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Sengo

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:11 am Post subject:

So Nisei Week is almost over again.... Every year I say I'll go but never get there. It's been eons since I last went. Never even took the kids....

bmwracer

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:14 am Post subject:

Sengo wrote:

So Nisei Week is almost over again.... Every year I say I'll go but never get there. It's been eons since I last went. Never even took the kids.... Sad

Probably one of the better years to go, since it hasn't been that warm this summer.

Tu_triky

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:10 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Yup... She's probably showering her minions with negi and furikake.

I missed this.

bmwracer

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:19 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

I missed this.

The smart parade-goers would conveniently have bowls of gohan to catch the negi/furikake shower. Mr Green

Tu_triky

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:02 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

The smart parade-goers would conveniently have bowls of gohan to catch the negi/furikake shower. Mr Green

Chance favors the prepared mind.

bmwracer

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Furikake flavors the prepared rice. Beaten

Tu_triky

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:35 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Furikake flavors the prepared rice. Beaten

Spoken with a wisdom of the ages.

Super No. 1

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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

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shin2

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:33 am Post subject:

From the Rafu Shimpo, pictures of the Nisei Week Parade: http://rafu.com/news/2011/08/nisei-week-parade-2/ OK, kiddies, choose the picture from each row which matches the corresponding caption below: Row #1: "Sandy . . . Sandy Koufax?" Row #2: "Damned sleeves . . . why couldn't I be Miss Aloha Hula?!" Row #3: "Salonpas . . . salonpas, kudasai!" Row #4: "Toga lovers, however, are not welcome." Row #5: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/hokey.htm Row #6: "C'mon, numbnuts . . . wax on, wax off." Row #7: "She gets flowers, but I don't? WTF?!" Row #8: "Cheesu!"

gaijinmark

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:42 am Post subject:

Row 1 - picture # 3 Row 2 - picture # 3 Row 3 - picture # 4 Row 4 - picture # 2 Row 5 - all except picture # 1 Row 6 - picture # 4 Row 7 - picture # 1 Row 8 - hmmmm, boy this one's tough, maybe picture #1? And a heads up for anybody in L.A., on Good Day LA tomorrow morning on FOX. Damon Wells and 2010 Nisei Week Queen Lani Nishiyama will be on to promote the Day-Lee Foods World Gyoza Eating Championship!

bmwracer

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:54 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

The host/emcee was Helen Ota: She was part of the Nisei Week Queen court way back in 1989:

I picked her to win, but alas, she didn't.

Here's Helen as the parade broadcast emcee:

Tu_triky

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:55 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Here's Helen as the parade broadcast emcee:

Is she into shrimp crackers or what?

bmwracer

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:07 am Post subject:

Tu_triky wrote:

Is she into shrimp crackers or what?

LOL, I noticed that, too... I think it's a glare screen for her TV monitor.

Tu_triky

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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:09 am Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

LOL, I noticed that, too... I think it's a glare screen for her TV monitor.

Yeah I know. I just that it'd be funny to mention it. Hehe. Smile

I say you introduce her to Kettle Chips...strike up a convo, and then invite to dinner at favorite sushi joint. Call it a date.

Victory! Peace!

gaijinmark

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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:32 am Post subject:

L.A. Times on the gyoza contest:http://www.latimes.com/theguide/events-and-festivals/la-et-guidefeature18-20110818,0,7643539.story 231 gyozas!!!

Tu_triky

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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 4:57 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

231 gyozas!!! Shocked

Dayem.

bmwracer

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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:24 am Post subject:

gaijinmark wrote:

L.A. Times on the gyoza contest:http://www.latimes.com/theguide/events-and-festivals/la-et-guidefeature18-20110818,0,7643539.story

231 gyozas!!! Shocked

Yow...!

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:46 am Post subject:

Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd 1) Pat Bertoletti 264 2) Matt Stonie 213 3) Sonya Thomas 209 4) Bob Shoudt 202 5) Stephanie Torres 172 6) Tim Gravy Brown 170 7) Damon Wells 169 8) Eric Denmark 129 9) Michelle Lesco 117 10) Yasir Salem 100

shin2

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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject:

bmwracer wrote:

Pat Bertoletti sets Nisei Week gyoza record, Matt Stonie 2nd

1) Pat Bertoletti 264
2) Matt Stonie 213
3) Sonya Thomas 209
4) Bob Shoudt 202
5) Stephanie Torres 172
6) Tim Gravy Brown 170
7) Damon Wells 169
8) Eric Denmark 129
9) Michelle Lesco 117
10) Yasir Salem 100

What an absolutely ludicrous waste of food. I hate food eating competitions--gluttony (which is bad enough) taken to a ridiculous shameful level.

bmwracer

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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject:

shin2 wrote:

What an absolutely ludicrous waste of food. I hate food eating competitions--gluttony (which is bad enough) taken to a ridiculous shameful level.

It is insane... But it's apparently what people want to see. Sweat

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