While we were over in Japan we were each hogging the laptop, either processing the hundereds of photographs, doing small video editing and of course, blogging our day.
Today it realised to me that sure the Japan trip was intersting to Blog, but what about the rest of the time… a blog every 2-3 weeks? is [...]

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Only a few of my close friends in Boston will understand this….
In the episode for the Office “The Beach Games” a MST3K refrence was made
I hope YouTube does not take this down…

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Ok, so now I feel 32.9 years old.
Today is day 1.5 days back in the United states… as much as I try to cheat global flight jet lag it’s almost impossible. I figure it will take a good 3 days before im back to normal.
My body thinks its 1:30pm and I was planning on going [...]

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I know, im REALLY bad at keeping my blog up to date.
I figure since Becky has been doing such a good job keeping hers up to date I don’t have to rush… but I will catch up in a bit.
Go here for a MUCH better summary of our Japan Adventure:
http://www.cookingwithbecky.com 

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I will update more later, im a few days behind on my blog… but today we went on this
It’s ‘just’ a bit faster than anything else in the states. LOL
Just to give you an idea, from Tokyo to Kyoto it is 319 Miles, With a top speed of 177mph.
Click Here for more info 
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Hi All!
Another great day in Japan with my new wife and parents!
Today was more of a family day, we visited the Ashihara Plot which every Ashihara from my great grandfather “lives”.. it was my first visit since my grandmother died a few years ago.

After a somber morning we turned into hard core tourists lol!
Went shopping [...]

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Whew! Our reception party was today and it was just amazing.
What really amazed me was how many of my relitives spoke English!
As always my parents surprised me with how big our family is, I don’t really see them too often and in my perspective I just see my parents and now Becky’s family on a [...]

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Here we are!
After a short flight from NY to DC (40min)

Then our long flight from DC to Japan (13.5hr)!

I have a feeling I have spoiled Becky with this trip… the flight was just amazing.
It has been a very long time since I have flown Business Class, and this is NOTHING like I remember it… [...]

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We had to let Haley go off to the other side today.
She was 14ish years old and I hope had a good life with us after her life at MIT as a lab dog.
We were with her when she died, it was very peaceful but so sad.
I don’t really show that much emotion but this [...]

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I cannot belive that it has been 1 Year since we got married! AND! we are still celebrating.
Next weekend we will be having our 3rd reception, this time in Japan!
I found (stole) these pictures claiming this is what ANA Airline’s Business Class is.
I HOPE SO!!! If all goes well we will be flying Business Class [...]

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