daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
It’s time for Dodger Baseball!
So nice that football season is over and baseball has begun. It’s too bad we won’t be hearing Vin Scully this year, but we have high hopes for the Dodgers nonetheless!
Hope you had a nice weekend.
おやすみなさい！
– バロン 
Hello!
After dropping Bay off at Japanese school, I decided to stroll around downtown Austin, take photos, and search for Pokémon. 😝 I ended up at my favorite book store, Book People for some coffee and catching up on blogs. It was a beautiful, but chilly day in the ATX!
I hope you enjoy the photos I took.
またね～
– B
こんばんは。How’s it going?
We made it to the weekend! I’m kind of stoked because I get to read a Bakabon book, as you can see in the photo above. It’s got English and Japanese so I’ll be able to practice my reading too. And it should be fun!
Today I took my 15-year-old son to get his learner’s permit. I can’t believe he’s almost 16 and going to drive on his own soon! Time really flies… We are doing a parent-taught course, so I’ll be taking him driving but I’m not sure where there is a good, safe parking lot to practice. I guess some local research is in order. 😄
Ok, it’s time to read some バカボンのパパ！
またね～
おやすみなさい！
– バロン
こんばんは。元気？
Today I went to eat pizza with a friend/co-worker. We usually don’t talk about work, but today that was the topic of discussion. It was actually good to rant a bit! But honestly, there’s not a whole lot to rant about. Or rather, the problems that I have at work are so inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. I am pretty happy about that. 😄
Today’s photos are of the posters that the restaurant has in their window, and then the yummy pizza that I ate. It was a good lunch!
I hope you had a nice Thursday.
おやすみなさい！
– バロン
こんばんは。How are you today?
This evening Mariko prepared a delicious yakiniku (Korean BBQ) meal using her new grill pan which she received as a birthday present. Besides the main grill area, it has “pockets” on the side where you can put different goodies and keep them separate from the main grill. For tonight’s meal, we put cheese in one pocket, corn in another, and kimchee the the other two pockets. It worked great!
This was the first time I had cheese with yakiniku, and frankly, it was a little strange. I love cheese, especially melty, grilled cheese, but it felt a bit out of place with the regular yakiniku. Everyone else seemed to enjoy it quite a bit, though!
Before dinner we celebrated Margarita Day. I never knew there was such a day (and maybe this is the first one) but we might as well celebrate, right? Our basic margarita consists of 1 part lime juice, 1 part Cointreau, and 2 parts tequila. If we want it sweeter, we’ll add a bit of agave syrup. It was yummy as usual!
I hope you had a great day.
おやすみなさい！
– B
