Cafe Laurent

Lunch at Cafe Laurent in Culver City.
I had the Le Croque Madame - bistrot grilled ham, swiss and béchamel sandwich with an egg on top! ... my heart!

PS3 !!!

PS3 !!!
Now all I need is a Nintendo DS to complete my collection.

Bread Bar - Lunch

Last Sunday we had lunch at the Bread Bar, I had the club sandwich.

Simpsons KWIK E MART

Omakase Lunch

Omakase lunch at Torafuku! I had 2 bowls of rice.

Wood carving with Yo Takimoto - Part 5

Cafe Hiro

Lunch at Cafe Hiro.
Roasted Chilean Sea Bass with Mushroom "Risotto"

Wood carving with Yo Takimoto - Part 4

Wood carving with Yo Takimoto - Part 3

Forza 2 PaRappa Honda

My PaRappa car in Forza 2.

Mayan Chicken

Mayan Chicken at GR/EATS.

Wood Carving with Yo Takimoto - Part 2

Tonkatsu

Japanese comfort food, tonkatsu (breaded pork loin) from Sawtelle Kitchen.

Wood Carving with Yo Takimoto

We took a wood carving class at Tortosie on Sunday. Sensei Yo Takimoto travels between Japan and America giving casual lessons on traditional wood carving.



First you pick your wood. He encourages you to pick not based on what you want to make but what piece calls out to you. My pick was a piece giant sequoia.



Next, being my first time Takimoto sensei chops the corners down for me.



Based on this starting point I thought It my become a spoon.



As I started to carve it down and with Takimoto sensei's guidance and help it became a butter knife.



After extensive sanding, bees wax is applied to seal and protect the wood.



My finished butter knife! We plan to go back again.

Xbox 360 is Dead

My Xbox 360 is dead. I got the "ring of death" and it is no more. Luckily I had 4 more days left on my warranty.

Okonomiyaki

Mini Okonomiyaki at Gaja in Lomita.

Mr. Baguette

Mr. Baguette in Rosemead, French-Vietnamese sandwiches. I had the grilled chicken and iced milk coffee. Strong coffee and good food!

Hail !

Rare hail at work this week.

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms trees at Balboa Park.

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus figures! For my birthday I got a case! I got one of each type plus the bonus figure. I'll give the duplicates to friends at work. One of the best games for the Playstation 2.

Sawtelle Kitchen

Sawtelle Kitchen is back open after a remodel. I had the calamari steak (ika-fry). Food is great, new service staff needs some work.

Naoshima Polaroid Pictobrowser Test

Bob's Big Boy

Big Boy combo!! Lunch at Bob's Big Boy in Burbank.

Eames SX-70 Promotional Video

Omellet Rice #2

More Omu-rice. This one is from Blue Marlin on Sawtelle. Good but the demi-glace sauce was a bit strong for me.

Space 1999

Space 1999 toy by Aoshima Toys. I picked this up in Japan!

Omellet Rice

gr/eats version of omellet rice or omurice. It's a nice take on the Japanese dish.

1 2 3 4

Parking lot somewhere in Japan.
SX-70 Timezero Film

Aliens Dropship Toy

Aliens Dropship from Aoshima Toys, Japan. This is a cool diecast 1/72 scale toy. I have wanted this for years.

Ugly Dolls

Uglydoll show at GR2

SX-70 Blend Film

Unsaleable.com in Austria has released SX-70 Blend film. The film has an ND filter on the film pack so nothing is needed on the camera.