snow day

believe it or not these pics are from the 2nd floor view of ECC's headquarters in kanayama, nagoya. it's a residents, but also a "business." it's a holy place where couples bring their newborn children to get blessed. it also happens to be the home of one of my students. as you can see it snowed a good amount this morning during my commute to work. snow is still very mysterious to me because i grew up in florida. this is only my second winter in a place that snows.

the photos were taken and color processed entirely on my iphone using autostitch, camerabag and photo fx.

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antonette and takeshi

so i mentioned earlier last month that antonette was in an ad campaign with kitano takeshi along with a few other of our coworkers. this video is of the posters and billboards she appeared in all over town and on the trains and subway. check out the tv commercial if you havent already.

antonette's ECC commercial

i mentioned earlier that antonette has been in a new ECC ad campaign that includes both printed ads as well as a tv commercial. the ads are with takeshi kitano, one of the most famous actors/filmmakers in japan. below is the tv commercial as well as one of the two printed ads. the printed ads and tv commercial can be seen nationwide. so far we've been seeing the printed ads on the subway and trains here in nagoya. pretty exciting stuff!

antonette underneath herself (mobile video)

Antonette has been in a new series of ECC national advertisements. we were on the way to a grand opening of one of our schools when we noticed we sat down beneath one of the ads on the subway. more video of this to come later.

ECC sub shift with nothing to do

i make drawings at work. yes, they hang giant canon printers from the ceiling.

nagoya cribs

take a look at our luxurious mansion in downtown nagoya... 'mansions' are what they call apartments here ;)

its really super efficient and cozy. we like it a lot. sometimes less is more.

cant watch HD? click here for part 1 and here for part 2

the arrival: sakae

this is part 2 of our arrival to nagoya, japan. this is our neighborhood, sakae. its basically downtown nagoya. its where all the hip clubs, awesome restaurants, parks and cool shops are. we live within walking distance of everything cool about nagoya.

can't watch HD? click here to watch this video in standard definition.

the arrival: first impressions

this is part 1 of our arrival to nagoya, japan. our first few weeks were filled with lots of new experiences such as heated toilets, delicious new food and politeness.

this city has big buildings.

can't watch HD? click here to watch this video in standard definition.