Tetsu-san at @BOOGIE_STOCK 

introduced me and Phoe-Lo to @Mint_Mints

and WOW did we like it!

You can listen to some here

http://www.myspace.com/mintmints

and read News Here…

http://blog.livedoor.jp/mintmints/

I have been very busy and out and about lately so instead of going back in time on the blog, I’m instead starting with this very MOMENT  - the NOW! 

I’m sitting here in my apartment in　渋谷 区　東京 …
ok well…
it says Shibuya-ku, Tokyo…

Shibuya-ku is the city ward of Tokyo where I live right NOW, but not for much longer…time is running out and I will fly out and leave Japan in a week… sad of course, but life goes on and it is NOT Feb 13 … YET!

This NOW feeling was very strong today, and after tonight’s little venture to ShinDaita.. it still lingers with me.
I am so grateful for all I have been able to experience these past 5 months. So many moments, so many NOW and WOW moments, that I will treasure forever… 
ha ha kind of a counterintuitive sentence right there… 

Nothing much was planned, more than yes we had planned to go to the Boogie Stock bar so I could give Tetsu-san his Birthday Gift, and see his bar.. but that was later not NOW..
Phoe-Lo came over to my place and we both realized we were hungry, so we went to eat, and then we just then and there in the moment, decided to continue to work on the HUGE Band List project we are doing, and going over ALL the bands we have seen, so we moved to the BEST Coffee bar I know in Tokyo…
Crevices here on ‘my street’ , or in Kana as it is on a map クレビィス

This place is just wonderful with such great coffee and tea, and a sweet couple who runs the place. Today the woman was working with her 1 year old son sleeping on her back. I had a cup of their perfect coffee and a Baileys…
LIFE IS GOOD! (^.~)

Then it was time to go to ShinDaita… not far from my place at all.. some stations on Odakyu Line and a short walk (but we took the train there.. we did however walk on our way back home)
Dear Phoe-Lo, who has helped me so much, and also been there this whole time, even at smoky bars and LIVE houses…
we were going to have some fun relaxing time together, talking and enjoying the moment.
When we arrived at Boggie Stock we both said, at the same time:
“Woah nice place..  LIKE THIS PLACE! “

Phoe-Lo was happy because she got served a really nice ginger ale that really had ginger and the whole place felt cozy and much like a favorite bar should feel like.
It also helped that the table had a Skull Votive holder… ha ha
For a moment I felt like … gaaaah Wish I have know about this perfect bar earlier during my time here in Tokyo, but then you know… 
I am COMING BACK to JAPAN soon!!!
I am here NOW in ShinDaita… and I enjoy the music and the chatting about music and the Gin Tonic…
LIFE is GOOD NOW!
NO reason to think any other way!!