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Friday, June 05, 2009

Ah! I'm seriously going to crap myself I'm so excited!

So Mitsuwaya, a shopping place in Chicago that's all Japanese, is having a gourmet food fair next week. They're going to have specialty ramen (not the crap we buy, actual good noodles and soup), soba, udon, takoyaki (fried octopus balls), and other fun stuff. Becky and I are for sure going and we're going to see if Libby can make it. They've got a bookstore, restaurants, a grocery store...all kinds of fun stuff!!! Plus it says they've got okonomiyaki (Japan style pizza), totally want to try that too! I've always wanted to have takoyaki, I can't wait! I told Becky and she almost went through the roof too. So exciting!!

Man, a whole week away? I don't know if I can make it...I'm seriously almost hyperventilating here. I actually was looking into traveling to Japan on a whim since Christie was showing us her Alaska pictures from her cruise. I remembered Scampi saying that Ryan goes to some Japanese place in Chicago...and voila! There it was, beckoning me from the Google maps page, a come-hither look in it's eyes... uh, huh?

Back to work, only 2 hours to go!!