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Checkin to McDonald's (マクドナルド)
Coffee while Leo’s at robot school


Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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James Van Dyne

03 Jun 2023 at 07:05

The Week #152

 
  • I tend to avoid clothes shopping as much as possible, but I really needed a new shirt. I must have been cycling the same cheap uniqlo t-shirts for at least 2 or 3 years now. I've always heard good  things about L.L. Bean's clothing. They're an American company who's bread and butter is mail order (since before the internet) and it turns out there's a physical store in Yokohama.

    Shopping at L.L. Bean made me feel a bit like my dad (growing up he'd  wear their shirts), which I'm not sure how that makes me feel. Not because of my dad, but because am I really getting that old? Answer: Yes.

    When I was ready to check out, I walked up to the cashier. She was helping the customer before me and I listened in a bit as she was explaining to the customer "the pants are cut this way because these are from America and American's have big butts".  I think she freaked out a bit she saw me standing there 😆. She:s not wrong, but still funny. In the end, I got myself a new casual button up shirt and a hat to replace my Astro's hat. 
  • Leo played in the fountains in front of the art museum. The mall had organized an event with food trucks, various workshops and some vendors. We had a napoleon style pizza for lunch and then went to Blue Bottle for a coffee. At this location, the walls are all glass and they open them up on nice days, and they were wide open.
  • Leo likes the smell of coffee. I had one sip of coffee left and I offer Leo to smell it. He said it smelled good, so I suggested he try it, thinking he'd refute. He drank his first sip of cooled hot-coffee, and he liked it! Attaboy! I don't expect this to become a regular occurrence, he's still 5.
  • We went to the Mitsubishi Industrial Museum, which showcases a lot of the heavy industrial/science products that Mitsubishi is involved it, including deep-sea research submarines, rockets, and airplanes. There's even a video about how they manufacture and launch their rockets. I finally understand why there's a lot of rocket engineers in Nagoya, that's where they manufacture them. The second floor was dedicated to electricity and they explainers for how wind turbines, solar and such like work. Really well put together and worth the ¥500 entry fee.

    Leo checking out the wind turbine at sea level
  • I finally got around to deactivating my twitter account. As I said in my status, I haven't really checked it in months and I don't miss it. This post by Scott made me question what I was waiting for and so I did it. Ask me a year ago and I don't think I could've imagined getting off Twitter entirely, but I like Mastodon, the pace and  the people I'm following there.
  • Out with Mario and in with Zelda. We've been playing Breath of the wind almost everyday and it's fantastic. What I like about it Zelda, beyond the escape-ism of roaming around Hyrule, is that I actually get to play quite a bit. Leo acts as a second set of eyes for items and baddies. It's a good bonding activity.

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James Van Dyne

29 May 2023 at 21:40
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It's been over 6 months since I've really used Twitter. I don't miss it. Giving it a scroll the other day to download my data reinforced that. Time to delete.

#GoodByte


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28 May 2023 at 08:46
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Checkin to Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum (三菱みなとみらい技術館)
Checking out rockets and submarines.


Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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James Van Dyne

28 May 2023 at 05:50



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