In Shonandai there's a great restaurant about a minute from the station called New Orleans. With a name like New Orleans, you'd think they specialize in gumbo, or other creole specialties, but you'd be wrong. They specialize in pasta. Tomato sauces, cream sauces, and, my favorite, Japanese-style soy-sauce flavored pasta. The entire street smells like garlic everyday, it's great.

When I go during summer their ice coffee is a particular joy because they serve it in frozen copper cups. Perfect for the heat of Japanese summers.

Today I went with a friend and fellow Kanagawa-ian who I hadn't seen since the beginning of the year, Sam. It don't think I've seen Sam since early February, when covid was mostly contained on the cruise ship in Yokohama. It was great to catch up with same, talk about exploring Kanagawa, blogging, and the indie web. I don't think I've spoken that much English...since the last the I saw Sam, now that I think of it.

New Orleans' chicken and burdock root pasta is my favorite and I look forward to going again.

Love these Shinkansen videos. Fun to watch with Leo in the mornings while we play trains. Learn new things and get to see the Japanese countryside.

Apple Watch automatically unlocking your computer when you open it from sleep is :chef-kiss:

Used the Suica on my Apple Watch to pay for parking the other day. Felt like pure magic and reduced the stress of finding change/putting change in my wallet. Can focus on driving. ❤️

5km after work🙌🏻 First 5km since Feb 24th.

30 minutes. 🙌🏻

Coffee and reading books with Leo.

Being able to drag and drop files to/from other Macs when screen sharing and having it "just work" like a local drag/drop is such an unsung feature.

部活です。 4km is a bit harder when it’s warmer out. But still had a bit of juice left at the end.