I know, I know. I said the same thing about last year’s chocolate party - and, at the time, it certainly was The Best Chocolate Party Ever! Until yesterday’s chocolate party of course. This was the second year in a row I hosted the party at my favorite Vancouver restaurant, Fuel. After some…
November 27, 2008: Tokyo Trip Day #5, Neighborly Natives and Western Wankers, Fancy French, and Shibuya Tour.
Here’s something interesting I discovered over the course of my first four days here: Tokyoites are notoriously shy and unlikely to engage in spontaneous conversation but, given the opportunity to open up, they can be incredibly friendly and loquacious. Westerners either visiting or living in Tokyo, on the other hand, are, with very few exceptions,…