New Year’s Osechi and First Run of 2023

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“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2023

Happy New Year! We started 2023 off with a delicious osechi brunch. Mariko and her friends prepared everything here, with my contribution being the roast beef. All the dishes were yummy!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2023
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2023

These past two weeks have been filled with a lot of yummy foods and plenty of dessert, so I need to get back into my exercise routine quickly. With that in mind, I went for a long run this afternoon and completed my monthly half-marathon challenge in Strava. I struggled a little bit and walked a couple of times, but it wasn’t too bad. I’m really looking forward to a nice year of running!

2021 Osechi

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“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2021

We kicked off the new year with another delicious traditional osechi. In addition to the usual awesome dishes, we had some saba (mackerel) that our friends prepared for us and it was excellent. I love saba so much!

Here’s to a good 2021!

New Year

"Osechi" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2018

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today we spent the day relaxing at home, eating our traditional Japanese osechi meal, drinking saké, and enjoying each other’s company. Later on, we had a couple friends over for dinner and we also watched Gaki no Tsukai 2018 Special, which was hilarious. What a great way to ring in the new year! 😂

I hope you had a great day!

またね~

"Osechi" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO3200
“Osechi” Cedar Park, 2018
"Refreshment" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1000
“Refreshment” Cedar Park, 2018
"Osechi Cat" Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
“Osechi Cat” Cedar Park, 2018