Brian Tolle
Cheaper by the Dozen, (2008).
The Forgotten, (2009).
Sometimes I feel like this taxi.
People enjoying lunch at the water temple. (Taken with instagram)
A Japanese Security Guard
My first impressions of Kyoto are great. The people are wonderfully gracious and eager to help, even as I stumble through japanese. I recently asked an employee of a grocery store if I could have a star instead of chopsticks. He didn’t miss a beat and I made it out with the chopsticks.

My flight left today without me. It’s a tragedy I know. And the worst part is it all could have been avoided with a little less stupid. Sometime during my college education I forgot the differences between AM and PM.
The image above is of me sitting in the SFO International cafe. Naturally I applied the sad panda filter (sepia).
But, have no worries. I have a new flight at 1:40 AM tomorrow and I won’t miss it!
Steve treated me to my last truly American meal for awhile. I made sure there was bacon and something fried on the hamburger. Those are fried pickles in the middle of the table and jalepenos on the bun. It was absolutely delicious and heart stopping. But now I’m ready for some rice and rice and fish and rice.
Gestures from the wharf in San Francisco