Sunday I went on a Chinese New Year Adventure. Complete with a trip for some Dim Sum, Dragon Dancing, Chinese Supermarket & more. It was rather fantastic and an excellent way to kick off what I'm calling a perfectly "square" month. (Square meaning exactly 4 weeks and starting on sunday ending on saturday - woot). Anyhow no adventure would be complete without photos so without further ado here's some pics.
The chinese leave an offering of oranges, lettuce and money for the dragons and the dragons will come and "bless" their businesses with a dance and fireworks.
Feb 1st was the day of the monkey - isn't that appropriate (the monkey is my chinese sign).
Exotic fish at the supermarket. There were row and rows of fish and tanks of eel & craps and all sorts of interesting goodies - it did not make me like fish any.
Chinese Cakes in the chinese bakery.
Dim Sum - the peppery beef was my favorite but we only tried like 20 things. All very yummy.
A dragon.
More Dragons
Look you can see him operating the dragon (if you want to rent a space in china town then you can call that number in the background too)
The drummer
My most adoreable friend Lili.
mochi!
2009 The year of the OX!
These are tangerines that you eat whole. no peeling they aren't much bigger than my thumbnail either.
Oh we went to the tea store and they also sold seahorses there. $50 for like 2 horses. We had a whole conversation about what you did with your $50 seahorses. It seems they are great for your liver and you put them in your soup (whole) so literally it looks like seahorses swimming around in there. I did not buy any I couldn't bring myself to make seahorse soup or even pay $50 for two of them. They also had $300 Urchin but they didn't make such a cute picture.
I took this pic for jono. Check out all these noodles in a cup little brother? You really must get some.
That's all for now I should have left the hotel 20 minutes ago I will sit in traffic now for sure!
The train stops.
Chinese music - I don't even know what this is called but the band did enjoy seeing a caucasian in the practice hall I think they all wanted to talk to me.
Oh and we took in a show.
Joe being "thoughtful" and Jono in the background.
Joe and his giant trophy. It's it rad.
Check out the size of mine. I'm surprised they even let me have one being as I bowled a 24 in the first game. 
Lita's getting ready.
Check out the groovy lanes circa 1950 (on and there's jono too).
Old phone booths with old phones.
And because we can't not have a timer photo. We propped the camera on the scoring table.
from across the bay.
The real reason people go to New Hampshire. Tax Free liquor! This place was packed with people and every kind of booze you could want.
me at the beach. glad I'm not there today it's windy enough to blow people over.
more from the coast.
The albacore. note it's sitting in less than a foot of water/ice - I'm not sure I would have boarded it if it were open.
too cold for barefeet on the beach.
The coastline.
Me at the albacore sub.
housekeeping is waiting to come into my room now so I really must get off here and find an adventure for today - although I do plan on working most of the afternoon. 
Feb 1st was the day of the monkey - isn't that appropriate (the monkey is my chinese sign).
Exotic fish at the supermarket. There were row and rows of fish and tanks of eel & craps and all sorts of interesting goodies - it did not make me like fish any.
Chinese Cakes in the chinese bakery.
Dim Sum - the peppery beef was my favorite but we only tried like 20 things. All very yummy.
A dragon.
My most adoreable friend Lili.
mochi!
2009 The year of the OX!
These are tangerines that you eat whole. no peeling they aren't much bigger than my thumbnail either.
Oh we went to the tea store and they also sold seahorses there. $50 for like 2 horses. We had a whole conversation about what you did with your $50 seahorses. It seems they are great for your liver and you put them in your soup (whole) so literally it looks like seahorses swimming around in there. I did not buy any I couldn't bring myself to make seahorse soup or even pay $50 for two of them. They also had $300 Urchin but they didn't make such a cute picture.
I took this pic for jono. Check out all these noodles in a cup little brother? You really must get some.
That's all for now I should have left the hotel 20 minutes ago I will sit in traffic now for sure!
a quote in the wall. kind of an interesitng thought (what are you starting that won't be finished?)
The harbor walk was super icy.
Oh and check out this little ditty! It's it a beauty? I want one so bad! Think of all the random things I could type.
It was JFKs check him out typing out a paper or something on it. doesn't he look 12? 
There's this glass lobby at the library pretty cool. 
