Today's Daily Double is... WHITE DAY!

did you know japan has a second valentine's day? march 14, white day. over here the women give the chocolate on valentine's, and exactly one month later the men answer. i did not know this until yesterday. i know it now, and by pure dumb luck i am in the country of the answer day WITH my valentine, which is a layup even i can't blow.

so, down to the food hall basement, bought a lil fancy box, and the woman behind the counter wrapped it with a precision that made me want to apologize for every gift i've ever wrapped. gave it to al on a bridge over a moat, plum blossoms coming down around us. she laughed at me bc i'd already told her about white day four times since breakfast, then ate the first chocolate and went quiet in the middle of her own sentence. only review that matters. one month ago valentine's was on a houseboat in the fog, today the answer came on a moat in tokyo. same girl.