We bought a travel cage for Patch so he can come to Ohio with us for Christmas. Its cute-- I just set it up with litter in it (so he can get used to it) and he immediately hopped in, marked his territory and started rearranging the litter with his paws. Patch is very meticulous, he likes the litter arranged just so.

Yesterday we were doing a bit of Christmas shopping and necessities shopping at the mall. I was hungry, and wanted something healthy, so we decided to try out the Japanese restaurant that we've never been to. I wanted a california roll and maybe some miso soup. Thats healthy, and usually inexpensive. So we went, and realized (too late) that this restaurant is one big buffet. It was a bit pricey (and we wouldn't have gone in, had we realized that) but it was actually worth it! I dared Adam to try raw oysters and some tune sashimi, and he did! I had some great sushi rolls, some chicken teriyaki and green tea cheesecake. There was also a custom crepe bar! The food was so good, and it was cool to be able to try new things. They had snow crab, grilled lobster, all kinds of sashimi, along with dumplings and other hot items. We're definitely going again sometime.

As I've mentioned, one of our favorite tv shows is Iron Chef. It's a Japanese TV show where challenger chefs battle the Iron Chefs to create new and interesting dishes containing the secret ingredient. Sometimes its something as mundane as chicken, sometimes its cool things like Bonito (fish), Abalone or Sea Urchin Roe. We love it. Our favorite chefs are Hiroyuki Sakai, because his dishes always look amazing, and also Chen Kenichi because he is always very humble. Going to this restaurant was kinda like Iron Chef!

Today Adam is finishing up his last class (yay!) and I have a bit of teaching to do. I think I'm getting sick...I feel stuffy, have a runny nose, and I have a slight headache :(