daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
I love to fly JetBlue to California since it goes into the wonderful Long Beach Airport. While on the plane I spotted these clouds and snapped a photo. Soon after, the cloud-cover became pretty thick before we landed in overcast Long Beach.
Earlier this month we went to our family reunion in Las Vegas. This was my mom’s side of the family, which is huge! She was one of 10 siblings so as you can imagine there are many cousins and kids of cousins there. I believe there were about 160 people including friends of the family who attended.
I drove to Las Vegas from my parents’ house in Torrance which took about 4.5 hours. It was a fast trip which I enjoyed. Below you can see a photo of when we crossed the state border and entered Nevada. Almost there!
One of the family members is a pro photographer and took the family photos. Below is a photo of my parents, my brothers, and I.
And just the brothers…
And Mariko, myself, and our kids.
The reunion was held outside of Las Vegas, in Summerlin, at Red Rock Casino and Spa. It was a nice place to gather as opposed to the Strip since we were all in the same area and could gather at the pool. If we were on the Strip I think people would wander away and we wouldn’t get to be together as much. The resort has everything there including bowling, movies, a nice pool, several restaurants and of course gambling! And for those that wanted to go to the Strip at night, it wasn’t a far drive.
The resort is only a few minutes away from Red Rock Canyon, so we visited there one morning. It was beautiful!
We had a lot of fun meeting with the large family and we’re looking forward to the next reunion!
One of my favorite songs from way back in 1997. I used to play this Chisato Moritaka song on my discman all the time riding on the train. Super-懐かしい!
And here’s a “live” performance where she wears the coolest dress ever.
Photo info: FUJIFILM XF1, 6.4mm, f/1.8, 1/350 sec, ISO400
One of the omiyage that my family brought home for me was this version of Fuchiko. I like it a lot! The various Fuchikos are a lot of fun to take photos of. And if you break a few of them out at a restaurant with friends, it’s usually a good time!
At long last I have finished watching Amachan (あまちゃん), an asadora that aired in 2013. Right now I am enjoying/suffering through my bachelor summer while my family is in Japan for a month, so I have a lot of free time in the evening to spend in front of the TV. So I picked up this drama again at around week 12 (of 26) and finished it yesterday. I really enjoyed it! The characters are pretty funny and the look into the life of a fledgling idol (not sure if it is accurate or not) was interesting. I highly recommend watching it if you haven’t seen it already. It makes me want to visit the seaside of Japan! I miss the ocean so much. 🐠🌊
