Introducing Kazuho

Here she is all the way from Tokyo, Japan. Her name is Kazuho Shinohara but she would like you to call her “Kaz” which rhymes with “Oz” as in the Wizard of Kaz.

Her flight in from Tokyo yesterday was delayed for three hours and then it took a long time for her to get through immigration and customs so Sue and Kaz were not able to come to my concert in the park. My concert went very well—thanks for asking. Instead, Sue and Kaz had a terrific first meal of corn on the cob and beef tacos. This morning Kaz and I went downtown to practice the bus route. Here we are in from of one of the uglier buildings in downtown St. Paul, the Securian Building.

 

Here is the front door to St. Paul Prep in the Cray Plaza building. Kaz was very excited about everything that we saw. We met several teachers including the legendary Miss Kate. Kate is coaching the soccer and track teams and maybe the basketball team, too. Kaz said she is a runner. Maybe basketball and soccer are in her future?

 

Here is Kaz in Mears Park next to her school.

And here is an action shot of what I look like drinking a hot Americano at Dunn Bros. We walked by several Starbucks and Caribou Coffees to get to the Dunn Brother.

 

And we returned home on the 68C bus to within less than a block of our house. The bus is so convenient for our students! Now we will go to Best Buy to look at laptops. . .

Bratwurst for dinner.