Yao-zers!

  Yao, Japan
Sunday, November 5, 2006

I thought that I wanted to tell you guys all about this place called Yao that I went to today.

About the beautiful sights, the pretty countryside, historical buildings and all the tasty food.

But to tell you all about that... would mean I was lying to you all!

I seriously have no idea what is in Yao, what Yao has to offer, or anything in Yao that might be Yao-tastic. With new notes given by Katzu, and the voice being a touch tired, I decided to spend anytime in Yao just hanging-out in our dressing room, doing my physical therapy and resting.(Nothing is wrong with my knee... I just haven't been doing any of it, so I thought I would try again! Thanks Claude!)

The show was great, and Katzu seemed very pleased with us.

One thing I do know about Yao... the little kids here are so freakin' adorable. During one of our several Encores where we sing WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR in Japanese, we spotted the cutest sister/brother team in the front row with their trendy Mom and Dad... about ages 6 and 4. Everytime we came on stage, they waved with such glee at us. So when we throw our own glo-sticks to the audience, I bent down on stage and handed my 2 to them. They were overjoyed at that! And again, at every bow we took... they waved their hands so furiously just to be able to get our eye contact!!

Then at our last bow, the little boy came right up to the stage and screamed with his high voice in the best English he knew how (probably prompted by Mom) "THANK YOU" over and over again!! So cute.

Then at the stage door we found a few fans, including 2 maybe 10 year old girls with their Moms, and had learned a few English phrases like "Sign Please" "I am happy" and "Good show!" Again, so sweet and cute.

We took our bus back to Osaka, and there Joanne and I had a high-class late dinner. A little place called Yoshinoya Beef Bowl!!! Oh... are you familiar with it? It's not just a Japanese thing?? Hmmmm... well, wherever you may have rice and delicious marinated beef in a bowl for under $5, is a place I would like to frequent!

I decided to keep on with them of "High Class", and went to the local convenience store and got French Toast Pretz (thin Pretzel sticks that taste like maple syrup!! YUM) and Sake in a Juice box!! I stopped by Amy's room, and handed her a "juice" box as well. We opened them with fear, tried it... and the drunk lady in Sendai was right!! It is good sake!! Wooo-hoooo!

Shout out to the not-so-crazy drunk lady in Sendai!