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heavenly BENTO - Hello all,
I'd like to tell the group about an interesting multimedia show coming
up in New York at the NY Japan Society.
http://www.japansociety.org/ev ent_detail?eid=136e8bcf
Cheers,
Carlos
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Carlos | Sep 15, 2009 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - I'll check out the site! Does your girlfriend teach at a school, or is she a tutor? Is she interested in being a tutor or taking on a new student? I am curious to know :D Thanks! April -----Original Message----- From: japanese-464@meetup.c | April | Aug 20, 2009 |
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RE: [japanese-464] Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - My girlfriend teaches Japanese and referred me to this site:
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self/self.en.html
Try it out and let everyone know what you think.
-----Original Message-----
From: [address removed] [mailto:[address removed]]
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Joe Ott | Aug 17, 2009 |
| Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - Preview not available | Roger S | Aug 16, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] For those of you interested in reading Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji - For those who want to practice the writing aspects, I've scanned in a page from an old kanji workbook which is basically a graphed paper in order to practice kanji/hiragana/katana in boxed squares (4 squares per character). http://dl.getdropbox.c | Howard | Aug 15, 2009 |
| RE: [japanese-464] For those of you interested in reading Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji - I don't understand how to use it. I looked at the FAQ and the info page, but I am still lost. What am I typing in the field? Romaji, Kanji, English translation? The meaning of the word or the word itself? It seems like a really awesome learning to | April | Aug 15, 2009 |
| For those of you interested in reading Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji - Here is a website that might be useful to folks....I believe one of our new members recommended it. www.readthekanji.com Very interesting and it saves your spot over time. Try it for fun. Very repetitive to ensure you have the | Ron | Aug 14, 2009 |
| Re: Re: [japanese-464] Next meetup! - | Roger S | Aug 11, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Next meetup! - Hi How about that camping/hiking meetup? We could have a bonfire, play guitars, and eat sushi :D There are some great places we could go within one hour driving distance. Or we could have a game night - I've h | Kori | Aug 9, 2009 |
| Next meetup! - Hi everyone! Hope this message finds you and yours well! The last meet up was a lot of fun at Ichiro. I am looking for suggestions on the next meetup. Since summer is finally upon us, perhaps we can do another picnic or some such. Some other ideas that ha | Ron | Aug 8, 2009 |
| Hey - Preview not available | Marcia | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] New Meetup: New Japanese Restaurant? - Hi Ron and anyone else viewing this;-) I have not yet been able to attend a Meetup with the group, but hope to sometime in the future. We most | Cheryl | Jun 28, 2009 |
| New Meetup: New Japanese Restaurant? - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: New Japanese Restaurant? When: July 25, 2009 6:00 PM Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) Hi Everyone! The last meetup yesterday was a gre | Ron | Jun 28, 2009 |
| Vote - Hello Everyone! First of all, I would like to thank Carlos-san and Sumire-chan for organizing the gyoza meet-up. I really ap | Miki | Jun 20, 2009 |
| Japanese Interest Group - Next Meeting - Hello everyone, I have been speaking with Sumire about the Gyoza party meet-up. Here is a summary of the situation... We must decide on what to do for this meet-up. We've been talking about a gyoza party for some time. The idea was t | Carlos | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Gyoza Party - Hello everyone. We are still looking for a house to hold this event. Any volunteers? If we can't find a house, we will have to do this at a park. Yoroshiku, Carlos | Carlos | May 16, 2009 |
| Membership Dues - Hi Everyone, just wanted to reach out to you and say that we had a great meet up at Wickham park and I think that will be a great venue for us for future events. Additionally, I wanted to let everyone know that I appreciated their monetary support for mai | Ron | May 8, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Gyoza Party? - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Gyoza Party? When: June 27, 2009 4:00 PM Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) Meetup Description: As a suggestion from our last meet-up, w | Ron | May 6, 2009 |
| Last reminder - Hello everyone (again), Last reminder, unlike our typical events were we go out to eat, this is a picnic. So you should bring your own food and drinks. I haven't been to the park, so I'm unsure of their alcohol policy. Should be ok, but bring a | Carlos | May 2, 2009 |
| RSVP today's event - Hello, some people mentioned that this meetup was full, however it doesn't seem like Ron placed a limit on how many people can attend. Since it is in a park, I don't see any issues, so feel free to come. Please remember to give Ron a buck or tw | Carlos | May 2, 2009 |
| Sat Wickham Park - Hello all, I'm waiting for Ron to get in touch with me. Meanwhile.... the weather is fine so the meetup will be held. The home page is: http://www.wickhampark.org | Carlos | May 2, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Wickham Park - Or, now that I've been outside, just wanted to make sure this meetup was actually happening. It's rather damp out. | danbarrett | May 2, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Wickham Park - Hey guys, Looking forward to the meetup today at 4. Just wondering where in Wickham Park we will be meeting, or if there's a contact number? thanks! d Carlos wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I asked Ron about the possibility of moving the tim | danbarrett | May 2, 2009 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Wickham Park - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } website: http://wickha | Danielle | Apr 29, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Wickham Park - Hi, Starting at noon means we would have to suffer through the worst heat!! 4 pm seemed much more reasonable, and park doesn't close until sunset, which gives us plenty of time. Ofcourse if everyone wants to meet at noon, that's fin | Kori | Apr 28, 2009 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Wickham Park - Preview not available | xsaikax | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Wickham Park - Hello everyone, I asked Ron about the possibility of moving the time for our next meeting to noon. I think if we start at noon, it gives us more time to enjoy ourselves. Starting at 4pm might be late in the day. Anyone have an opinion on this? | Carlos | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Wickham Park - Hello Ron and everyone, I notice that the next event is at 4pm. Are you sure that is the best time to meet? I was thinking more along the lines of a ohanami type of event during the day time. Start at noon. Eat and drink, relax, talk, etc. | Carlos | Apr 22, 2009 |
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Meetup details changed: Spring Get Together - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/10160836/ When: May 2, 2009 4:00 PM Where: Wickham Park
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Ron | Apr 21, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Spring Get Together - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Spring Get Together When: April 25, 2009 4:00 PM Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) Meetup Description: Back by popular demand, a Spring | Ron | Apr 10, 2009 |
| Do you have ideas for our next Meetup? - Japanese Interest Group (JIG) needs your help with ideas for our next Meetup! If you have suggestions about a place to meet, an activity, or anything else -- please let us know! You can suggest an idea here: | Ron | Mar 28, 2009 |
| Sakura Gardens - Hi all, I'm looking forward to tonight's event. If you can't make it and you signed up to attend, please give me a call at 860-705-4124. Yoroshiku, Carlos | Carlos | Mar 14, 2009 |
| Sakura Gardens - Hello, if you're on the fence about joining us, don't be. I'm brining 6 Japanese, so if you've wanted to learn about Japan, or speak in Japanese, or make new friends, this is a great chance. Please come to the JIG meetup! Cheers, | Carlos | Feb 28, 2009 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Next Meetup - Preview not available | Danielle | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Next Meetup - Thanks for setting this up Ron. I will have my wife announce the event on Mixi.jp. I'm sure we can get many Japanese natives to come. Carlos Camacho | Carlos | Feb 24, 2009 |
| New Meetup: Spring Meeting! - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Spring Meeting! When: March 14, 2009 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Meetup Description: Hi Everyone! Akemashite Omedetou! I am s | Ron | Feb 21, 2009 |
| (no subject) - cannot attend. sorry guys! I will be in Japan! A Good Credit Score is 700 or | Erik | Jan 20, 2009 |
| Re: Re: [japanese-464] JIG - Peking Tokyo or Go Fish - which has Hawaiian sushi - are both really good...located in Mystic & | Jill | Jan 19, 2009 |
| Re: [japanese-464] JIG - Preview not available | Jessi | Jan 18, 2009 |
| JIG - Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu (Happy New Year) Anyone interesting in a JIG meetup? Any suggestions for places? Toshi's was a big turn out last time. And there is always Higashi or Natori. Cheers, Carlos | Carlos | Jan 18, 2009 |
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Meetup details changed: Tanuki Noodle Shop - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/9089601/ When: December 6, 2008 4:00 PM Where: Tanuki Japan
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Ron | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Fwd: Announcing "Sakura Garden 11/19/08 7:00pm", Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:00 PM! - Preview not available | Carlos | Nov 5, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: Cross Posting from Another Group Doing a Sushi Thing on the 7th. - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/9090359/ When: November 7, 2008 5:00 PM Where: Feng As
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Ron | Nov 4, 2008 |
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Japanese Movies, at Yale University - http://www.yale.edu/cinema/main.html?page=program From this link above, there are a number
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Ron | Nov 3, 2008 |
| Meeting Place - Well today is the day of the meet-up and a lot of folks have asked if and when we would meet as a group. Understanding that the event starts around 10am and goes to 5pm, many folks will arrive at different times. The Taikoza will be performing at 2p | Ron | Sep 20, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: Dragon Boat Racing and Japanese Drumming in Hartford - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/8684248/ When: September 20, 2008 1:00 PM Where: Mortensen
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Ron | Sep 3, 2008 |
| Next JIG meeting - Hello all, Here's a quick report on our last meeting in Wethersfield. We had 4 Japanese show up, so it was a really good chance to meet and interact with Japanese. The food was good, and the atmosphere was very similar to an actual Japanese iza | Carlos | Aug 20, 2008 |
| Meetup details changed: Japanese Dining - Ron (and others), I recommend each table get billed separately for Friday's dinner, rather than one massive bill which takes forever to figure out. By the way, my Japanese wife will attend. Also, she has asked 2 more Japanese to attend. So her | Carlos | Aug 12, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: Japanese Dining - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/8333077/ When: August 15, 2008 6:00 PM Where: Sake Cafe - J
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Ron | Jul 31, 2008 |
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Meetup details changed: Basic Japanese Lessons / Japanese Crafts, etc - I've updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/8333077/ When: August 2, 2008 4:00 PM Where: (A location ha
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Ron | Jul 20, 2008 |
| New Meetup: Basic Japanese Lessons / Japanese Crafts, etc - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Basic Japanese Lessons / Japanese Crafts, etc When: July 26, 2008 2:00 PM Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) Meetup Description: Well, i | Ron | Jul 13, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Exchange Student Needs Home - | April | Jul 6, 2008 |
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Exchange Student Needs Home - I received this email from Lyn and am forwarding it out to everyone. If you know of a family willing to take in a Japanese student, please reply to Lyn directly. Thanks, Ron _____________________________________________________
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Ron | Jul 6, 2008 |
| New Meetup: YakiNiku Party - Announcing a new Meetup for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: YakiNiku Party When: June 29, 2008 4:00 PM Where: (A location has not been chosen yet.) Meetup Description: Mosugunatsudesune! Soon it will be sum | Ron | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Looking for Japanese Tutor - Ohisahisburi Minnasan! It's been awhile! I apologize for the lack of happenings over the past several months. There has been a lot on my plate. With that said, I am done with those things and am ready to re-engage into our program. One of our | Ron | Jun 14, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] konnichiwa - Good idea R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: RE: [japanese-464] konnichiwa > Omoshiroi desu. Niku wo tabetai. > > > -----Origi | Ron | Jun 11, 2008 |
| RE: [japanese-464] konnichiwa - Omoshiroi desu. Niku wo tabetai. -----Original Message----- From: [address removed] on behalf of Carlos Sent: Tue 6/10/2008 6:30 PM To: [address removed] Subject: [japanese-464] konnichiwa Konnichiwa, ?????? Atsuii desu ne. | Seth | Jun 10, 2008 |
| konnichiwa - Preview not available | Carlos | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Sakura Festival - Hello all, My wife told me that there will be a sakura (cherry blossom) festival in New Haven on Sunday. I have no idea what it is, but it may be a ohanami (cherry blossom viewing/picnic) type of event. -- Carlos A. Camacho | Carlos | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - | April | Mar 24, 2008 |
| Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - Hello Matt, Your email came through. She hasn't really thought about a fee. You could suggest a rate that you're comfortable with. I suppose she needs to do some research on the local market. Although, she went | Carlos | Mar 21, 2008 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - | Jennifer | Mar 20, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - Hi Carlos, I'm a friend of Ron's (who lives in NJ). Although I've not yet had a chance to go to any of th | user 6277262 | Mar 20, 2008 |
| Re: Japanese Interest Group (JIG) Mailing List Daily Digest - Marien, I think there are some Japanese schools for children of Japanese expats in the Fairfield/Greenwich area. If you are interested in a local tutor, my wife who is Japanese, might be interested. We live in Vernon. E | Carlos | Mar 20, 2008 |
| RE: [japanese-464] Last Meeting - | Julia Zanyk | Mar 19, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Last Meeting - I'm sorry to have missed it and I am very glad turnout was good. I have read some Japanese blogs of Japanese who live in CT and many of them have raved about Maeda -- so you know it's good! Hanami sounds great. My wife has just arrived from Japan, so | Carlos | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Last Meeting - Hi everyone! We had a very good turnout at our last meeting at Maeda Sushi. Lots of new folks that we were able to meet and familiar faces too. It was kind of tough with the long table arrangement to talk with everyone, but the food was good and it looked | Ron | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Re: Re: [japanese-464] good sushi - I will go to Maeda's place for sure. I'm tired of going to non-Japanese run restuarants that make something "like Japanese". lol -- Carlos A. Camacho | Carlos | Feb 13, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] good sushi - Hi everyone, I like the Maeda sushi restaurant that opened two months ago at Simsbury commons. Mr. Maeda, the owner chef, has 40 years experience of serving sushi in Tokyo and New York | user 5063056 | Feb 12, 2008 |
| [japanese-464] good sushi - Anyone t | Erik | Feb 11, 2008 |
| Japanese Lessons: Inexpensive, Mobile and Good - Part of the discussion at our last meetup involved folks wanting to learn Japanese and some of the constraints to this if you were to take a college class. Below is a link to inexpensive and good Japanese classes that a friend of mine is currently taking. | Ron | Feb 10, 2008 |
| New Meeting: Spring Get Together - Announcing a new meeting for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Spring Get Together When: Friday, March 7, 6:30 PM Where: (A location for this meeting hasn't been chosen yet) Meeting Description: We had a good | Ron | Feb 10, 2008 |
| Shinenkai - Hi Everyone - I have reserved Higashi on the 6th at 7pm for 9-12 people. 9 people have said yes with 1 maybe and 1 baby. We are unable to get the tatami room because of the size of our group. I look forward to seeing you all there. Don't forget! See you s | Ron | Feb 4, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Shinenkai - Hello al | Erik | Feb 2, 2008 |
| Shinenkai - Ohiogozaimasu! Good morning! We have had 7 people confirm they can attend the Shinenkai the 6th at 7pm. I am making the reservation for 10 so if there are three more folks who can attend or if you would like to bring a guest, please let me know. I look f | Ron | Feb 2, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] New Event: Shinenkai! (New Years Party) - Good point - I will talk to them - maybe something like a bi-monthly meetup there and the other month being suggestions from the group. Hope to see you there too! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos" To: | Ron | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Assistant Organizers - As with any group, one person is never enough to deal with the all the details. Anyone interested in helping me out with scheduling events, etc., please let me know and I will add you as an Assistant Organizer. Thank you for your support. Ron | Ron | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] New Event: Shinenkai! (New Years Party) - Thanks for taking over Ron! Higashi should start giving us a discount as we also had our boononkai there! lol. Hopefully see you all there. yoroshiku, KARUROSU | Carlos | Jan 26, 2008 |
| New Event: Shinenkai! (New Years Party) - Announcing a new event for Japanese Interest Group (JIG)! What: Shinenkai! (New Years Party) When: Wednesday, February 6, 7:00 PM Where: Click the link below to find out! Who should come: Everyone interested in | Ron | Jan 26, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Shin Nen Kai - body{background: #FFFFFF;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;}p{margin: 0;padding: 0;} Hi, I'm game :) Kori Songy <[address removed]> wrote on 1 | Kori | Jan 20, 2008 |
| Okinawa? - Hey! Happy New Year! Is anyone from Okinawa? | Evan | Jan 19, 2008 |
| Shin Nen Kai - Hello Song and others, Actually, I have been thinking recently that I need to step down as organizer of Japanese Interest Group (JIG). My wife will soon be arriving from Japan and along with introducing to life in the US, I will be very tied u | Carlos | Jan 18, 2008 |
| Shin Nen Kai - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Hi, Just wondering whether the Shin nen kai is going ahead or not as I have | Songy | Jan 18, 2008 |
| JIG fee - Hello, I'm not sure if everyone is aware of it, but as organizer of the Japanese Interest Group (JIG), I have to pay a fee to meetup.com in order for our group to have a "home" online. Some groups will ask members to contribute when t | Carlos | Jan 8, 2008 |
| RE: [japanese-464] SHIN-NEN-KAI - Preview not available | Nicki | Jan 5, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] SHIN-NEN-KAI - That sou | Erik | Jan 5, 2008 |
| RE: [japanese-464] SHIN-NEN-KAI - .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } Sounds fun! Anytime after work hours or on the weekend should be fine! | Danielle | Jan 5, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] SHIN-NEN-KAI - | Ron | Jan 5, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] SHIN-NEN-KAI - | April | Jan 4, 2008 |
| How not to bow - VERY sorry for 3 emails in a row! For new members, this is not normal for this group. lol Something on my mind since yesterday, and I just had to post to this mailing list. I saw a TV commercial for Oyama, a Japanese restaurant in Bl | Carlos | Jan 4, 2008 |
| SHIN-NEN-KAI - Hello again, To continue with my message on New Years in Japan.... SHIN = new NEN = year KAI = meeting (ie drinking and eating) So, we just had our BOH-NEN-KAI. So now it is time for shinnenkai. | Carlos | Jan 4, 2008 |
| Happy New Year - Hello, In Japan, when we see someone for the first time in the near year, we say: Akemashite, omedetou gozaimasu. And we can follow that up with: Kotoshi mo yoroshiku onegaishimasu! (This year, please be fa | Carlos | Jan 4, 2008 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Thanks? JIG 2007 - Boonenkai (Year end Party) - Great for you to come. When I was in Japan, the Japanese took great care of me. I hope to do t | Carlos | Dec 16, 2007 |
| Thanks? JIG 2007 - Boonenkai (Year end Party) - Hi JIG Organizers, Bounenkai wa totemo tanoshikatta desu. Doumo Arigatou. Thank you very much for organizing the party. My friends, wife and I were | user 5063056 | Dec 15, 2007 |
| Re: [japanese-464] Please add me to your mailing list - | Erik | Dec 9, 2007 |
| Event details changed: JIG 2007 - Boonenkai (Year end Party) - Greetings, I've decided to hold our "Year End Party" at Higashi. I selected Higashi because the have a private space for our party and their food is good. The private room will allow us to enjoy our "events" for t | Carlos | Dec 8, 2007 |
| Please add me to your mailing list - Message &nb | Joe Ott | Dec 1, 2007 |
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yahoo japan auction - thank you! - this is the item on the yahoo japan auction (this makes me feel like a real dork!): http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r40821503 http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f57047732 (there are 2 auctions for the same item at
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user 5487331 | Nov 26, 2007 |
| Sushi - Hi all, Is everyone excited about eating HOME MADE sushi? Yes, this is sushi that WE are going to make -- not store or 'mise' bought stuff. Perhaps the best you'll have in CT because the cheft is YOU. Worried? Don't be. If you can make a Mexic | Carlos | Nov 9, 2007 |
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Event details changed: JIG - November 10 Meetup - Sushi Party - I've updated this event. For more details, see the full listing: http://japanese.meetup.com/464/calendar/6541904/ When: Saturday, November 10, 2007 at 5:00 PM Where: A lo
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Betsy | Nov 5, 2007 |
