I visited GARLIC JO'S 川崎アゼリア店 on December 2, 2024. I gave it a 3.4 on Tabelog.

Really feels like these ¥100 silicone mug toppers are trying to have it both ways.

I visited ガッキ on December 1, 2024. I gave it a 3.3 on Tabelog.

I visited GOOD CHEESE GOOD PIZZA 日比谷 on December 1, 2024. I gave it a 3.5 on Tabelog.

I visited リュクス ダイニング ハプナ on December 1, 2024. I gave it a 3.2 on Tabelog.

I visited 串揚げ とろろ鍋 華金 on November 30, 2024. I gave it a 3.7 on Tabelog.

I visited EAST WOOD on November 30, 2024. I gave it a 3.7 on Tabelog.

I visited がブリチキン。 武蔵小杉店 on November 28, 2024. I gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.

I visited 薪バルPERCA 新橋 on November 28, 2024. I gave it a 3.3 on Tabelog.

I've written about Gaburi before but it remains the absolute best karaage I've found in years of searching. Just order the boneless fried chicken thighs ("momo karaage, hone-nashi") and, if you drink, enjoy the $10 all you can drink course for two hours.

Can't afford not to.

When Americans think of a highway rest stop, if they were feeling generous they imagine a gorgeous park, filled with children playing and couples strolling. Maybe a second-rate Starbucks and ice cream shop. Possibly even a nice view of the water.

But nothing like this. This puts them all to shame.

After visiting Kourankei, we took a brief break back at the hotel and asked ChatGPT for some ideas of other things to do near Shinshiro. Becky suggested we try Yuya Onsen town and then realized we had exactly 7 minutes to make the only train for the next two hours. So we speed-walked to the station and paid our fare on board the train.

The Yuya Onsen station is not manned. Despite being arguably more beautiful that day than the nationally famous Kourankei, its visitors are almost entirely regional residents getting away for an afternoon or a weekend.

We strolled up to this fabulous onsen hotel and asked if they accommodate same-day (日帰り) visitors at their hot springs baths. They politely told me no.

Fortunately, I didn't immediately fold and declare defeat on the outing. Instead, I thought to ask if they offer any other plans that might include bath access and my phrasing apparently reminded the staff of a special kaiseki lunch plus bath deal. So for ¥4500 per person we got to experience all their baths and have an absolutely wonderful seven-course lunch. You love to see it.

Also, on our way out, we met Kohaku—the hotel's pet owl. He was understandably sleepy.

It has been very fun and very weird to be traveling across Japan using an app that I built doing workouts designed by my spouse, but it's worked a lot better for me than fucking around with Fitbod and other apps ever did.

I visited ほうとう蔵 歩成 河口湖店 on November 24, 2024. I gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.

My friend Junko is from Nagoya, so when I asked for recommendations for where to see the leaves changing color (紅葉) she told me Kourankei in Aichi-ken was tops.

It was too warm too late in the year for the maple trees to hit their peak by our late November visit but it was still a really beautiful place to visit. I just wish I didn't have to leave the hotel at 5:30am to ensure I'd get a parking spot.

Found this really nice park in approximately the middle of nowhere south of Kanazawa near our Airbnb.

I can't remember getting spam issues and comments so frequently at any point in GitHub's run, so I'm not sure what's driving it now.

This morning I woke up to 40+ emails generated by a dozen or so issues splayed across a bunch of Standard Ruby's repos and initiated by five or six accounts. Unfortunately, the GitHub web UI doesn't make it easy to quickly report spam, delete issues, and block users in one fell swoop. Separately, I encountered a number of race condition bugs in their React interface that resulted in validation failures, so I wasn't able to block them all from the org. Alas.

Great way to start the day.

I visited ちゃんぽん亭総本家 本店 on November 22, 2024. I gave it a 3.4 on Tabelog.

I visited まぐろダイニング 美蔵 ホテルルートイン新城 on November 22, 2024. I gave it a 3.6 on Tabelog.

I visited ベビーフェイス プラネッツ 尾張旭店 on November 22, 2024. I gave it a 3.3 on Tabelog.