Minami green thumb

After all the plants we've neglected & killed in this household, Minami might be the greenest thumb of us all.

お墓参り - visited the grandparents, the great grandparents, and aunt.

I guess our families always went late to visit the cemetary so we were surprised to a huge Memorial Day procession with flying planes and all!

Minami refuses to get close to any reptile...

I enjoy my share of snakes, lizards, and komodo dragons but Minami will have none of it. Where did I go wrong?

Meerkat photobomb

It seems Minami already has a list of animals she must see: flamingos, giraffes, and hippos.

Minami like those Haribo gummy bears from Germany, compliments of Jeff M!

I mixed in a "healthy" vitamin supplement gummy bear with Minami's German Haribo gummy bears.

I've created a monster: Minami likes Japanese cucumbers over cheaper regular cucumbers, and wild sockeye salmon over cheaper farmed Atlantic salmon. But these happen to be my preferences too.

Minami's lunch is Japanese cucumber sticks with creamy sesame dressing and flaked wild sockeye salmon over 7 grain rice medley.

Frozen yogurt

Minami's favorite.

Lunch at Nick's in Seal Beach: breakfast burrito and corned beef sandwich

It's been awhile since Minami and I visited Nick's in Seal Beach.

Our new wheels for the week, Ford Escape.

Sometimes the simplest auto amenities in a rental car like Bluetooth connectivity are reminders that we live in the future.

Minami's cloth diapers, vacuum sealed and ready for storage. An end of an era.

Space Bags are great! Shrinks everything down into a solid brick for storage.

Giant sholompo soup dumpling at Wang Xing Ji. Minami doesn't believe that there's boba inside (instead of pork & crab & scalding soup).

Wang Xing Ji dumpling house in San Gabriel has decent flavors but I will say the food is way too salty and rich.

Colburn School of Music

Perhaps Minami will be more of a music pro than a filmmaker.

A new lucha libre wrestler is born!

Looks like Minami had a good time at the Getty.

Getty Minami

Glad I finally caught up with the Getty - Minami Cali approves.

Getty fabulous: overheard someone say the president of S. Korea was visiting and therefore there are a lot of men in black security...

There's a lot of official looking men in black with ear pieces and firearms here at the Getty... hmm?

Rosey day in LA

Minami is making friends with squirrels in the rose garden behind the California Science Center.