Tokyo Calling

Being in Tokyo sort of feels like a vacation from our trip.  We've both spent time here before, its insanely comfortable and completely safe and, most importantly, Molly & Andrew are here!

Molly and I have finally been able to fulfill our lifelong dream of living in the same building.  The cherry on our friendship sundae is that Sue was here for the first few days, and the 3 of us had time for the girlish shenanigans of yore.

All these months, Ed has endured when asked for comment on such pressing topics as: bob haircuts, Lady Gaga's "Alejandro," and ab workouts.  Without fail, he stays engaged and holds eye contact even as his brain shuts down and a small part of his soul withers and dies.  So, I think we were both happy and relieved to turn the estrogen-related responsibilities back over to the professionals.

At a wrestling-themed bar in Golden Gai.  This is prior to robot-hands McCaffrey getting me into a half nelson.  We illustrated a valuable lesson this evening: when caffeinated tea is used as a mixer, everyone stays out later.