Club Leo @ Pescaderia Ginza

Left office at 5:30 pm. Directly after a meeting. As usual I used the Yamanote-sen, but today I went in the opposite direction to Yurakucho. Meeting Chie and Club Leo at POescaderia at 7 pm.

First I stopped at Tokyu Hands (yes, Tokyu as in the company Tokyu and not Tokyo as this small town is called :-)). I needed some more paint for the repainting job I am doing in Chie’s appartment. And I wanted a new brush as well.

Then I got lost in Ginza. Or rather I could not find my way to Pescaderia. It was a long time since I last visited and I mistook which area it is located in.

A phone call to Chie and I was on my way. Last to arrive. But we still had a good time. With good food. And celebrating Non’s birthday.


Happy Birthday Non! Club Leo

Afterwards Chie and I took the subway home and taxi from Naka-meguro station. We were too tired after a long workweek to walk home.

Octoberfest, Flip-Flop On

This is the warmest October I ever been experiencing… I think. Today it was 25 degrees or more. I wore t-shirt and flip-flops to the gym.

Only a Swede can Do

This seems to be the big sports news in the Boston area, if not the whole USA, right now…



The guy is 9 years old and named Oliver Wahlström. Yes, his father is a Swede (Joakim Wahlström) that played hockey in Elitserien and Junior World Cup.

Walking & Playing with Coco

A weekend in Tokorozawa to walk and play with Coco. Mostly I was doing the walking with him and Chie was doing the playing.


Coco on a walk Chie and Coco playing

Typhoon

Forecast was rain and hard wind but when we woke up this morning the sun was shining. Until I went to the office. Then it was raining cats and dogs and elephants and whales and whatever. And gusty winds that wanted to turn my umbrella inside out.

Luckily I was dressed in my trekking gears as well. Rainproof all over. Still it was nice to take the bus (I usually walk to the station). Then onto the train to Shinagawa.

In Shinagawa the sun was shining. But the wind had picked up. It picked up so much that I must have caught the last train. No more train until lunch time because of strong wind.

This meant that we were about 30% of the workforce at the office until after lunch. It felt oddly quite at the office. And even more so when I went to lunch and could sit outside in the sun. Blue sky. 28 degrees 😎

Why this strange behavior? A typhoon was passing over Japan. The strongest in 10 years the news said. It was kind of cozy I thought.

Oh, I almost forgot. The best part with a typhoon is that afterwards the sky is so clear. And when I was walking downhill from Meguro to the gym at Ga Jo En it cold see a magnificent image of Fuji-san backlit by a red sunset. I just regret I did not bring my camera 🙁