Great Grandma meets Chikage!

Myron flew to NYC this week to visit with his Mom and see Ren, Hiroko and Chikage while they made a visit to see Grandma Barbara and friends before heading out to California.
Great-Grandma Esther and Grandpapa Myron met Ren, Hiroko and Chikage at the Rodeo Bar, 27th and 3rd Avenue, and the 4 generations reveled in the moment and, of course, Chikage was the center of attraction. She has 4 teeth now and a smile that slays!

Paul's B-day Halloween Party in SLC

Went to Salt Lake City this weekend to visit my sons, Paul and Jeff. Paul went to U. Utah and graduated in 2004 and ended up loving it and buying a house. Jeff, the youngest brother, started at the Uof Utah this September and lives with Paul. Mom gets to visit and see them both in one fell swoop now. Paul had his 28th b-day on October 20th and we went to a combo housewarming , Halloween and Paul's birthday party as his friends house.

Here are some pix of friends and sons at this party. Jeff is costumed as the German in lederhosen and Paul is wearing my old Transport Team uniform.

The others are various friends. Jeff's skating friend is the woman in the catwoman costume. She is a coach for some pretty good skaters

Anna

Remote Control Sailboats

We took a bike ride around Lake Johnson outside of Raleigh on Sunday. The weather was terrific. 78 and sunny!!!
We stopped and watched the remote controlled sailboat races... The only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys...
The weather here in Durham/Chapel Hill remains absolutely spectacular. Always sunny and wonderfully warm.
We have been here for 5 1/2 weeks and never a bad day!
Tonight is Tango!
Watch out Myron ... I will definitely step on your toes.
http://triangletango.com

Hey Y'all, We went to our First Pig Pickin'!!

We were invited to a Pig Pickin' (pig roast) on Saturday night.
A 165 pound porker was cooked and simultaneously wood-smoked beginning at 4:00 a.m.
the night before. Half the meat was removed and chopped with a vinegar sauce and the other half was there for pickin'. EXCELLENT! There was also Brunswick Stew and other goodies. Anna especially loved the banana pudding!!
About 80 people were there and a band on stage played blue grass music.
This was held on a 5 acre lot at the home of a realtor (Anna's work colleague is the next-door neighbor of the realtor).

Bye for now Y'all
Anna and Myron

The Ensemble!

For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted a complete bed ensemble.
This summer , we waited for the Bloomingdale sale and watched and waited and we bought the ensemble I thought was perfect. It is made by Natori and is made of 50% bamboo and 50% cotton. The colors are rich and the spread texture is remniscent of a dragon. But even more perfect was the fact that it matched the curtain I purchased in Tokyo when we went to visit Ren, Hiroko and little Chikage. So here it is.... a beautiful bed ensemble in our new apartment. It is a picture!

Moved to Chapel Hill/Durham NC!!

Well we made it and have unpacked completely! We simply have to put up the pix on the walls.
The weather here is fantastic, my new job interesting and challenging, and our apartment very nice! Everything is close by, the restaurants delicious, the people extremely friendly and once again ------- the weather terrific! It has been in the 80's and sunny with low humidity. Today was actually cooler in the 70's with not a cloud in the sky. We went biking on a beautiful bike friendly loop on our new bikes. I have biked for a long time but Myron is relatively new to the sport. He did just great even though hand brakes, 24 gears and shocks are new to him. He remembers his old Schwinn when he was 14! I haven't told him yet we are working up to a very long trek from the NC mountains to the Outer Banks oceanfront in 7 days !!! :-)))
Here we are with the new bikes.

Moving Day!

We packed, were moved and drove!
Despite the moving company arriving 3 hours late on Friday.... we only had the elevator from 9am-1pm, we got out by 3:30pm and hit the road with both cars packed to the gills . I had my plants in the front seat of my car, Myron had the TV in the front seat of his car.... the backseat of his was filled with the wall pictures and my Vibe was filled to the roof! I also had my bike rack attached to the hatchback. We were relieved to find no traffic on the holiday Friday night and made it to Dover, Delaware by 6:30 for a seafood diner and then to Salisbury, Maryland for an overnight at a hotel.
We left at 8:30 am on Saturday and made it to my beach house in Nags Head, OBX ( The Outer Banks ) North Carolina. The weather is perfect and we don't care if they don't deliver the furniture until Thursday!!! We can beach it the entire week! The weather is perfect, the ocean warm and our neighbor's hot tub is hot! I love this beach house ......

Here are 2 pix of the old apartment in West New York on moving day

Anna and Myron