Japan Adventure

To warm up, we headed over to our favorite Bavarian pastry shop. Everyone was trying something different today. I think this was Stan's spongy cake topped with glazed strawberries & filled with Bavarian cream . . .

As was this cream puff of Nancy's. Of course I had chocolate, but you've seen mine before.


And who wouldn't love a solid chocolate roadster?

Little pansies outside in a windowbox.

Window decoration in anticipation of hinamatsuri -- Dolls Festival coming up on March 3. Read more here: http://www.paulzilla.org/japanese/jcal0303.htm and here: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa022501a.htm?nl=1 Displays like this represent the Emperor & Empress, but I've never seen them as Micky & Minnie before!