Since I can not show the photos of the potential site until my friend finalizes a contract with its owner, I am listing some other photos I took in Colorado again.
デンバーのダウンタウンから車で３０分程走った所にある、友人が住むボールダー市（Boulder)。
近くの山から見下ろした景色。まっ平ら！久しぶりに地平線を見た。
He lives in Boulder which is located about 30 minutes from Denver downtown.
This is a view looking down the city from a nearby mountain. It is so flat and I could see the horizon.
ボールダーから南に３０分程下った所に候補物件があり、その周囲を視察中に発見したとても立派で大きなレストラン。主に鶏肉料理を専門に扱っているようだ。ここはどちらかと言うと結構郊外で、モダンな新築の家などもあったが、基本的に田舎。雰囲気はとても良かった。
The potential site was located about 30minutes south of Boulder. When we were checking out the area, we found a gorgeous huge restaurant. It looked like they are specialized in chicken dishes. Even though there were several modern housing communities, it was basically a very suburban area. Its atmosphere was not bad at all.
レストランの屋上に堂々と立つ鶏。
Rooster proudly standing on the roof.
車にだって乗ってみる。
And on the car.
後ろの穴の意味は不明。
Not sure about the use of the hole.
ヤギもいた。（汚物モザイク処理済み）
Goat photo (with a mosaic effect on #2)
昔はこの車で鶏を運んでいたらしい。
They must have carried chickens with this truck.
今でも現役のその当時の運転手。まばたき一つせず遠くを見つめている。
The driver is still in a good shape, staring at a point without winks.
ちょっと話は変わるが、チェーン展開しているTokyo Joe'sという和食レストランにボールダーで立ち寄ってみた。そこで各テーブルに置いてあった面白いものを発見。このレストランで働いた場合の役職やレベルに応じての給料や特権が細かく書かれた紙。インセンティブはハワイ旅行。
LAに戻る前の日の夜は色々回って疲れていたので、ボールダーの学生街で評判のベトナム料理をテーク・アウトしてホテルで食べた。かたやきそば、ビーフサラダ、バーベキュー・ビーフ、ベトナム春巻き、で大体＄２０。安い！友人は元ラグビー部で、残すのが大嫌い（ちなみに僕はサッカー部）。でも２人で食べきれない量だった。実は今回色々と食べ歩いた物の中で、一番美味しかった。
A night before the day I flew back to LA, we were pretty tired from checking out the cities and other potential sites, so we did a take out from a popular Vietnamese restaurant in Boulder and ate it in the hotel I staid. A chicken and vegetable on fried noodle, beef salad, BBQ beef and Vietnamese spring roles cost us only $20 total! My friend was in a rugby club and he eats tons, and hates to waste food (and I was in a soccer club). We did out best, but the foods were more than enough to fill our empty stomachs, and they were the best dishes I had during this whole trip.
空気の綺麗なコロラドから戻り、昨日LAのオフィスに向かう途中に撮った写真がこれ。
Hiroki
And on the car.
後ろの穴の意味は不明。
Not sure about the use of the hole.
ヤギもいた。（汚物モザイク処理済み）
Goat photo (with a mosaic effect on #2)
昔はこの車で鶏を運んでいたらしい。
They must have carried chickens with this truck.
今でも現役のその当時の運転手。まばたき一つせず遠くを見つめている。
The driver is still in a good shape, staring at a point without winks.
ちょっと話は変わるが、チェーン展開しているTokyo Joe'sという和食レストランにボールダーで立ち寄ってみた。そこで各テーブルに置いてあった面白いものを発見。このレストランで働いた場合の役職やレベルに応じての給料や特権が細かく書かれた紙。インセンティブはハワイ旅行。
Changing a subject, when we stopped at a Japanese restaurant called Tokyo Joe's in Boulder, we found an interesting tag on each table. It indicated salaries and benefits of the employees of this restaurant. The incentive was a trip to Maui.
LAに戻る前の日の夜は色々回って疲れていたので、ボールダーの学生街で評判のベトナム料理をテーク・アウトしてホテルで食べた。かたやきそば、ビーフサラダ、バーベキュー・ビーフ、ベトナム春巻き、で大体＄２０。安い！友人は元ラグビー部で、残すのが大嫌い（ちなみに僕はサッカー部）。でも２人で食べきれない量だった。実は今回色々と食べ歩いた物の中で、一番美味しかった。
A night before the day I flew back to LA, we were pretty tired from checking out the cities and other potential sites, so we did a take out from a popular Vietnamese restaurant in Boulder and ate it in the hotel I staid. A chicken and vegetable on fried noodle, beef salad, BBQ beef and Vietnamese spring roles cost us only $20 total! My friend was in a rugby club and he eats tons, and hates to waste food (and I was in a soccer club). We did out best, but the foods were more than enough to fill our empty stomachs, and they were the best dishes I had during this whole trip.
空気の綺麗なコロラドから戻り、昨日LAのオフィスに向かう途中に撮った写真がこれ。
遠くのダウンタウンのビルやその後ろの山がぼやけているのは、車の振動ではなく、大気汚染・・・。
一番上の写真と比べてみると、空気の違いが良く分かる。
Below is a photo I took on the way to my office in LA after I came back from the clean air city. The buildings in the distance look fuzzy not because of a vibration but of an air pollution...
Below is a photo I took on the way to my office in LA after I came back from the clean air city. The buildings in the distance look fuzzy not because of a vibration but of an air pollution...
Difference in the air quality is obvious if you compare with the top photo.
Hiroki
Colorado is much nicer in early summer.
返信削除Come back again. I will make the project work in some way.
MW>Before the summer comes, you'd better train yourself not to fall in sleep so quickly when we drink.
返信削除Sounds like you guys had fun together?? It's been about 8years since I went to Colorado last time. I'd like to visit MW-kun's restaurant someday.
返信削除Nice pictures!!
minori> Let us all get together in Colorado when he openes his restaurant. It's been 18 years already since I saw you last time.
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