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Hawthorne Blvd in Torrance, California

This is on Hawthorne Blvd in Torrance, California, between Carson and Lomita, which I drive to commute everyday.

Prarie Wind T-shirt

Nothing exciting today. I went to bed at 11pm yesterday and got up at 5am this morning. I'm a man of 6-hour-sleep. So, if I go to bed at 10pm, I get up at 4am. Anyway, I went to my office at 7am today. Wow! I went to buy office supplies at Staples, went to USPS. I also went to buy slatwall hooks at display company. For what? Ha ha, it's a top secret of my job. I have lots of things to settle before I leave LA for Las Vegas this Friday. BUT, I stopped working at 6pm and went home. 11 hours is too enough.

Above pic is just a Neil Young's Prarie Wind T-shirt. When I bought this CD, I was in Japan. I wanted this T, so I ordered CD with T at Neil's Garage's store.

Where is firehill from Aug to Sep

I'm working very hard, like a workaholic, but I go to golf course or live in concert as well. So I'm quite Okay.

I'll be here from Aug to Sep.

8/9/07 Littel Feat at Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA
9/1/07 Dr.John at Long Beach Blues Festival
9/5/07 B.B. King Blues Festival at Hollywood Bowl
9/7/07 Linda Ronstadt with Kansas City Symphony at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, MO

ABB Archives

Oh, I got 2 ABB CDs. ABB is The Allman Brothers Band, which is one of my most favorite American classic rock bands. I got #2 and #5 of their Archives. You can buy "official bootleg" at Hitting the Note.

I went to US Post Office to get Hold Mails of my apartment and my office this morning. My shipping address of these kind of shipments for CDs or other goods is my office. I put my mails on hold for my absence in my office,because I'm alone in my office and my apartment and travelling a lot for more than a week. I've been out of my town for about 2 weeks, so I asked USPS to put mails on hold before business trip to Phoenix, San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Duane Allman died on Octber 29, 1971 at motor cycle accident, and these audio sources were recorded on August 17, 1972 and September 19, 1971.

Box Set/Buffalo Springfield, etc.

I went to golf course, Alondra GC, in a while. I went to my office at 8am, on this Sunday, worked until 1pm. I went back to my apartment to watch TV, World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Tiger Woods won by 8 strokes, wow!

I arrived Alondra GC at 4pm, and teed off at 4:15pm. It's not so crowded today, but I played 10 holes and went home. A few good shots and many bad shots, but I made 2 chip-ins.

I got lots of CDs to listen to. No time to review, so I just show my recent buying.

The Concert for Bangladesh/George Harrison and friends(DVD)
Third Down, 110 to Go/Jesse Winchester
The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3
Three from the Vault/Greatful Dead
30 Years of Maria Muldaur
Sky Prayer/The Best of Alice Gomez
Worrir-Magician/Robert Mirabal
Experience Hendrix/The Best of Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
Gold/J.J. Cale
Box Set/Buffalo Springfield

Firehills came back to LA safely

I'm home! It's a long trip. BUT, I have to go back to Las Vegas on next weekend again for the next trade show. I arrived my apartment in Torrance, and the first thing I've done was going to laundry room to wash my clothes. Oh, my goodness, people go to the beach or golf course on this Saturday. I went to my office at 12pm and worked until 4pm. That's too enough after lo---ng trip, isn't it? This is not my complain, you know. I'm enjoyning my job, in a sense.

From Las Vegas to Los Angeles

I could get out of Sands Expo at around 8:40pm yesterday. I have been there for more than 12 hours. Oh, my goodness. Anyway, I went to Ichiza Japanese Restaurant again and ordered 2 glasses of draft beer at one time. At this point I came back to my life.

I left Candlewood Suites on Paradice Road at 6am this morning and I'm here in MacCarran International Airport. It has a very good free wireless network. I will finaly return to my home in Torrance.

Sake House Ichiza

I safely arrived Las Vegas this afternoon. It rained yesterday or the day before yesterday for the first time in these five months, so a little bit cooler today, but it was more than 90F. It was below 60F in San Francisco this morning.

I went to Sands Expo directly from the airport, joined my colleague and worked until 6pm. We went to have a dinner at "Sake House Ichiza". It is said "Hamada of Japan" is the best Japanese restaurant here in Las Vegas, but it is wrong, I'm very sure now. I will stay 2 nights and go back to LA on Saturday.

From San Francisco to Las Vegas

I'm in San Francisco International Airport now, waiting for my flight to Las Vegas. Staying in San Francsico this time was really exciting, walking around in Downtown, getting on cable car, bus, or having good seafoods..

We went to Juban, Japanese-style barbecue house in Japan Town. My colleague is Korean American and she felt very weird to have Japanese-style barbecue. It's so funny to see that. I got 3 glasses of Japanese beer.

Then, I'm going to Las Vegas today for business, as I told you many times, not for slot machine. Airport is so busy, there were hundreds of people in line waiting for security check. Connecting to Internet through T-mobile, I'm listening to XM Radio now. See you from Las Vegas tonight.

Bistro Boudin at the Wharf

We finished our work at 6pm, got on the cable car to the Wharf, and went for a dinner at Bistro Boudin at the Wharf, which is the home of the Original San Francisco Sourdough French Bread since the Gold Rush in 1849. We reserved a seat with waterfront view of the Bay and Alcatraz. I had a bottle of Anchor Steam and a glass of Cabernet, with famouse Sourdough with crab and corn chowder. Wow! It's so good! I'm sure I will come back here.

Virgin Megastore

We went to have a dinner at Ryoko on Taylor St. between Post St. and Sutter St. They say this is one of the oldest Japanese restaurants in downtown San Francisco. On the way to Ryoko, we walked on Market St. and found The Warfield, where I went to see Jeff Beck live in concert in 2001 or 2002. At Ryoko I had 2 bottles of Anchor Steam. Wow, every restaurant in San Francisco has Anchor Steam.

On the way back to the hotel, we went to Virgin Megastore, where I bought 4 CDs, "Love, Ella-The Original Versions", "Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits", "Experienced Hendrix-The Best of Jimi Hendrix" and "Buffalo Springfield Box Set". They may be cheaper in Amazon but I just followed the words, "Buy it when you want".

Bubba Gump Shrimp at Pier 39

Another long day in Moscone Center finished. My colleague from Atlanta and I went to have a dinner in Bubba Gump Shrimp at Pier 39. I've had a cable car just once in 2001, so we took a cable car. It's $5 now for one way. We went to Hard Rock Cafe first, but it took 45 minutes to get a seat. So we changed our plan. We were very lucky to have a seat at the window, facing to Bay Bridge. I had 2 bottles of Anchor Steam, local beer in San Francisco, which is one of my favorites.

Franciscan Crab Restaurant

I'm here at Moscone Center South, from 9am to 6pm. I'm working for an exhibitor at San Francisco International Gift Fair. It's a kind of hard work, standing all day long.

We went to Franciscan Crab Restauranr at Fisherman's Wharf, with good view at Arcatraz, crab fest for main dish, Carbenet of Valley of the Moon in Sonoma. As I said before, this is not a vacation, but only business. So dinner is the only trivial enjoyment.

Pegi Young - Sometimes

Pegi Young performs "Sometimes" on Conan O'Brien.

From Phoenix to San Francisco

Firehills had 3 seats

Santa Cruz? from air

Arriving San Francisco

I left Holiday Inn at 8am and visited Casino Arizona. This casino should be a good prospect for my business. Then I went to University of Phoenix Stadium (formerly Cardinal Stadium). I visited a customer in Sun City as well. Sun City is famous for retirement community. It is said many Japanese authorities visit and study retirement life in Sun City.

Flight from Phonix to San Francisco was a kind of comfort, because I slept for more than 1 hour for 2 hours flight. I didn't know when the plane took off.

It was foggy and drizzling in San Francisco this evening. It is 57F (14C) now at midnight.

Extra Screening at Phoneix Airport

I'm having a lunch at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport now. Smoked ham sandwitch and Miller Genuin Draft, nice conbination, isn't it? I had my first experience to have a extra screening at the security gate. I was picked up on some reason. You can see "SSSS ETKT" on my boarding pass. Security man said there were 27 reasons to pick up extra screening. He was mainly looking for explosive. Of course I don't have them but I told him that I had a lighter in my bag. There is no problem to have a lighter in your bag at usual security check, but I had to confess it at this point.　Anyway, he couldn't find any explosive and released me.

firehills in Tucson, Arizona

Picacho Peak

Downtown Tucson

Tucson

Thunderstorm at I-10

Cacti at I-10

Downtown Phoenix

Interstate 10

I visited a customer in Tucson, Arizona. By Interstate 10, 100 miles south of Phoenix. Linda Ronstadt was born in Tucson on July 15, 1946. It is very nice place to play golf too, but not in summer. Yesterday I saw a couple of golf courses from airplane, but found only a few carts in 18 holes. Then I came back to Fountain Hills, east of Phoenix. I visited Fort McDowell Casino, not to play slot machine, for business. We have rain here in Arizona for only about 20 days a year, but I had a thunderstorm on I-10. I couldn't see anything during the storm. How lucky I am!

firehills in Arizona

I flyed to PHX from LAX by ERJ 145 this morning, starting long business trip to Phoenix, San Francisco and Las Vegas. ERJ 145 is the smallest jet which I heve ever experienced, with 3 rows (1 and 2 seats) only. My rent-a-car this time is Hyundai's SantaFe. I don't like the car, but car audio includes pre-installed XM Radio, which I like very much. I visited some customers in Mesa and Paradise Valley in the afternoon and checked in Holiday Inn Express in Peoria, north of Phoenix. It was 100F outside, airconditioner are maximum and full in the car.

Chart House, Redondo Beach

Since Wednesday, I have been working in downtown LA during the day. I have guests now, not guests actually, a manager from parent company in Japan and a colleague in head office in Atlanta, Georgia. After five, not five actually, at 8pm, we went to have a dinner at Chart House in Redondo Beach. This is one of the best restaurants in South Bay, with seafoods, steaks and ribs. It is said Salad Bar is really worth. We shared Dungeness Crab Clusters, Filet (6 oz.) and Shrimp, and Hulibut. You'd better to have a reservation with a window seat to watch Pacific Ocean.