Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
March 3, 2026
food, travel birthday dinner, gem, japanese waitress, kimono, lisa, madou, noelie, restaurant, romey, yamazato Leave a comment
Dinner at Yamazato is exceptional, even 15 years on from the first visit. Absolutely world class. And Japanese service to boot.
The question is, can you make a proper Kimono wearing Japanese waitress belly laugh? Well, yes…if you are us. We had so much fun.
I mean, maybe the martinis we started with at 23 had something to do with it?
Or maybe it was mr big nose? No one knows.
But wow.
Who us? Goof off?
Happy Birthday gem-san.
March 3, 2026
travel, who knows 23rd floor, florence, gem, madou, noelie, okura 1 Comment
Who are these people? Madou? Florence? McGraw? Noelie? All together? No fucking way.
A nice way to turn 3C is to gather the geeks in Amsterdam for a photo shoot.
March 2, 2026
concert, travel cosmic love, florence, florence and the machine, lisa, never let me go, noel, romey, sympathy magic, the dog days are over, ziggo dome 2 Comments
The Ziggo Dome is an excellent place to see a show. And Florence puts on quite the excellent show. We surprised Romey and Lisa with tickets day of (something planned for months and somehow kept secret). The show was superb.
Surly audience though..
We shall do this all again.
March 2, 2026
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Lisa and Noelie arrived just in time for the surprise.
March 2, 2026
photography, river, travel, who knows amsterdam, canal, okura, seven bridges, tourism, travel 1 Comment
Romey and I hired a boat for a canal tour. We also hired a bottle of champagne. The boat ride was excellent.
We started from the pier at the Okura just after dark.
The boat itself was built of teak and glass in 1903.
The lights are a sight to see.
Seven bridges
March 2, 2026
cooking, travel bee, bees, cooking, crocus, leuven, photography 1 Comment
You may have seen these two famous actors in this short film they produced. Turns out they live in Leuven. Stop one of the big 3C birthday extravaganza was centered at their house.
We spent a fair amount of time wandering around town.
Leuven has its share of students (and they returned to class just after we got into town).
It rained. Like crazy. We walked 13.5km anywway.
The city wall.
Yo on a bridge with a god sighting…
The crocuses in full swing and filled with bees.
They are concerned about another Eve in Leuven.
We also had some excellent meals with our hosts.
February 7, 2026
food, travel, who knows beverly hills, corpse reviver #2, donnie, escuela, LA, lucky tiki, osteria vera, r2, tail o the pup, the roodftop, wine 2 Comments
I had not been to a R2 in LA for a while. 2025 was that kind of year. But things are settling back to normal after a marriage, a death, a birth, a trip to france, and a huge talk in Brazil. 2026 is off to a fabulous start.
We wined and dined at Osteria Vera coordinated by Jay (always a consummate host).
The food was outstanding.
As was the company.
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After lunch (which was by no means rushed), Donnie and David and I busted loose in LA (starting right across the street at Baltaire for a Corpse Reviver #2.
Then it was off to the Rooftop in Beverly Hills to watch the sun go down. It did. Spectacularly,
Relax? Who us?
Little tiny Hollywood.
Finally we hit Tail of the Pup for a secret tiki or two.
And then it was off to school for family dinner. Escuela was loud enough to be a middle school even without all of the Rivers’.
Just damn fun. We resolved to bring along the wives next go round (if they wanna come).
January 17, 2026
travel christmas market, claudia, gem, germany, heidelberg, markus, romey 1 Comment
Who knew that the Christmas market was still going. After Christmas even!
The gang’s all here.
And the sun sank.
And the lights glowed.
