Friends who used to live here in Tokyo have returned for a visit.

Seth & Tara quit their jobs last June and have been travelling the world. They arrived last night from Fiji via Aukland (where Seth had a emergency room sonogram to rule out a possible deep vein thrombosis problem!).

Today they are settling into thier accommodations at "the Palace," checking e-mail, looking up phone numbers of friends and teachers, and most critically deciding which of their favorite restaurants to revisit.

I'm sure that someday this will be Tod & me.