Host or guest?

Fourteen days of the three-week silence at dailysoy can be explained by the visit to Japan of my college buddy John and his squeeze Karen. Rie and I were ostensibly playing host... they stayed in one corner of our cramped apartment, after all. But John ended up guiding us around Japan, introducing us to sights - many of them architectural - that may have otherwise remained outside our usual cone of vision. A look at his photos here and here will give you an idea of the list of places they came prepared to search out.

It was great to see familiar faces again. And of course it's always nice touring around and dining out with friends. But now we have to think about how to entertain my folks when they show up in early October.