How-tos | GETTING THINGS DONE Sep 15, 1999

Opportunities

by Jean Pearce

Today is Respect for the Aged Day. Once Japan was criticized for not having enough holidays. Now, with New Year's for winter celebrants, O-bon in the summer, Golden Week in the spring and an assortment of traditional and recently created special days in between ...

How-tos | GETTING THINGS DONE Sep 12, 1999

Praiseworthy

by Jean Pearce

My earliest memories of Honolulu include my introduction to Japanese food; it had not yet become a cuisine. It was at a tiny Waikiki restaurant where each day a cook created four or five special lunches on two gas burners. One was for sauteing ...