michael's hot shopping walk
the journal of Michael Werneburg
I went "downtown" today for a not-unusual walk. I started in Shinjuku, where I bought a new circular polarized filter that will stop interfering with the auto-focus on the new camera/used lens combo I was using in Bucharest. In typical fashion, I bought the lens on the cheap and then parked a filter on the front that cost half as much (but also half as much as the top tier). From there I walked down to Shibuya via Meiji Jingu. And I have to say that as busy as the walk was with countless tourists, I enjoyed the leafy walk through the rebuilt forest that looks a thousand years old but really was planted after the Americans dismantled their base at the site. I'm not sure I've ever walked that stretch of the park before. I'd timed my trip to not get too sweaty, and that actually worked. The humidity is down a touch this weekend, definitely not looking that gift horse in the mouth.
In Shibuya, I went to a jewelry store in the building where I work for a gift for my darling wife. This month marks the twentieth anniversary our meeting. She's been around for 37% of my life! I then went to the doner place across the street from my building and got dinner for all of us. Mari's studying for an exam and I suggested an easy solution. I'll make chili tomorrow as well.