The Neighborhood Cafe

Last Saturday was my neighborhood cafe’s outdoor BBQ— an event that I think I was first told about at the beginning of June, when I first started befriending the cafe owners. I moved to my quiet little corner of Kichijoji almost exactly a year ago. I lived about a ten minute walk from my school before then, which put me about 5 minutes by train … Continue reading The Neighborhood Cafe

Taryn SiegelJuly 20, 2016March 2, 20181 Comment

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The LASIK experience in Japan

For the first time, I’m sitting across from my laptop without any glasses or contacts between my eyes and the screen in front of me. Last Saturday, I finally got LASIK surgery here in Japan. The first time I considered getting LASIK was back when I was living in Wisconsin. Probably at least partially due to the inhuman winter I experienced my first year there … Continue reading The LASIK experience in Japan

Taryn SiegelJuly 1, 2016March 3, 20186 Comments

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Month: July 2016

The Neighborhood Cafe

The LASIK experience in Japan