Yesterday after school, I had the experience of waking Baby Girl from a car nap to go buy eggs and strawberries at Costco. It was all fun an....
9 Jun 5:28 pm  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

This morning I suffered yet another blow to my bento ego from none other than my resident 6-year old anti-bento daughter. Last night, I’d ....
8 Jun 3:51 pm  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Extremely busy right now. I have 4 tons of wood to move, cut, and stack. On top of that spring is very, very early, so the garden is needing....
27 Feb 10:08 pm  from  Ojisan Jake   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Last night I turned on the TV and A Charlie Brown Valentine was on, so the kids watched it and I boggled over how depressing that poor kid i....
12 Feb 8:51 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Having had a really low motivation weekend, I didn’t make any plans at all for today’s bento. Though now that I think about it, I did tw....
9 Feb 11:01 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I’ve had a busy morning, some of which entailed emailing people who were asking, “Where were you in Lost?? I didn’t see you!!” Truth....
4 Feb 12:48 pm  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

My cats can't complain! The cats have been feasting! (inspite of Gracie's recent exposé) But after almost a week, I think even they are get....
26 Jan 11:22 pm  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Last night, when I got home I rushed to the bathroom to take my left contact out, since it’s been really bothering me since Monday, when I....
22 Jan 7:06 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

I am on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion, as I’ve had maybe 6 hours of sleep over the last 48 hours. On Monday, I had to be at the ....
20 Jan 9:02 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of the 阪神淡路大震災 (Kobe Earthquake). It was a level 7 earthquake that flatten the Kobe ar....
18 Jan 11:17 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 

As my little post last night mentioned, I’m re-doing the layout of the site. This new theme will require a lot of learning on my part, so ....
9 Jan 9:00 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

During the usual down time during the end of year in Japan my ass decided to sneak off the island and head to Turkey. The nation of Turkey m....
8 Jan 5:03 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 

A couple months ago I posted on Twitter that I’d discovered around 20 bags of panko and was hoarding it as if there was going to be a pank....
7 Jan 4:58 pm  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 

Christmas is a week away and my to-do shopping list is just as long as it was last week. *slaps forehead* This weekend I will get it all don....
19 Dec 8:12 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent]