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Walburg Biergarten

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"Beautiful Day" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/500 sec, ISO200
 “Beautiful Day” Walburg, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This evening we went to the Walburg Biergarten for dinner and drinks. Walburg is about a half hour drive from our house but the journey is worth it. Although there’s also a restaurant, we went straight to the biergarten right when it opened and ordered our food and pitchers of beer.

The food was ok, but the atmosphere was wonderful. Plenty of picnic tables and a band providing musical entertainment made for a nice evening. I heard that it can get pretty crowded, but tonight was not too busy. And the weather was perfect!

Someday I’d like to come back to try the restaurant, but I’m happy we got to spend the evening with good friends, laughing, eating, and drinking. Good times for sure!

Here are some more photos from the evening.

"Pitcher and Dinner" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/300 sec, ISO200
 “Pitcher and Dinner” Walburg, 2018
"Texas and German Treats" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/140 sec, ISO200
 “Texas and German Treats” Walburg, 2018
"First to Arrive" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/320 sec, ISO200
 “First to Arrive” Walburg, 2018
"Biergarten Entrance" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/450 sec, ISO200
 “Biergarten Entrance” Walburg, 2018
"Arcade" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/800 sec, ISO200
 “Arcade” Walburg, 2018
"Evening at the Biergarten" Walburg, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/90 sec, ISO6400
 “Evening at the Biergarten” Walburg, 2018

I hope you also had a nice Saturday!

またね～

Spaghetti, VPN, and Spotify

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"Spaghetti Nite" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO1000
 “Spaghetti Nite” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going, humans?

I’ve been listening to a lot of Spotify lately, and since I don’t have a subscription, I hear the occasional ad or two. But I’ve learned that the ads can be much more entertaining if you change your VPN settings (you ARE using a VPN, right?) to put you in a different country. I sometimes set it to Sweden and then the ads that come on are in Swedish. Of course, I can’t understand them, but it sounds so nostalgic from when I visited there for work. Most of the time, I set it to Japan so I can hear the Japanese Spotify ads. They are way cooler than the US ads. Plus, the graphical popup ads are nicer too!

Tonight’s photo is of the spaghetti and meatballs that Bay requested I make. It’s an easy recipe, but the family loves it, so I am more than happy to prepare it for them. 😀

I hope you had a nice Tuesday!

またね～

Start of the Weekend

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"Yakiniku Time" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO1000
 “Yakiniku Time” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going? The first day of the long weekend we have here in the States was a hot one! The thermometer in my car showed 95° F, which seems a little on the warm side for the month of May, doesn’t it?

Anyways, today Bay and I went shopping for some gifts he needs for his school, then to REI to pick up his birthday present (a Hydro Flask which was on sale), the to the Jerry’s Artarama for some art supplies, and finally, we stopped at Kinokuniya again. It was a pretty fun outing, and the only thing I bought for myself was an inexpensive oscillating fan for the home office. It makes sitting at the computer a lot more comfortable, especially since the computer is on the ground near my feet and it gets pretty warm – nice in the winter, but not great in the summer.

Later, I worked on an illustration on the computer before dinner, which was a yummy yakiniku (Korean-style grilled meat) meal. It was so good, but the house smelled like a Korean BBQ restaurant afterward. 😁 We enjoyed three types of meat: marbled beef, sliced pork belly, and spicy sausage. The pork was especially delicious. For dipping, we like a simple sauce of sesame oil and salt. Simple but perfect taste to complement the pork.

To finish off the day, we watched the movie Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. It was an ok movie, but there was nothing special nor memorable about it.

I hope you had a nice Saturday!

またね～

Hang Out

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"Music Mural" Austin, 2018
Photo info: Motorola Moto G (4), 3.64mm, f/2, 1/25 sec, ISO500
 “Music Mural” Austin, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This evening I went with my sons to the new Korean supermarket, H-Mart, to buy some dinner at Donkey Mo’s fried chicken restaurant. The market has a pretty nice food court area with a small stage for live music. And it looks like they have a line-up of local musicians just about daily. It’s pretty cool! And also, there’s a little beer bar that sells bottles for only 99 cents.

I think Koa liked the place and he said it might be cool to hang out there with his friends and listen to some music (and probably eat wings!). It’s too bad that it’s a little far to bike to, but I’ll be happy to drop them off since it’s not a long drive.

The chicken at Donkey Mo’s is pretty good, but I think they use a little too much batter. It’s really filling but you feel a little icky because of all the grease. Still, it’s tasty and not too expensive. We bought four orders of chicken and four sides and the total came out to be about $42.

"Music" Austin, 2018
Photo info: Motorola Moto G (4), 3.64mm, f/2, 1/25 sec, ISO400
 “Music” Austin, 2018
"Food Court" Austin, 2018
Photo info: Motorola Moto G (4), 3.64mm, f/2, 1/20 sec, ISO400
 “Food Court” Austin, 2018

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～