daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Although the weather here is still warm, the feeling of Autumn has arrived and that means it’s time to eat some cooler-weather food! Nabe is a hotpot type of dish, and today we had a yummy nabe of tofu, chicken meatballs, flat rice noodles, and assorted veggies. It was kind of a “clean out the fridge” meal, but oh-so-good!
The food was hearty and hot – in fact I was sweating a little bit during the meal. 😄
I hope you had a good day. またね～
Tonight we joined a virtual saké event this evening hosted by our friends at Komé. We ordered a bottle of Nanbu Bijin “Tokubetsu Junmai” to taste along with the saké experts online, and then watched the film Kampai! For the Love of Sake. After the viewing, the group followed up with some final thoughts about the film and the saké, including a message from the head of the Nanbu Bijin brewery.
It was a nice, relaxing evening. 😊
This year’s marching band season is continuing on, but of course it’s not nearly the same. For instance, there are no competitions, and the band will not be traveling to away football games. The actual show they are working on is designed to keep the kids socially-distanced, and all the kids wear masks (and many have face-shields as well).
I went to the rehearsal today to see how they were doing, and was really impressed with the mask-wearing. This was honestly a big concern for me. But I think it will be okay.
We took a mini-vacation not to far from home at Getaway Hill Country with a couple of good friends. Mariko and I were in one of the tiny cabins, while our friends were in another one, but we got to relax together outside and enjoy a campfire and some yakiniku in a safe setting. And even though the moon was out, I was able to take a half-decent photo of the stars. 😀
Here are a few photos from our over-nighter:
We have a stuffed animal sitting at the table in Bay’s spot while he’s away at school. 😊🦥
