Devilcraft, Kanda

Devilquest!!! Nuts, I’ve been excited about writing that ever since I heard of Devilcraft from Woody several weeks ago. Now I find that Devilquest is just the Japanese name for Season of the Which, witch came out early this year in America.  Well, Devilcraft’s opening has been anticipated for nearly as long, and they are […]

No. 8 Bear Pond espresso, Shibuya

You’ll notice right away, because you’re clever people, that this sign doesn’t say ‘Bear Pond’. It says ‘ON THE CORNER’ (although if I’m giving you credit for observatorial powers, you prolly knew that awready too). This is because Shimo Kitazawa’s famous and fairly fabulous espresso maniacal genius at Bear Pond has a branch shop in […]

La Rochelle, Minami Aoyama

The happy couple. Big Bird and I are discussing wedding venues as our Thursday-romantic-lunch series continues, and La Rochelle bills its chapel as Tokyo’s Most Romantic. Not many restaurants have chapels at all, of course, so it’s awfully convenient. Also convenient is being expected, and they were nice enough to thank us for our coming. […]