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Since I came back, Nyanchi hasn’t been sticking around for long. Today, she got on the couch with Mrs S and now she’s just hanging out. #nyanchi #notourcat #whoscatisthis #shecanstayanytime #猫 #にゃん #日本に住むアメリカ人 #大津市 #琵琶湖 #滋賀県 #日本 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClvKJNcJimM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I wanted to use all the asparagus before it went bad. So I made some bacon wrapped asparagus, which I devoured before taking a picture. So you get a solo picture of the remaining 1. The rest was cooked in olive oil with garlic, eringi mushrooms, green onion, kimchi, and a little chopped nipponham sausage. It was nice! #lunchtime #chillingathome (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClvJOXCJbiH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yes, you are. Repost from @edsmanifesto_ • Are you enough? (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clljjbbpg0W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We’ve got a day off today so we went to the Imperial Palace park, which was a very nice place to visit. #imperialpalacekyoto #京都市 #日本に住むアメリカ人 #日本 (at Imperial Palace - Kyoto, Japan　京都御所) https://www.instagram.com/p/CllIn3-J1x3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Truth 💣 Repost from @tokyovice • Good friends are hard to find because it also requires hard work to keep them. 🫢🤔 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clfx1GBJX7S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Mrs S had a physical this morning at Kyoto Station (yes, the clinic is in a high end hotel). So, I just walked around and shot videos. #diorama #miniaturereplica #kyotostation #日本に住むアメリカ人 #京都市 #日本 (at Kyoto, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClfuQUSpT9v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

THE WILD BUNCH!! We went to meat fest but by the time me & Mrs S arrived, most of the vendors were sold out. So we went for Lazy Susan Chinese food. These are the friends that made Japan “home.” #goodtimeswithgoodfriends #lifeinjapn #expatlife #日本に住むアメリカ人 #京都 #日本 (at 京都 Kyoto, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CleAmXkJwQy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another one bites the dust. #twitterbullshit #fuckisnotabadword #profanityisahumanright (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClaLnyfJtG1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Felt snacky so I sliced up a small New York Strip, browned it in butter and sesame oil on high and finished it on low with some good old Montreal Steak Seasoning. #yumyum #costcorun #gooddaytoday #コストコ #日本に住むアメリカ人 #ステーキ #スナック #大津市 #琵琶湖 #滋賀県 #日本 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOYad2Jwny/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just a little snack, an egg, mini sausage, and fried kimchi. The BEST!!! #nipponhamsausage #egg #kimchi #卵 #キム氏 #大津市 #琵琶湖 #滋賀県 #日本に住むアメリカ人 #日本 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClL3pitJLaD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’ll never be a Ninja, ya know. I’m clumsy, a total klutz. I stub my toes on bed frames with frequency. My recent trip to the US was filled with stubbed toes. Wasn’t expecting this to be the final result. #toenail #toenailcameoff #nopainthough (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClGwJyGpijt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

TikTok is FILLED with some of the most toxic people with THE stupidest posts about Times Square was already there, flat earth, xtian fundamentalist, conspiracy tok garbage imaginable. #thesepeoplearestupid #boringaf #tiktoxic (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFGOsaSXIW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This won’t be happening for quite awhile, BUT… I have always wanted to see STING perform live and for me and Mrs S, it’s all about making great memories together and we both LOVE us some Sting!! I won’t procrastinate like I did with Prince. Saying to myself, “I’ll catch him next time around.” Next time may never come. #sting #osaka #stinginosaka #livemusicrocks #スチング #大坂 #日本に住むアメリカ人 #音楽 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDEDuFJGVT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Din din at Osho!! https://www.instagram.com/p/ClBvU98JYjf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Mrs S made dinner tonight, potato, shrimp, and sausage gratin, and it was EPIC!! (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_D9U3J0iF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

We went out for dinner last night at Curry House Coco Ichibanya in Katata and I got to enjoy tonkatsu with No. 2 heat level curry (it’s plenty hot enough) and fried quail’s eggs!! It was SO delicious!! #curryhouse #curryhousecocoichibanya #yumyumyum #iheartcurry #堅田 #日本に住むアメリカ人 #大津市 #琵琶湖 #滋賀県 #日本 #かつカレー (at Katata, Otsu-shi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9uukZJgQL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

These are HOT AF!!!!! I’ve always known this but today was a BIG day for us. We’ve been here almost 4 years but today we finally started remodeling our house. I’m SUPER excited about it and so is Mrs S. She just went to bed but I’m too juiced right now to sleep. So I started munching on these and I’ve got fire shooting out my mouth right now. 😂 (at 滋賀県 琵琶湖) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck8uMUgPvei/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=