Toshiro's

Great sleeping at 68 degrees with all the windows open and a beautiful breeze
off the ocean. Waves pounding the shore and providing a very deep sleep.
Up at 9 to the sound of what appears to be 8 year olds practicing soccer.
Mixed cream with 2% milk to create half & half and perched on the balcony watching one excellent coach for every 5 players do their drills. 25 kids out there.
Surfed the net, looked at the NBA and NHL standings and schedules and hit
the shower. Got ready for an extravagant lunch at Toshiro's which is reputed
to be the best Japanese restaurant in South America.

We experienced our first precipitation this morning. It lasted about 15 minutes and did not interrupt the soccer, runners or cyclists. Hoping it stays dry so we can walk by the embassy's and parks that are all along the way back from Toshiros. It's in San Isidro, the adjacent upscale District which is full of nice homes, foreign embassys and huge Parks. The meal was sensational. We were greeted by Toshiro himself and Irene had her picture taken with the man. Irene had 2 small steamed conch appetizers cooked in their beautiful little conch shells. She followed that up
with 2 of the largest Shrimp I have ever seen grilled in garlic miso. I had Tonkatsu,
gyoza and yakitori. We really enjoyed the beauty of the restaurant, the service and
especially the food. Another 10

Walked about a mile and a half through the gorgeous residential section mixed with fine restaurants, upscale businesses and hotels to our regular Wong's grocery 
For crema, OJ and pop. Taxi'd back for $2 and enjoyed a 4th day in a row over 80.
(88 downtown set a record and 84 in Miraflores. They average 5 or fewer days over
85 per year and we've seen 2 this week. Everything is a little cooler and breezier 
above the Pacific and our condo was a perfect 74 with a cool soothing breeze.
Gotta get back to Hardy in San Francisco! Trying to ignore the Bulls and Hawks 
results.