thanks for today

Went to Mount Takao with V & A on Friday.

The Autumn Colors have finally started, so everyone was out and about
 

We took the lift since the line was the shortest...950 yen (tax included), round trip per person

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we brought musubi for lunch, good thing, the lines for most food items were krazy!

Someone needed rescuing, there was even a teeny ambulance that came afterwards...hope they were okay and it wasn't anything too serious

Points if you can see Mount Fuji with a little cloud on top

It was nice bonding with nature

We were glad the weather was really nice

super cool in the shady areas

Mount Takao (big furry) people : so many furry ones along the way

The ride down was scarier! and fahreezing

It had been 3 years since I'd been to Mount Takao, there have been some changes in the area near the station, but it was nice to be outside

Thanks for today V & A!

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Tokyo People: first time to see a welder working in the Meguro River
 

Tokyo People: looking at this woman's jacket as we rode the escalator....I think someone's fingers were on the wrong keys

cool bicycle

Kanagawa People (probably)

Remember the buttery baby castella? well I found a cutie in 

the bag amongst the orbs...teeny rabbit

Tokyo People: when you so busy you gotta walk and work at the same time

Went to Blue Poppy Bakery to pick up a pumpkin pie for us to share after our Thanksgiving dinner.

I also purchased their brioche lox and molasses spice cookie...1600 yen (tax included) for everything

I had the brioche lox for lunch and shared the cookie with Satoshi.

The brioche was delicious, lots of cream cheese, smoked salmon and herbs

The cookie was dense with lots of spices...love!

Used this hack I saw online to put a cupcake or mini pie into the refridge

Since the container is deep it acts as a high "roof" to protect the frosting of a cupcake

By using the cover to hold the pie, you don't have to worry about messing up the pie trying to put it into the container

For Thanksgiving dinner, I made poached chicken which we had with cranberry chutney and tried V's kaki caprese hack putting it into a salad with mini mozz and topping it with balsamic vinaigrette.

Yakiimo with kouign amann spread and pumpkin pie from Blue Poppy Bakery

The crust of the pie wasn't too good and the filling was missing a spice that I can't put my finger on, but it was nice to enjoy all these foods.

did you know that "black friday" is a thing here? they start a couple weeks early and end a couple weeks after...more like a "month"..ha!

It's the start of December!