Wooden dolls and draft beer from a vending machine
Do you like our dolls? Mike, Grace, Osaki-sensei, and I visited an artist's workshop to make these dolls. Disclaimer: It was our first time, and none of us had used wood-burning tools this way before. The teacher used to teach kimono painting in Kyoto, now she is teaching woodworking and painting, plus doing plenty on her own as well. I wish we had taken pictures of her dolls, so you could see how beautiful and professional the "real" ones are.
In the meantime, can you guess which one is Mike's ??? How about Osaki-sensei's (it wasn't her 1st!) ??
Anyhoo, a funny thing happened tonight in Kobe. First of all, we were bummed to find out that the show Mike wanted to see had happened the night before, and tonight they were in Osaka. That was sad. It was our whole reason to be in Kobe. Ah well. We decided to wander around looking for a great place to have dinner, and fill our empty bellies. We found a fashionable Italian restaurant, and ordered pasta, pizza, and 2 draft beers. A couple mintues later, Mike noticed one of the chefs open the register, take out some coins, and leave. He came back with 2 cans of beer, went behind the bar, poured, and served ?!?! They weren't even discreet about it. Pretty funny.
-Colleen
