Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/50 sec, ISO3200 “Dodger Critters” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Well, the Dodgers made it to game 7 of the World Series, but unfortunately lost to the Houston Astros. It was tough to watch but I think they still had an amazing year, with many records broken. There’s always next year, right?
It’s funny, but I stress out so much when the Dodgers play, that now that the series is over, the stress has left me. Even with a loss, the uncertainty is gone. So I’m sure I will have better days ahead!
Tonight during the game, we enjoyed another fantastic and delicious dinner of Japanese style hamburg steak over rice, with a wine sauce and egg. I guess you could also say it was a super-fancy loco moco. In fact, we had a Hawaiian-style macaroni salad to go with it. So yummy!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/100 sec, ISO3200 “Hamburg Steak Dinner” Cedar Park, 2017
Well, the weather is finally starting to get cooler here in Austin, and that means it is time for cold-weather food. One perfect dish is ramen. Actually, it’s a great dish to have in the summer too. :)
Today’s photo is of a bowl of shoyu ramen from Ramen Tatsu-ya, which is a great little restaurant in North Austin. Highly recommended! It’s a very rich broth, so if you like it lighter, I’d recommend other places, but for a hearty ramen, it’s hard to beat this one.
Today Bay and I visited the LBJ Presidential Library at UT Austin. It’s the first presidential library we have ever visited, and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know hardly anything about LBJ, but I learned a lot during our visit to the museum. The exhibits were interesting and innovative, especially the telephones which you could pick up and listen in on conversations that LBJ had with all sorts of people, including Jackie Kennedy.
I don’t know how objective the curators and creators of the museum could be when putting the exhibits together, but I feel like they told the story from lots of different points of view. It was interesting to learn about the “Great Society”, the Voting Rights Act, and other initiatives that LBJ championed.
Besides learning about LBJ, the museum really gives a nice view of life in the mid and late 20th century in the US by showing a lot of the culture, music, and television programs that were popular. I’m sure it would be very nostalgic to people in their 60s and 70s!
If you are in Austin and have an interest in US history, I highly recommend visiting the LBJ Museum. For a very reasonable admission fee, you gain a wealth of historical information.
