http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com The weekly adventures of a pair of friends separated by half the world. Sun, 18 May 2008 08:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery] So I got fed up....well not really fed up. Just tired of working everyday for two months straight with nothing other than the weekend break! So.....off to BAL-TI-MORE....MARY....LAND to see the Wretched and have BIG FUN! (If you haven't seen Off to See the Wretched please WATCH it NOW...it is ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/baltimore-baby-41508/ Sumon and I studied Japanese in Kyoto for a semester back in college, so instead of temples and shrines, he wanted to see some of the places where he spent time back then. I live on the same train line that he was on 6 1/2 years ago, so we ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/memories-51208/ College friends and world travelers, Snow and Sumon, joined me in Kyoto for a few days of catching up and sleeping in but we made it out of the house a few times. Our first stop was vegan restaurant, Mikoan, which really filled us up with delicious Japanese style dinner sets. We ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/a-night-on-the-town-51008/   U-Street has changed since my last stint in DC....Gentrification......and my heart lags around old and new.....I ate NACHOS at Alero with 'everybody' and had a  good time (eating) and enjoying the atmospheric sounds of folks happy to be off work. http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/cinco-de-mayo-5508/ I found the website for a shop called Veggie Sweets a couple months ago that looks interesting. They make vegan cake and ice cream and I've been wanting to go but there is no map and I don't trust myself with Japanese addresses at all! The other day I checked the website again ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/earth-love-festival-5508/ One of the teachers I work with invited me to go with a group of people to see Son Rosado, a latin music band. I didn't have any of the details, so I didn't know if it would be at a concert hall or what, but it turned out to ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/salsa-42808/ Once in the Spring and once in the Fall, Cultural Tourism DC offers free walking tours of a dozen or more DC hotspots. I immediately noted the Black Georgetown tour in my calendar, begged my friend MJ to come along with me as just a few weeks prior to learning about the Black Georgetown tour we were having ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/black-georgetown-walking-tour-42608/ Good people of America...... Why do we not love the arts???? This post is about Sweet Sonia and how she sat behind me and talked to me and smiled to me and laughed with me and agreed with me (about how cold it was in the auditorium).  And about E. Ethelbert ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/lannan-literary-symposium-415-1708/ So, my famous artist friend T.J. came in from NYC on the Greyhound (what? you didn't know that the BUS is so in with famous artists?) to celebrate her big B'DAY, take a break from her PhD studies, and importantly LIVE IT up in DC! The weekend started off with ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/the-bday-girl-sakura-matsuri-part-ii-41208/ When I got back form Tokyo I still had a few days before school started so I asked my friend Hitoshi if he had some time to hang out. He is REALLY busy with work and never has weekends off so it's hard for us to get together, but he ... http://getoutthehouse.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/baseball-4308/