2014-06-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

Karaoke in Syracuse

はじめてシラキュース(イサカから車で1時間くらいのところにあるやや大きな都市)に行ってきた。目的はカラオケ! BBQもちょっとした観光も楽しかった。 Last Friday I visited Syracuse for the first time with my friends! It takes about one hour by c…

Robert H. Treman State Park

Today I went to the Robert H. Treman State Park. A friend of my friend came to Ithaca, so I showed them around. My landlord recommends me to visit there. There are a lot of falls in Ithaca, but I visited a fall in Ithaca for the first time…

Airbnb in Washington D.C.

ワシントンDCでのAirbnbの思い出。 会場に近いところに泊まったけど、そこがあまり快適じゃなかった・・・。 Because hotels in Washington D.C. are so expensive, I used the Airbnb to stay there. However, it was the most terrible stay!I did not hav…

Washington D.C.

I visited Washington D.C. for the first time in about a decade. Although my aim was to attend the annual conference of the Labor Research & Action Network, I enjoyed sightseeing.I visited the Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in Wor…

Labor Research & Action Network (LRAN) Conference

I attended the annual conference of the Labor Research & Action Network (LRAN) held in Washington D.C. on June 16-17th. Many people from unions, worker centers and universities got together to discuss current labor issues. I enjoyed and le…

Newsies

ニューヨークで1人ブロードウェイ。 選んだのは、ニュージーズ(Newsies)。ニュージーズは、1899年にニューヨークで起こった実話をもとにしたミュージカル。 主人公のジャックは貧しい家庭に暮らす、若干17歳の少年。 親の手助けを少しでもしようと、弟のレ…

Shopping in New York City

ニューヨークでショッピング。 今回は、NoLitaとSohoを主にウロウロ。NoLitaのSteven AlanSohoにあるOsklen。ここを目指して行ったのだけど、店員さんの感じが悪かった。ニューヨークで食べたご飯。お寿司とチャイニーズ。1人チャイニーズを経験。

Conferences of the Worker Institute

ニューヨークのILRのオフィスで開かれたカンファレンスに行ってきた。6/5, LABOR'S AGENDA TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE NEW YORK: NEW VISION, NEW POWER AND A NEW MAYOR6/6, BUILDING A LABOR MOVEMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: PERSPECTIVES FROM TRADE UNIO…

Moving

引っ越し完了! 新しいお家は緑に囲まれたところ。 アパートじゃなくてハウスに住むのも楽しそう。 I finished moving!I wake up at 5:00 am, and brought my stuff to my new house. I had to leave the apartment by 10:00 am. I have a lot of stuff, so …

The Ithaca festival

Today I went to a used shop, Mimi's Attic, to sell my furniture with help from my friends. I made an appointment with them at 10:00 am and planned to go to the shop before noon, because I believed the shop would be closed after noon. But I…