So far the new year is starting out well. On Jan. 1, we had a great Japanese New Year's feast at Rudy and Betty's in Piedmont. They cooked up very elaborate traditional Osechi Ryori consisting of a lot of root dishes. We also had some fancy sashimi and also black beans which will keep us busy and healthy during the year. Grandma, May, who will be 94 this year loved Rudy's Tamago so much so that she had 7 servings! She is the one who taught him how to make this Tamago dish. As usual she ate like a horse.

Yesterday we played golf with Rudy and Sunil at Diablo Hills Golf Course. The sun was shining and the day was crisp.