My Favorite Bar in Portland

Today, I want to introduce my favorite bar in Portland. The name is Momo's located on southwest 10th avenue and Morrison street. I often go there to drink with my friends, because it serves good drinks and foods with a good deal. It looks not fancy, but all staff of Momo's are friendly! I ordered Nachos there three weeks ago, and it was delicious and huge, so you can share it with your friend. Momo's has tables outside; I felt comfortable while I was drinking on a table outside in summer, but it's too cold to drink outside right now. If you're over 21 years old and you have a chance to go out drinking, I do recommend this bar. 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/momos-portland

Halloween Is Coming

Did you get your costume? Are you ready for Halloween?

...I'm pretty much ready for Halloween!

 A week ago, I went  to my boyfriend's house and I carved a pumpkin like Hello Kitty. It was my first time carving a pumpkin, but it was easier than I had thought although its inside was gross. After I finished carving, I put a candle in it. It was AMAZING because the light was warm orange, and I could see its shape, Hello Kitty very clearly. I was impressed so much, but at the same time, I was jealous of my boyfriend. He did a great job on his pumpkin. I didn't think he could carve Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas, so I told him he couldn't turn Jack into a jack-o-lantern, but he did. I lost this bet. lol
 I already have two costumes this year, because I want to have fun twice as much as you do. Today, I remade my pink tank top that is one of my costumes at my friends house; this is my original one, and I will wear it this weekend. My friend taught me how to remake clothing. Here is the picture of my pink tank top that I did on the right. I tore its backside like a diamond shape and braided it.
 I don't want to tell you what I'm going to be, but you will see on my blog after Halloween.

What are you going to be? How are you going to enjoy Halloween this year? Let me know your plans.

My Haunted Weekend

 

I went to Fear Asylum a haunted house in Milwaukee, Oregon with my boyfriend and his family. Before we entered the haunted house, we ate dinner together at Elks Lodge. I ate Garlic King Prawns there, it was really good. There were a lot of people, we waited outside in line for 45 minutes, I was cold.
It was my first time to go to a haunted house since I entered the U.S. I thought it would be horrifying but it wasn't so bad.

 Two years ago, I went to a corn maze in San Francisco and it was so scary I cried. Compare to the cone maze, this haunted house was nothing. My boyfriend was disappointed that I wasn't scared.
 We also went to the Davis Grave yard, I thought the decorations were amazing. I could tell they put a lot of time into there decorations. There are a lot of tombstones and ghosts, the thing I liked the most was special effects used to create the ghosts. (web: http://www.davisgraveyard.com/Welcome.htm)

Happy 20th Birthday to Chikara!

I used to live with my host family before I moved to the apartment I live in now. Chikara, one of my japanese friends, lived there before I had come to the U.S. so they are also his family.

Today, we had his birthday party together because we are like a family. We held the party at our host sister's house and had big dinner there. My host sister grilled lamb and vegetables and my host mother made a birthday cake to him, and I LOVED these delicious foods! They are good at cooking. It has been for while since I saw them last time, so I really enjoyed today's dinner with my american family and talking with them. I like this kind of family gathering, because I live in the apartment now almost alone. (I get along with my roommate but we're not very close.)

By the way, He turned 20 years old. That reminded me of my Hatachi memory. Hatachi means 20 years old. It means a lot for japanese people, because a 20-year-old person is considered as an adult and he/she can drink and smoke and whatever he/she wants to unless breaking the law or being selfish by their responsibility. We have a big ceremony for 20-year-old people in Japan. It is called Seijin-shiki. Seijin means an adult and Shiki means a ceremony. Each city has its own ceremony, but usually they attend their hometown city's ceremony. They can see old friends again and celebrate being 20 years old together. We also put on Japanese traditional clothing, Kimono or Hakama. The picture on your left is Kimono I wore about 2 years ago when I was 20 years old.


After the ceremony, in my case, I drank so hard with my old friends. We were all crazy but that was fabulous memory for me. Thinking of Seijin-shiki, I miss my old friends and my hometown. Do you have any special ceremony of being an adult in your county? How do you celebrate? I'd like to know interesting ceremonies all over the world :)

Design Week Portland

I went to Nike Graphic Studio Art Show: Outside the Box.
http://nikegraphicstudio.tumblr.com/

I heard Portland is one of famous of art, and you can find a lot of galleys when you walk in Portland. From October 9th to 13th, it was Design Week Portland. There were a number of events during Design Week Portland.
http://www.designweekportland.com/#_event-92

There are many cool paintings and crafts made by Nike designers. There are few wired things, too. But I felt like I was in a unrealistic world at that time.

Sometimes, a special art event is held in Portland. I don't know how to look it up because I usually get the information from my friends. So if you're interested in art or something similar to art and you know about art events in Portland, let me know!