd shot: Yoshia and Mamasan. 4th shot: An Erik Nording "freehand." 5th shot: |
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1st shot:
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Photo-Journal... 2nd shot: Atsuko with a Czech Briar. 3rd shot: Atsuko. 4th shot: Yoshia. 5th shot: Steve and Atsuko. |
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Kabuki Steve... Photo-Journal... |
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2002, April 20 1st shot: Store front. Photo-Journal... 2nd shot: Mamasan and Yamada-sensei. 3rd shot: Atsuko performing an oil check. |
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2002, April 27 Downtown Bellevue, facing westward toward Seattle. Mamasan restaurant is in the middle of the 1st shot, and a hundred paces to the right in the 2nd shot... Photo-Journal... |
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2002,
May 4 Greg's flight from Charlotte arrived at Sea-Tac without incident and John, Jeannie, and I fetched him there. We drove through Seattle and repaired to O'Shea's in the Wallingford neighborhood where the PhillBillys country & western band was holding forth. After O'Shea's we regrouped back in Bellevue at Mamasan's, where Atsuko received us with her usual charm... Photo-Journal... |
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2002, June 15 Emi atop Seattle's Queen Anne Hill... Photo-Journal... |
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Atsuko had been looking forward to meeting my parents and singing John Denver's "Country Roads" for them... |
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I serenaded the room with "Are You Lonely Tonight," and Atsuko and I did "Edelweiss" together... |
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2002, August 25 Atop Cougar Mountain with Emi... Photo-Journal... |
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2002,
October 7 Emi-chan at I Love Sushi on Seattle's Lake Union... The sushi chef carved a butterfly out of a carrot for Emi... Photo-Journal... |
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2002,
October 31 Having repaired to Mamasan's... Photo-Journal... |
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Birthday dinner with Hiromi (from Mamasan's) at Todai in Redmond... |
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1st shot: Hiromi at the far end of the
counter. 2nd shot: The beautiful roses given to me by Mamasan. January 15th is also Mamasan's birthday. |
