Here's a hint: a correct answer names something practical, not ornamental.

Continuing with my series about my five-day camping trip with Anthony, I pick up the story after the rain and wind (and eventual hotel) of Day 5...

Day 6 was glorious, both in terms of weather and mood (a warm futon and a hot bath have a way of helping the latter). After a lazy morning, we caravaned back toward Kyoto, stopping after about an hour at Amanohashidate (天橋立), a thin, 3.3km long natural land bridge pinching off several square miles of a bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture, off the Sea of Japan. It reminds me vaguely of San Diego's [...]

We're finally getting our money's worth out of this kid. 🙂

Trying to get him to put away a toy he's just finished playing with is like pulling teeth, but for some reason, he enjoys cleaning the veranda. I dunno. It may have something to do with being able to freely splash water around....

I don't know where this is going, but we're sure going to milk it for all it's worth....

More pictures from Kevin and Yoko Parrington's wedding.

Kevin is the youngest of 10 kids, and – according to the "life history" that he wrote about himself for the reception guests – the cutest of them all. Not all his family could make it to Japan for the wedding, so I thought I'd publish a few more pics right away, for their benefit...

Their time was divided pretty evenly between posing for photos and other stuff (where "other stuff" encompasses random little things like actually getting married, visiting with guests, cutting the cake, etc.). There was a lot of posing.

I attended the wedding of an old friend yesterday; Kevin and Yoko tied the knot on the 68th floor of Yokohama's Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan. They appeared on my Impromptu Portraits in the Park post last year not long after they got engaged, as well as in followups here, here, and here.

Kevin is one of those guys who looks better and better with age, but really, you almost didn't notice him or anything else when Yoko was present. "Spectacular" just doesn't do her or that dress justice.

Kevin's selection for the engagement ring – seen out [...]