I've got the World on a String - Weekend

The entire weekend, I had the following song in my head:

I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

And after the weekend I've had, it will be difficult to stop humming it....

This past Thursday was Brian's 29th Birthday!  It was not only his special day, but it was also our first date night since he returned from his month long detachment in Australia the week prior - it was the perfect evening to go all out.  We began the night by sipping cocktails at the top of the tallest building in Yokohama - it felt like we needed to contact air traffic control to maintain our altitude as we looked out over Yoks and Toks (Tokyo), which lies just north.
After a couple beverages, we touched earth again and enjoyed more cocktails and dinner at a swanky joint along the water as a Japanese jazz quartet performed directly in front of us.  I forget how amazing live music is until I'm in the moment. After a romantic and thrilling evening in sky and on land, we caught a cab back to the train station and took the 30 minute commute home.  Happy Birthday, HUN!

....and it was only the beginning of the weekend....

The following night, we found out there was a Brewer's Cup also located in Yokohama!  Twist our arms, we went back to the thriving port city with Piper in her ergo and sampled a variety of brews in the futuristic convention hall of Osanbashi.  Beer was the big luring point yet before long an upright bass and harmonica player began playing some blues to encourage our palates.  Piper decided it was time to take center stage and start shaking her tail feather - the locals treated her like a superstar - they took pictures of her killer moves (that she learned from me, of course) and she went around giving everyone high fives.  Watching Japanese people react to my daughter makes my heart sing.  They give her more attention than I ever could - I hope she doesn't get a complex.
In a nutshell, or in a pint glass, we had a stellar evening.

Saturday began sooner than desired but it also packed a punch as most of the Diamondbacks set up camp at the Kamiseya Cherry Blossom Festival.  Sadly, the blossoms were at the end of their blooming peak, however this did not keep everyone away from the event!   

That evening, we cleaned off the stink of being outside all day, thoroughly applied the hair gel, got our Lucky Strikes, and walked to our neighbor's house in the down-pouring rain in our 50's apparel for a MAD MEN party - well worth the walk! I kick myself for not taking pictures of Brian and I at this event, however, knowing our group, there will be a next time!

After a weekend full of activities, I figured Sunday would be a great day for Brian and Piper to rest around the house and for me to go to a Fertility Festival in Kawasaki with my girlfriends!  (all in the name of culture, right?!)

Yup - you guessed it

Sake!

 After we had seen what we needed to see, my friend and I decided to do some shopping at H&M and catch the train back.

I walked into my home but my husband and child weren't there!  So I hopped on my bike, to catch the bus, to catch the train over to Ebina where I found my husband and daughter getting a STARBUCKS!  (I didn't feel so guilty about shopping anymore).  We got some fried rice and gyoza (pot stickers) in Yamato for dinner and came home exhausted.

this cap says "No war...but" soooooo does that mean....

I do have the world on a string and I think I may be sitting on a rainbow.
Crazy weekend in J land.