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Celebrity Houses…. at night.

I am endlessly fascinated with our city.

Jon and I were walking along the lakefront in the dark and had one of those “wow. we live here.” moments. Our apartments are easily identifiable from a distance:

Our camera takes really crappy night-photos. While there are a couple of optons for manual override, there aren’t any “night” settings. Does anyone have recommendations on aperture / shutter speed settings to take less grainy photos? Elizabeth?

The Living Room

You may remember hearing about the Red Brick Warehouse in Yokohama. The other night, jon and I wandered around in search of dinner. What did we find?

Chano-ma.

From the outside, Chano-ma looks like like a regular (if not hipper-than-thou) restaurant. Inside, a waiter will ask if you’d like to sit at a table or on the bed.

I’m sorry, what? Am I really allowed to eat dinner on the bed!?

Midway through our meal (which was best described as pan-asian small plates) I looked up the word “chano-ma” in the dictionary. Sure enough, it means “sitting room” or “living room”. Clever.

Really cool place, awesome vibe. Laid back and industrial. Pretty good food (didn’t blow us away, but it was also a welcome change of pace from the ramen bowls we’ve been eating most often.) Across the restaurant, in the smokers-section, there was a large screen showing music videos (some American, some Japanese).