Wow…great first night out. The bar has been set high!
Hotel in Taipei for two nights.
Meeting old friends at Vinyl Decision.
Running late so took a taxi.
Driver is jumpy and twitchy like Cowboy Neal, and barefoot.
About to ask him Ni hai hao ba?
But figured, if he’s barefoot, he’s good to go.
VD is the place to be, out of a Murakami novel. Pretty sure The Rat was there in spirit.
Got a Steal Your Face button because Mark likes to make buttons and give them away.
Taiwanese guy came in and bought a Lao Ing album…ended up being Eagles Live double album, the first album I ever owned. Coincidence or irony…or supernatural mystery?
Got caught up tight and met the UK arm wrestling 140lb champ of yore.
Headed home in the rain but not before eating a whole chicken.
17,500 steps.
I noticed walking around Taipei Main Station that I’ve worked just about everywhere.
CKS Memorial is nice and quiet in the rain.
The taxi driver stretched out his painful arthritis.
228 park is not what it used to be in the dark in the day.
Sentimentality abounds the Taipei downtown.
Meet with my wife the wife of a good good friend, and then left the wives to it.
Off to raucous Shrlin!
The MRT is really one of the best in the world.
The night market doesn’t age.
Da Dong Rd made me laff.
Professional Beaver salon was out of business.
Pot Burn Noodles exemplifies Taiwanese comfort food.
The met the Big Boss, the Boss and a valued minion for good talks over beers and fries.
Back to the world class COSMOS for a well earned respite.
I remain humbled by the generosity of good people.
Trying to do something new each day…not just eating but damn that is hard to manage.
American food is really crap.
So, my brother in law and I went to the Royal Foot and had foot massages…knee down. The tiny Chinese gal did a number on my sore calves. I asked her if she was a bowler as her fingers were like steel.