for five years i have made the trip down to little tokyo in downtown LA to go to the annual tofu festival. the funny thing is, i have never actually been!
every year something has come up, i was out of town at the last minute, put the wrong date on my calendar, or just got there too late.
this year robin, taku, wyla and i got there at 4:30. after taking about an hour to find parking, we got to the admission booth to buy tickets (discounted of course thanks to mamamoto) and they told us it was closing at 6 pm!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!! again i missed this event. i just couldn't believe it. all i could do was laugh, yet still be pissed off.
we ended up staying to watch the parade. it was very long and boring at times but the finale was fantastic! there was a large lantern all the way live from japan. it was beautifully lit and took a gang of people to carry it down second street.
at 8:30 we were starving and of course every japanese restaurant in little tokyo was packed so we settled for Leela Thai on Silverlake bear the reservoir. i don't remember the last time i felt that tired. oh, it was probably the week before after my accident. but that was because of the vocodin and the naproxen. mmkay!?
here's to tofu fest '08!
