Savoring the Summer

When we can't take a vacation afar, we may drive a half hour north, away from town, to find ourselves at a small but low-key beach. It felt like we found a hidden treasure. Wishing my family could escape from the brutal heat in Japan to this comfortable 75 degrees weather. 

We almost feel guilty when we have Japanese BBQ, such a simple method of cooking tasting soooo good. We do this on weekend and even mid week. Not feeling guilty enough. Pure pleasure.

But then, even a Tuesday taco dinner with leftover grilled meat and corn salsa tasted great when we added our first garden tomato. Not yet optimally ripen, but it had some spots. Maybe we'll have more ripe tomatoes this weekend.