We had a fabulous bike ride around Kyoto, seeing Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavillion), rice fields, and the no-crowd bamboo forest at Nembutsu-ji Temple. Oh, and then a tea ceremony, seeing the original Nintendo building a couple of blocks from our hotel, and finally landing at an izakaya with our kids. đ
Today we said goodbye to Tokyo, rode the Shinkansen to Kyoto, visited Kiyomizu-dera, walked in the rain through Sannen-zaka, happened into a Gion Festival parade, and wrapped the night on the rooftop overlooking the Kamo River.
Today we learned the way of the ninja, ran into an unexpected festival, gathered around the tiny ramen table, and visited teamLab Planets. (And lonely time with not-pictures friends.)
Gonna miss this view.
I grew up on the Metrodome, so this is absolutely mind bending.
Stationary shopping, Ginza walking, SensĆ-ji Temple visiting, people watching, Skytree seeing, tuna salad eating, McDonaldâs delivery âwhat?âing, and tiny door spying. And the dayâs not over yet.
Pretty pretty pretty good start to Tokyo.
Morning view.
Leaving for Japan tomorrow. A friend sent me this helpful “intro to summer” video to prepare.
In 4 days we head on vacation to Japan and South Korea. We are beyond excited, and a little anxious. Sorry in advance for all of the pictures. đ
Writing elsewhere - I wrote about how we built Quack (Beta).
Writing elsewhere - I wrote about why we built Quack (Beta).
Have you ever simply wanted to post some markdown to the internet and receive a link to a beautifully rendered version of said markdown? Good Enough has got you covered with Quack (Beta). Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Achy Breaky Heart reached a higher peak on the Billboard pop charts than Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Sometimes I pull rabbits out of hats as a dad, but I don’t think magicking Taylor Swift tickets in the ballpark of reasonable for tonight’s show is going to happen.
I dislike throwing things away. Do I spend $80+ (and time) replacing the main board of a 10-year-old 47” TV that I don’t really need any more? Maybe I could send it with my daughter to college. Or give it to someone. Why is it so hard for me to just responsibly throw the thing out?
I can just share this when people ask what we’re doing right now at Good Enough: goodenough.us/blog/2023…
Looking around, it both feels like America doesnât care to drive regular cars anymore and America has the most hatchbacks that have ever hatchbacked.
A hatchcback by any other name would smell as sweet.
Let the fast and furious marching band season begin!
We got more than we bargained for at the Twins game last night!
Lucked into something.
Finished reading: Recursion: A Novel by Blake Crouch đ
Pretty, pretty, pretty good!
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