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May 19 Restaurants in Rochesterロチェスターでお気に入りのレストランと、グルメショップです。
Here's my fevorite restaurants & gourmet shops in Rochester.
** Dinner **
Copper Grass Bar & Bistro(Pittsford)
3349 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618 Phone:(585)662-5579 -- Its original burger tastes so good for lunch. I love its pasta for dinner.
Restaurant 2 Vine
24 Winthrop Street
Rochester, New York 14607 Phone: 585-454-6020 -- I went there with my boss and his RA's for a lunch today and I enjoyed sea food.
I recommend CREME BRULEE for dessert. It was unbelievable; served in elegant bowl
made of delicious chocolate.
Wisteria flowers were blossoming at the entrance of this old brick building.
Great restaurant for dinner for special occasion. PF Chang's China Bistro (Eastview Mall)
-- Best Chinese Restaurant for us.
Tastings Restaurant (Pittsford)
-- Everythig tastes good. I loved Crab leg and Chirashi Sushi.
Shama Sushi (Webster)
24 West Main St.
Webster, NY 14580 Phone: (585)265-3480
http://www.shemasushi.com/
-- Great price and good taste. I'm a big fan of its shrimp tempra sushi. Sinbad's Mediterranean Cuisine (Park Ave)
719 Park Ave
Rochester, NY 14607 Phone: (585) 473-5655
-- Gambari Pasta (Shrimp & Basil) is recommended. ** Branch **
Simply crepes (Pittsford)
7 Schoen Place
-- I liked Banana & nuts crepe.
Charlie's Frog Pond (Park Ave)
652 Park Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607 Phone: (585) 271-1970 -- Its Omelet looked nice! As I don't really like eggs, I had French Toast & Coffee
after Sunday Garage Sale at Public Market.
** Cafe **
M Cafe (Max Market)
2949 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618 Phoe: 585 271-1210 -- I love its salad & crab cake!
-- Cafe latte served with latte art (beautiful leave / heart shape) in a cup.
Java Cafe
-- Great location and nice music.
** Gourmet Shop **
Lombardi's Gourmet Shop
-- Variety of Le Creuset. Its meatballs & tomato souce are best.
I love its fresh pasta, too.
Cooks’ World
2179 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY Phone: 585-325-4160 -- Enjoyable kitchen tools.
** Chocolate **
Hedonist Artisan Chocolates (South Ave)
674 South Avenue (in Hedonist Alley)
Rochester, NY 585-355-7913 -- Its chocolate is fabulous!
We could purchase its products at
Coffee Connection 681 South Avenue, Rochester, NY Phoe: 585-442-2180
Parkleigh 215 Park Avenue, Rochester, NY Phoe: 607-292-7007
Max Market 2949 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY Phoe: 585-271-1210 Stever's Candies (Park Ave)
623 Park Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-2924 Phone: 585-473-2098
-- I love Stever's "melt-away" chocolate!! May 17 TOEFL金曜日に英語の試験（TOEFL）を受けてきました。
試験前の一番大事な時期に、新型インフルエンザの研究が忙しくなってしまって、
準備らしい準備がほとんどできずに受験してしまいましたが、唯一、iBTテストで
一番苦手としていたスピーキング対策の仕方がわかったことは、大きな収穫でした。
今回、やってみて成功したと思う対策は、6問あるスピーキングの問題のうち、最初の2問に
対するものです。最初の2問は、身近なことに関する質問なのですが、 本番では、
問題を聞いてから回答を準備する時間は、たった15秒なので、本番中にアイデアを出していると
それだけで終わってしまいます。（最悪、話すアイデアも出て来ません。）
そこで、今回は日本で出版されているスピーキング対策の本を購入して、本に載っている
予想問題（約40問）に対する質問を、すべて、自分のアイデアと言葉で、100 words前後で
用意しました。偶然かもしれませんが、本番の2問とも、用意した40問から出ました。
本当は、最後のライティングのエッセーも、同じことをしたかったのですが、こちらは
300 words前後で長く、予想問題も180問と多いので、全然準備が終わりませんでした。
なかなか、TOEFLの勉強にだけ時間を割くことは、今後さらに難しいと思うので、
日頃から、英語で日記を書いたり、時間を計って論文を読むようにしたりして、
日常の中で英語に接している機会を、うまく試験勉強を意識してつなげていきたいです。 May 13 Trip to ColoradoIn the end of April, I went to a trip to see my friend in Colorado.
As I arrived on her birthday, we celebrated her birthday at a restaurant on Peal Street. Peal Street is one of hot spots in Boulder which has many shops and restaurants. On the next day, I looked around the University of Colorado while my friend was working. I liked beautiful buildings on campus and great sceneries surrounded mountains. After looking around the campus, we went to Denver for sightseeing. We stopped by Peet's Coffee(http://www.peets.com/) in downtown. I loved its interior design; the dark wooden shelves matched with coffee beans and coffee machines. In the evening, I joined her birthday gathering at her friend's house. The picture of spectacular twilight view was taken after this party. Since Farmer's Market is open every Saturday, we had breakfast there on Saturday morning. After enjoying walking and eating at the market, we went to Idaho Springs with her friends. Idaho springs locate one and half hours' drive from Boulder. On the way back to home, we stopped a huge shoppig mall in Denver; it was "Cherry Creek
Shopping Center" if I remember correctly. For dinner, we had Ethiopian dishes after coming
back.
On Sunday, we walked around near her house and had a branch and tea at "Dushanbe Teahouse."
While we were waiting in the waiting list, her friend drove and showed a beautiful mountain stream.
It was amazing that we could be in such wonderful nature only in 15 minutes. We enjyed tea and then
went to the another hot spot, Twenty Ninth Street. We watched a movie, "Sunshine Cleaning"
in the shopping mall. Subsequently, we went to "Whole Foods" next to the mall and bought some
fresh food for cooking dinner together.
Monday is the last day for my stay. We had breakfast at Peet's Coffee in 29th street mall
and enjoyed shopping. I bought my first "Vera Bradley" there! Before noon, we headed
for the Denver airport.
I really thank my friend who planned many fun events during my stay. It was a lot of fun to have
talked until late at night including our future goals. 4月の下旬に、お友達に会いに、コロラドを旅行してきました。
ロッキー山脈を眺めながら、自然を満喫してきました。
ロチェスターとは、地形もCensus RegionもTime Zoneも異なり、別世界でした。
ちなみに時差は2時間あります。
Denverの空港についてから、バスに一時間乗って、Boulderの街に行きました。
Boulderは、標高も高く、日本女子マラソン選手の強化合宿の地にもなったそうです。
アメリカの有名なハーブティーのCelestialもBoulderがホームタウンだそうです。
 The University of Colorado
Boulderの街から車で一時間半くらいのところの温泉に行きました。Idaho Springsという街にある
Indian Springsという温泉の洞窟温泉に入りました。この温泉は、温泉が恋しい人にはとっても
お勧めです！近所に住んでたら、毎日利用したいくらい良いお湯でした。
Geo-Thermal Cave Baths は、お湯加減も熱めでちょうど良く、水着も着用しないので(男女別です)、
アメリカにいながら、本物の温泉気分が味わえます。
 Boulderの夜景（お友達撮影）
ショッピングをしたり、映画を見たり、夜景を見たり、キルギスタンティールームに行ったり、と
5日間の日程でしたが、盛り沢山で、あっという間でした。久しぶりにリフレッシュできました。
Boulderから、バスに乗って、Denverの街の観光にも行きました。
 Dneverのチョコレート屋さん（と、お店のくまちゃん） May 12 Wives gatheringAs one of my friends, Tomoko, will go back to Japan in this month, my friend, Rita, planned
a farewell party for her. Thank to Rita for inviting me so that I could see Tomoko before
she leave. I was really happy to see them since it was last summer (July 2008) that I met them
at previous time.
It is true that my life had totally changed after I started my current RA. I used to have time
to enjoy with my friends and shared our hobbies, but now I spend (and secure) most of
time for studying. However, I never felt alone because I hardly believed we hadn't seen
each other for such long time whenever we met. I really appreciate my great friends and
look forward to seeing them next time! May 11 Lilac Festival and Birthday PartyLilac Festival started at Highland Park this weekend! May 03 Swine Flu新型インフルエンザ（H1N1 flu (swine flu)）のアメリカ国内の感染者の報告数が200人を超えました。
ご心配いただいて、お見舞いのメールなどもいただきましたが、私たちは今のところ大丈夫です。
ありがとうございます。 |
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