Date Night!!!

Last night was - in a word - legendary... Chris and I went out with Patti and Steve and had a great time... We went to eat dinner at a restaurant called Panic - Think Japanes steakhouse on a smaller scale - apparently it's one of those places that is pretty expat friendly and the food was VERY good...

After that, we thought we'd take the plunge and go to a karaoke bar... You can't live in Japan and not do that, right?? SO we headed down to Smash Hits in Hiroo - it's a milder place - no Japanese songs allowed which means it's filled with foreigners. Chris and Steve went up first and, well, you just have to watch the video to actually believe it...




The cackling in the background is me... They did get better the second time as Chris tried to keep his family ties close and have an honorary audience member play the part of Slash...




Let me say again how much I LOVE my husband... Of course, to be fair, I went up to and with a cold and no voice... Patti and I didn't do much better... I don't think my feet moved the whole time - think "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch" from the Four Tops... This video is unfortunately longer and clearly not as entertaining - so I apologize in advance!



There was also a group from Sweden there - they all got up and sang a song that was in their language and it was just as terrible as ours! Chris met another group from England. My husband asked one of the women if she was from AUSTRALIA!!! Honestly, has he never listened to his father speak?? While Chris went to the bathroom, one of the guys from Sweden scooted in next to me and asked me to pick a song... he asked me where I was from and told me that he would sing the song just for me... Chris certainly didn't have anything to worry about, but hey, I'm going to be excited about that one for a while... Guess I've still got it! HA

We will have to go back soon, or once I have a voice again - this time, Patti and I need to do our research... we need to get better songs! Steve and I were going to do the Devil Went Down to Georgia, but we had to get home and pay the sitter! Of course, the men let us go home and take care of that while they stayed out a bit longer... I think the doorbell rang at 3:30!