July 11th, 2010 by Rose Rosetree
Okay, so I had to rent the tan robe at least once. Otherwise, how could I say farewell to Hiroo Fitness Club?
So what if I put my robe on all wrong, messing up the strict diagrams posted on the wall about proper robe usage? What am I in life, besides being a teacher of Deeper Perception, a total wimp? Scared of a sauna?
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June 26th, 2009 by Rose Rosetree
Taking a break from Aura Reading, I continue to roam the streets of Tokyo. Today, I did it at lunch hour. A tall, handsome young man approached me and asked if I was Canadian.
“No,” I said. “I’m American.”
He was, obviously, American, too.
“That’s a shame,” he told me. “I’m looking for a Canadian woman to marry me and bring me home to Read More »
June 15th, 2009 by Rose Rosetree
One song I don’t expect to hear in Tokyo is the Christmas classic, “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.” Of course, you never can predict which songs you will hear; my first day of this trip, I was shopping for coffee mugs in a dollar store when, over the loudspeaker, came a series of songs with Frank Sinatra that I’d never heard before.
Really, you haven’t lived until you’ve heard Old Blue Eyes sing “Old Man River.” Read More »
June 13th, 2009 by Rose Rosetree
Ah, beautiful Nishi-Azabu, pricey and clean and sophisticated even for Tokyo. If you stayed in this same neighborhood on seven different trips, staying for 3+ weeks at a time…
If you were an adventurous walker, someone who strolled around most days, rain or shine…
Don’t you think that future trips would be variations on the theme of “same old ‘hood“? Read More »