Ebi Fry

For the end of 2008 beginning of 2009 we went to Tokyo.

Walking along the edges of the hordes going for their first temple visit of the year at Sensôji, we played in open areas along the Sumida River. The Asahi Super Dry building is one of the modern landmarks of the Asakusa, Sumida Park area. It is one of two Asahi buildings designed by Philippe Starck (the gold and silver one to the left is supposed to be a mug of frothy beer). It is, some say, supposed to represent foam being blown off a frothy head of beer. Or perhaps an Olympic flame in honor of the hard work of the developers of Asahi's beer "Super Dry." It is more popularly known as "the golden turd." My friend worked in the building for awhile, and she said it was quite an interesting sight to watch a special crew polishing it! We asked Sam what it was, suspecting the usual observation, but he said it was "ebi fry" (breaded fried shrimp). He really wanted to go up inside the "ebi fry."


Alway, putting a positive spin on things. Or else just hungry.

Hmm

One of Sam's classmate's mothers keeps saying we should get Maia Japanese modeling jobs since she's cute and the magazines often use foreign models. The fact that she's had a runny nose for what seems like months might be one obstacle to that. But based on this, I think Pro Wrestler might be more in the cards for her!



Women's pro wrestling is, or last I knew was, really popular in Japan. Perhaps some remember that the notorious Tonya Harding was offered a job in Japan along those lines after she was booted from figure skating.

This is not to suggest that Maia is not quite the elegant young princess. She now does a sort of bow/curtsy type of thing when you say "konnichiwa" (hello) or "arigato" (thank you). And when you walk through a crowd she waves both hands and looks around smiling at the adoring masses.