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February 14, 2005
St. Valentine's with my buddies
After the meeting at the Irish Pub mentioned earlier (and that was after a date with Maki through old streets of Nagoya, lunch with Ken and Maki, bullet train back to Tokyo. Boy, am I adjusting well), I headed back to Hachioji, where two of my high school buddies waited to see me for the first time in 5 years(!). So the night went on.
This picture was taken at a shot/cocktail bar called "Youshu-ko", a tiny but very elegant place in the middle of not-so-glamorous Hachioji downtown.
In our past encounters, we would proceed to the cheapest waterhole and get smashed to the point of passing out, but not this time; Hiroshi, usually the instigator, was married last summer was itching to get home, this being St. Valentine's day and all. The bar was his suggestion, and we jsut had two drinks each (Hiroshi did have a third), enjoyed a nice, civil conversation with the bartender, and didn't guzzle our drinks.
All that made for a really enjoyable evening, without none of the guilt-laden after effects. Thanks guys!
Posted by Akira at February 14, 2005 10:44 AM
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