I guess Minami is Josie Bruin going to the prom on Halloween. Deanna just came back from golfing... I'm not joking, she's not in a golfer costume. #minami

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When life gives you pumpkins...#minami

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All in all a successful birthday for Minami. 7 and up from here. #minami

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Minami is the cover girl for the Intermediate Blue UCLA Junior Spirit Squad! #minami

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Undokai sports day sponsored by Krispy Kreme donuts - for my non-sporty sweet tooth. #minami

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Using my DP skills to determine the optimal position for shade from the sun during undokai (うんどかい). #minami

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Minami's favorite park in San Gabriel has become infested with Pokemon. #minami

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Forgot to setup my drone on my new Note 7 phone & the Angeles National Forest has no internet. So if I can't shoot WITH my drone, I'll shoot photos OF my drone. #minami

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We ate around the world at the Orange Int Street Fair. #minami

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Capturing the sunset in a bubble. #minami

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Big time bubble time! #minami

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Score! We found the one Sunnyvale hotel that serves complimentary breakfast with Japanese rice, nori (seaweed), & miso soup. Unless all Silicone Valley hotels do... #minami

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LBC girl in a LBC world. #minami

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Long Beach Crawfish Festival this weekend but we come for the Kettle Corn! #minami

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Minami got her hair did! #minami

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Grand Central Market in DTLA was ridiculously crowded. Eggslut again had a stupid long line for... just eggs. So we went next door to Las Morelianas for some excellently tender, tender carnitas & gelatinous trompa (pig snout) which was a favorite of Minami. #minami

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It was late so I told Minami she couldn't go swimming in MV Lake. So how does she punish me? She refuses to let me take her photo - such a nasty kid. #minami

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We're at the CSULB Japanese Garden shooting the unauthorized sequel to Junya Sakino's film called "Orizuru: The Domination." #minami

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LBC girl. #minami

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I had hoped we'd have a story about how we beat all odds and raised goldfish but... #minami

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When I broke the news to the wife about the goldfish she proclaimed, "spare no expense, save those fish - their lives are in your hands!" But the fish gear prices at Petsmart were a ridiculous 30-40% higher than Amazon. So with Prime one-day shipping Sushi & Sashimi will have to survive another 12 hours before getting their new decked-out home with filtration, airration, & temperature regulation. #minami

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We're down to 2 gold fish from 6. I spent almost all day trying to keep these little s***heads alive - research, food, dechlorination, temp regulating. Now as a last ditch effort I'm using treated filtered drinking water but it's like some murder mystery nightmare & I'm the prime suspect! #minami

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*sigh* Minami brought home goldfish she won at the LBJCC summer festival last night & already one of them is ready to ride the great tubes to fish heaven. She already had names picked out for them too. Fricken 2016! #minami

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Minami was crying because of the blisters she got from tap, modern, jazz, & 2 ballet dance classes. I told her to be the beautiful butterfly that she wants to be and suck it up! #minami

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Rumor has it the Tooth Fairy over-slept & almost forgot to drop a deuce for Minami's tooth. #minami

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The calm before Minami brings the storm to the Colburn dance stage. #minami

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Minami and I made quite an adventure out of tracking down the Space Shuttle Fuel Tank as it moved through the streets of LA. Well worth seeing such a grand procession amongst the people that make this city. #minami

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The Space Shuttle fuel tank on W Manchester Ave in LA! Today was an awesome photo op day! #minami

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Gustavo Dudamel happened to be on the Colburn campus. No big deal, he's just the conductor of the LA Philharmonic in sneakers. We've seen quite a number of his performances. #minami

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Pide LA Piper #minami

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Beach clean-up & picnic was a success! Our ridiculously over-sized canopy & lunch were the envy of the event. To top this, next year I'll have to setup a beach house & buffet. #minami

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Family heat signature portrait. #minami

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Omu-rice & Shira-ae are Minami approved. Time to save up ketchup packets for next time. #minami

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LBC streets! #minami

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Another Snapchat innovation - Face-Off style face swap. #minami

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Minami's 1st set of chapter books. She actually started with the original Wizard of Oz which was surprisingly violent and scary. #minami

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Mech Warrior Minami... taking an eye exam. #minami

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Little girl was crying bcuz she was late to the same ballet class as Minami. Her father was like, "what's the worst that can happen, you'll just need to do some pushups." She cried some more. #minami

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Getting better at the bun... #minami

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美波&美波。Minami California learns kendo from Minami of Keio University Japan (they share the same kanji too). #minami

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I was stressing the F out doing a bun on Minami's head with only 15min until her 1st ballet class. And then when I met her teacher she looked at Minami & pointed at her missing belt & said she makes her students do pushups for missing belts. S*** just got real. #minami

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I was stressing the F out doing a bun on Minami's head with only 15min until her 1st ballet class. And then when I met her teacher she looked at Minami & pointed at her missing belt & said she makes her students do pushups for missing belts. S*** just got real. #minami

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Minami at a workshop at the California Science Center - learning about weather. #minami

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Minami with Yoji Ishida sensei from Japan. #minami

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M is finishing her J-school homework in the UCLA Powell library. #minami

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Minami's new study table. Of course she's using it to Snapchat with her cousin... damn that fell apart all too quickly. #minami

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For the 1st time I let Minami choose the cereal & she chose Cocoa Puffs. I ate 3 bowls this morning to show my disappointment in her life choices - stuff is like crack! #minami

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Urban music zen #minami

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Speaking California Winter. #minami

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Minami trades in her cheerleading outfit to be a Baby Bruin. #minami

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