GET YOUR CULTURE TODAY ?

MARDI GRAS COUNTDOWN = 149 DAYS

41. CARNIVAL IN RIO

42. JAPAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTHEAST ASIA

WORD OF THE DAY IS TAIKO - means "drum" in Japanese (etymologically "great" or "wide drum"). Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums (和太鼓, 'wa-daiko', "Japanese drum", in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes called more specifically, "kumi-daiko" (組太鼓).

GOOD CHOICE ON THE FESTIVAL BRO! VERY FUN AND ENTERTAINING ! I DISCOVERED SUSHI IS SO POPULAR BECAUSE JAPAN IS COOL ! THE WEATHER IS MAGNIFICENT HERE IN THE MEMPHIS AREA TODAY. THE BOTANIC GARDEN WAS STUNNING. WE WATCHED A GROUP OF SMALL CHILDREN PLAY A VIOLIN ENSEMBLE. IT ALMOST BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. NEVER DREAMED I WOULD HAVE ENJOYED THAT SO MUCH!

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SOME OF THESE KIDS WERE LIKE 5, AND HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR YEARS. 

THEN WE WATCHED THE KUMI-DAIKO DRUMMERS PERFORM ! VERY AWESOME ! I AM GOING TO HAVE PICK SOME OF THIS MUSIC UP AND ADD TO MY IPOD (WHEN I GET ONE) FOR WHEN WORKING OUT AND GOLFING. MOST IMPRESSIVE ! I ALSO PICKED UP A COUPLE MUD MEN. HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE BEFORE EITHER. http://www.dallasbonsai.com/store/mud_men.html

I GOT A FISHERMAN AND A DRINKING MAN.........BECAUSE THEY GO TOGETHER OF COURSE !

PS. BEST FRENCH BREAD EVER CAN BE FOUND AT THE VIET HOA MARKET IN MEMPHIS! I TOOK TOES TO THE MARKET THIS MORNING. THE BLUE CRABS THEY HAVE ARE NUMBER 1'S. I WILL GET SOME THIS WEEK FOR A GOOD OLE FASHIONED CRAB BOIL. HUN !

WELL GOTTA GO. COMPANY HERE ! TALK WITH YOU ALL SOON. WILL HAVE A GOLF LESSON UPDATE TOMORROW.

T REE