yesterday was a sad day...FA cup result...chelsea 2 everton 1...regrettably

the pubs were extra busy!!!

british people in hot weather...

...yesterday was 23 degrees in liverpool

i am a bit suspicious of this place...

...it calls itself an `oriental buffet and korean fondue restaurant`...but there is no korean writing on the shop front...i guess it is chinese food in which case i won`t be going as i don`t like chinese food at all!!!

see liverpool by open-top bus...

nice, isn`t it...tho i have never taken this sightseeing bus...cos i am one of the sights of liverpool!!!

london euston station today...only 2 hours and 8 minutes from liverpool to london...thanks virgin!!!

i collect vases...

7 of these 13 are from japan
4 are from charity shops
2 are from london stores

can you tell which ones?

yum yum lunch at frank and steven`s in their nice house and garden

an open-air butcher!!!

great homer street market

morrissey was 50 yesterday...

and i shared his birthday with him...
...and a few other people!!!

fancy a kebab???

there are plenty of opportunities in liverpool!!!

yuk...no thanks!!!

liverpool one...

...is our new development of shops, restaurants, bars, entertainment, homes and offices...it has had mixed reviews of course...i think it has some nice architectural textures and angles

at home!!!

minnie has settled in well...she has been here for just one week and has already found the warmest place in the flat...the back of the sofa next to the radiator...when she is not sleeping she is running around and chasing her toys...a little charmer!!!

tony takitani

i borrrowed this dvd from the public library...the film is wonderful...it made me interested to read some haruki murakami and i found his `underground` in the library...this is about the sarin gas attacks on the tokyo subway...this has made me interested in what japanese people who i know were doing on the morning of monday 20 march 1995..i am going to ask them

oh...i love ice-cream...

especially a mr whippy
(softcream in japanese)
from a van like this!!!

i haven`t seen one of these for years...

milk floats were part of my childhood...delivering milk at very early hours and waking us with the chinking of glass bottles...i thought they had disappeared with supermarket milk taking over from the bottled variety...but there is at least one still in liverpool cos i saw this near my flat just the other day...i got a nostalgic feeling (natsukashii in japanese)

or question...

i have a visitor...

...i am fostering minnie while she is waiting for someone to come along and give her a permanent home...she did have one once but the owners took her back to the cat home because she was `dirty`...well...she isn`t dirty and is lovely...she likes my futon!!!

teppanyaki in liverpool

i can`t bear to go in here because of the extortionate prices for what i pay next-to-nothing for in tokyo!!!

conveyor belt sushi in liverpool

sit at a counter and select what you want from the moving dishes of kind-of-japanese food on coloured plates...it is not bad really considering it is in england...but very expensive compared to my fave kaiten sushi bars in harajuku and shinagawa...but nice colours for the dishes!!!

a good idea, isn`t it?

i came across this in hunts cross last week...i didn`t realise liverpool had a mobile library service...the mobile library service covers over 90 places in the city...schools, old people`s homes, sheltered housing and areas where there is no community library...i think it is really good for people who can`t get to the normal libraries...and it is encouraging reading and listening to music...i don`t mind paying my taxes for this service!!!

i seem to see a lot of these!!!

this last one is in my street!!!

i went out last night!!!

another good reason to have come back home!!!

painted on the pavement in hunts cross...

unfortunately...
some english dog owners have to be reminded!!!
(english learners...please note the 2-part verb `clean up`!!!)

liverpool`s regeneration...

there are mixed reviews of the city centre updating...
some hate it...some love it
i personally am all for
upgrading spaces used for leisure time
and this use of colour is great!!!

yesterday i had to go to the dentist in a little suburb...

hunts cross station

st hilda`s church

semi-detached houses

the pretty places made the visit to the dentist less painful!!!

banksy in liverpool

i know some hate banksy...but i don`t...and i am pleased he came to liverpool and did this...i see it every time i walk into the city centre...more info on him here

do you...???

(berry street)
this is just near chinatown
can you see the nice street light?

do you...???

(duke street)

a welcome home present...3 fab badges...

liverpool has great shops now...
...including onitsuka tiger
but actually i have never seen this shop in tokyo???
is it?

i might be busy tomorrow...so here is tomorrow`s today...my favourite bar in liverpool

the same thing happened again with the short spoon in the fact cafe

friday
.....................................................................

so i decided to take the problem into my own hands
and use my own spoons

saturday

problem solved!!!