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Shin Okubo or Koreatown (not Zozotown: whole different vibe) Tokyo.

Wow! so, you’ve decided to spice up your life?
Nothing like a little red pepper paste and some garlic.
I like mine pickled.
YYC found Shin Okubo.
Of course, don’t ask for their Beef Bulgogi specials at the Pork only restaurant like I did.
ha ha (Missed the cartoon of Porky doing a jig on the front of the menu and on the walls apparently.)
That said it’s hard to argue with a feast fit for King Sejong.

Later YYC did find another enclave of all that is Chosun off the Akasaka stop of the Chiyoda Line–
less selection (at least in terms of shops offering Korean ‘Idol’ memorabilia) but better food—
AND INFINITELY BETTER COMPANY (Kudos to Takeshi-san, Juro-san, Naoshi-san!)

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Well, well….hasn’t Betty (as in Crocker) gotten P.C. in her old age.

Admittedly, I’ve whipped up drums of this stuff throughout the years (’cheeseburger’…aka….macaroni and ‘American cheese food product flavoured dry sauce mix’ has always been a Best Seller in my kitchen (reading that should actually put the fear of God in you).

Let’s see—–(doing my Church Lady impression with requisite Dana Carvey smirk)—–There’s China, and Thailand, and Vietnam…there it is, Vietnam…just sitting there on the map waiting to be invited….
and let’s see….there’s Korea! Oh Looky, Korea has a North and a South…………

Well, isn’t that “Special”…….
and over there is Japan…..

(okay, enough)
So General Foods has deigned it a bit too complicated to identify this whole ‘Asia’ thing.
(but then, so do the baggage handlers at United)

I mean-if you really need to pare it down to comprehend stuff–how ’bout some Native Cuisine.
No–not Cherokee Helper, forget Tribes/States/Borders (Betty did).

Let’s do: ‘North American Helper’
which would, I guess, be a packet of maple syrup, a bag of taco chips and some ‘American cheese food product flavoured dry sauce mix,’ eh?

Frankly, I’d never dream of preparing ‘Asian Helper’ without at least TWO ‘Asian Helpers’
Go figure.

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When in doubt, don’t.

That means that tattoo of a zodiac crab splayed across your lower back….you really don’t want to see how Mr. Moody ages over the ebb and flow of your years back there.

Well, you won’t have to (unless besides having incredibly poor taste you also are a contortionist) but….well, in the interests of actually keeping your own options open, PLAY IT SAFE.

Good Grooming (that statement that harkens a mental image of June Cleaver and Emily Post) is really the foundation of all fashion. It’s a structure that you can possess even if your facial architecture appears to be composed of Play Doh.

This nail pencil (which is becoming increasingly difficult to find….as is overall good grooming, we might add) is a handy way to look like you haven’t been planting zucchini all day in your garden. Whip it out and spiff up those nails at the traffic light (it sure beats tweezing if a cop is behind you). One end has that handy clean under the nail doo dad (let’s not dwell on that too much) and the other end sports a white pencil to brighten the white of your natural pink/white set.

Voila. And, Hey Dudes can use it too!

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