Last Saturday I took Mr. and Mrs. M out to dinner to celebrate their marriage. On August 27th, they got married and had a wedding in Nara. I met them at 8pm in front of O-Hatsu-Tenjin Shrine, and to my surprise, they were on time! I thought that they may be late because of the typhoon-and I knew they were coming by train and the train is often delayed or even stopped when there is a typhoon or big storm. And, about 30 minutes before we met, it began pouring. As they say, "It was raining cats and dogs!" But nothing, not even a storm could stop Mr. M from going to a free dinner! :)
From the shrine, it is about a 3-minute walk-all undercover in the shopping arcade- to the sushi restaurant, Ichiba-Zushi. As many of you know, it is my favorite. I thought that we may have to wait a little to get a table, but it wasn't as crowded as I expected and we could get seated right away. (It is usually pretty packed on Saturday night, but I think that because of the bad weather a lot of people stayed home that night---That was lucky for us!)
Once we were seated, we ordered our drinks-two beers and one cold tea(Mr. M doesn't drink alcohol) and then right off the bat, TORO! From there, they showed me some of their wedding photos-which were beautiful- and we talked about a bunch of topics. About two and a half hours later, we called it a night and headed home. Let me tell you a little about them.
Mr. M and Mrs. M met at auditing school. A year or two later they began dating, and then they both ended up working in the same company. They are both from Nara, but recently, after The Big Day, they just moved to Osaka and began to live together. Mr. M is in his early thirties and Mrs. M is in her late twenties. Mrs. M told me that "I am proud of the fact that all of my friends from high school are pretty!!" And I can vouch for her, because I saw a picture of them-They are all lookers!! Mr. M smokes, however if one pack of cigarettes becomes 700 yen like they say it will, I think Mr. M will have no choice but to quit smoking... Mrs. M is a social smoker-that means she takes a puff every once in a while- and drinks on occasion. But I heard that when she drinks, she drinks a lot. And let me tell you, that is true! (She drank about one beer and 4 or 5 glasses of plum wine that night.) Mr. M likes Major League Baseball and often reads the MLB site to improve his English. And since he is rooting for the Phillies to win the World Series this year, I invited him to my house to watch a game! (But I have a feeling my wife is going to nix(=veto)this plan...But we will see...) Mrs. M also has a small dream to study abroad for a month or so if possible. I hope her dream comes true!
Anyway, for me, it was a really good time and I had a blast. And even though they are really busy recently buying furniture and stuff for their new place, I was happy that they made time to go out with me, and I hope they felt the same way-had a great time- too..
To change the subject, recently it is much cooler in the morning and evening. On Monday I wore long pants when I slept, and yesterday morning was the first time since the summer began that I wore a long-sleeved shirt. Fall has arrived! And in the afternoon the weather has been beautiful so far this week...All good!
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