The "short" long weekend
This weekend was a long one - today, Monday, was a national holiday - and the extra day off was fully enjoyed.
Weekend started out as it always does with a trip to Tatebayashi Friday evening. D and I stayed at N's house Friday night, but she's in India at the moment so we had run of the house. Picked up D at the station and headed to Grow for a late dinner before heading to N's.
Next morning, L came and picked us up and took us to the station so we could head into Tokyo. I had my lesson and D wanted to go shopping. We met up after the lesson and did some shopping. We planned on heading out Saturday night in Toks, but the party didn't start til late so we had lots of time to kill. D wanted to go to the Apple store to buy an ipod mini so we headed there. After a bit of wandering around and picking what he wanted, he made the purchase and then we passed the time playing kids' games on the computers.
Went out for food at a random little street cafe not far from Nakameguro Station. Good food, good atmosphere, good magazines. There was even a lady at the table next to us with her dog. Very funky place indeed. So after killing an hour or so there, we headed into Shinjuku for a pre-party drink and then finally it was time to head to the party.
We drank and danced until we could neither no more, and it was 2am. First train left at 5am so we headed to the cafe in the building and managed to pass 2.5 hours there eating, drinking, talking and dozing. At 4:30 we headed to the station, got our stuff out of the locker and went to the platform. We got back to Tutty-B at 7:20am and took a taxi to N's house and crashed.
L came around about 1ish with food (love your work) so we sat there eating and watching our latest addiction - Desperate Housewives. Still hungry, we went to Mos Burger for lunch at 4pm and then headed to AEON to be mall rats for a bit. Wandered around there for a bit and then headed to S's house, who had just gotten home from Nagano.
We watched more DHW - until 2am - and then all crashed the night there. S had a lunch date with friends so she left around 10ish (I think?) while the rest of us had a sleep in. Got up about 11ish, went to the conbini for lunch, went back to S's and watched more DHW.
After that, drove L to the station then D and I went 100 yen shopping in Isesaki. Bought some socks with the toes in them and a couple of mugs - have wanted socks like those for a long time. Did a bit more shopping, went back to D's for a bit and then headed home.
And since then I have been chilling out, watching tv, reading mags, playing on the computer and cleaning. On paper (or screen) it doesn't sound that exciting, but this long weekend was very much enjoyed.
Weekend started out as it always does with a trip to Tatebayashi Friday evening. D and I stayed at N's house Friday night, but she's in India at the moment so we had run of the house. Picked up D at the station and headed to Grow for a late dinner before heading to N's.
Next morning, L came and picked us up and took us to the station so we could head into Tokyo. I had my lesson and D wanted to go shopping. We met up after the lesson and did some shopping. We planned on heading out Saturday night in Toks, but the party didn't start til late so we had lots of time to kill. D wanted to go to the Apple store to buy an ipod mini so we headed there. After a bit of wandering around and picking what he wanted, he made the purchase and then we passed the time playing kids' games on the computers.
Went out for food at a random little street cafe not far from Nakameguro Station. Good food, good atmosphere, good magazines. There was even a lady at the table next to us with her dog. Very funky place indeed. So after killing an hour or so there, we headed into Shinjuku for a pre-party drink and then finally it was time to head to the party.
We drank and danced until we could neither no more, and it was 2am. First train left at 5am so we headed to the cafe in the building and managed to pass 2.5 hours there eating, drinking, talking and dozing. At 4:30 we headed to the station, got our stuff out of the locker and went to the platform. We got back to Tutty-B at 7:20am and took a taxi to N's house and crashed.
L came around about 1ish with food (love your work) so we sat there eating and watching our latest addiction - Desperate Housewives. Still hungry, we went to Mos Burger for lunch at 4pm and then headed to AEON to be mall rats for a bit. Wandered around there for a bit and then headed to S's house, who had just gotten home from Nagano.
We watched more DHW - until 2am - and then all crashed the night there. S had a lunch date with friends so she left around 10ish (I think?) while the rest of us had a sleep in. Got up about 11ish, went to the conbini for lunch, went back to S's and watched more DHW.
After that, drove L to the station then D and I went 100 yen shopping in Isesaki. Bought some socks with the toes in them and a couple of mugs - have wanted socks like those for a long time. Did a bit more shopping, went back to D's for a bit and then headed home.
And since then I have been chilling out, watching tv, reading mags, playing on the computer and cleaning. On paper (or screen) it doesn't sound that exciting, but this long weekend was very much enjoyed.
posted by GrantPGranthm | 10:45 pm
2 Comments:
Grant is WAY too modest. He forgot to tell everyone how he heroicly survived the hellish wind gusts that howled and whistled through my apartment starting at 6am on a day off by holing up in his futon until noon.
Aw, shucks...
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