Monday, July 21, 2008

A Visitor from the West

The Prairie Princess visited for the weekend, but has gone back to the prairie. She left last night after this festive night at Saji-Ya, a local Japanese eatery. We had some sushi and some of it had eel as its main ingredient, a type of sushi that both of these former residents of Japan seem to have great affection for. I had a piece or two, but mainly confined myself to the California rolls (crab and avocado). We also ate tempura and a tofu dish that Herb wanted to try out. There are no Japanese restaurants in Glyndon. PP took her bike back with her so that she can ride it to work. It fit nicely in the back seat/trunk of her auto with its front wheel lying silently beside the bike body.


It was back to tennis outside tonight at Marie Park for me. Nothing extraordinary occurred, but we managed to play three sets on one of the best nights of this July. As someone from Minnesota once said, there are a lot of nice days in July.

The Tour de France is beginning to get interesting. It's very close among the top five or six in the general classification (the competition for the yellow jersey), and they haven't uncovered any dopers for a couple of days. They are riding in the Alps tomorrow.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Eel -- who was the first person who looked at an eel and thought, "mmm, I'll bet that would taste good?"

Nic pic of the young adults --they look like they're having fun.

TdF could have an interesting week, now that they're in the Alps. I wouldn't get my hopes up that we're done with the dopers, though.