2010 Sep 11 - 50 Year Class Reunion

2010 Sep 11 - Edison High Class of 1960 50 Year Class Reunion
Stockton, CA

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Today half of the Lunch Bunch, the Grant Elementary School folks, are attending the Stockton, CA Edison High School 50 Year Class Reunion. It is being held at Elkhorn Country Club in Stockton.

The five of us from this 1952 class photograph of a combined fourth and fifth grade class are all going together in Ken's car. Notice the limited class size. I am not sure how Mrs Surber handled that many kids. The man in the photo is our school Principal Mr Estes.
I was the only fourth grader of the five going the other four were in the fifth grade at the time of this picture


Since both Linda and Grandma live a bit over thirty miles from Stockton now they are sharing a room a the Residence Inn about a half a mile from my home. Ken picks me up first and then waits in the car while I gather up Linda and Grandma.
Linda forgot her mirror and had to have Grandma help her with her hair


Getting in Ken's car

Next we travel the four miles to pick up Patti who lives on the route to Elkhorn.
Grandma and Patti grew up a block away from each other and have been battling like this for the past 60+ years

We manage to get to the rear parking lot.
Ken takes a photo from behind


Checking out their shoes


This is the girls photo for the Memory Book which will be mailed to everyone who attended


Ready to eat dessert


Visiting with friends


Grandma visiting with the teachers in attendance. Grandma returned to teach at Edison for a couple of years after college, so these are also her co-workers


Ken catching up with Mary Ellen and Jim


Me with Gene and Norm {a classmates hubby} who are both dentists


A nice posed photo of Linda and Patti




Ken, Linda, Patti and our friend Tak dancing


Ken was wandering around but here is the Lunch Bunch



Visiting around the table


Our old friend Tak who has lived in Honolulu since his college days


We wind up at a 24 hour coffee shop.


Hash Browns with Gravy. This was a staple of our Class at Eddie's Coffee Shop in the late 1950's. We had this after football games and school dances.


Ken has toast and Tak has a breakfast

Click here to see a slide show of the photos from the Reunion.


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2010 Aug 25 - Fuji Sushi Buffet - Gobo's

2010 Aug 25 - Fuji Sushi Buffet - Gobo's
Elk Grove, CA

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Today we have a very big group for Gobo's Lunch Bunch. There are eight of us. Miles, Ora, Gobo, Elsa, Kenny, Patti, Grandma's baby sister Jennifer {substituting for Grandma who is vacationing with her sister-in-law in Australia and Fiji} and me.

We have finally set a date for our trip to Fuji Sushi Buffet in Elk Grove, CA.
Waiting for Fuji to open for lunch which is served from 11:00AM to 2:00PM


Miles and Ora show up last

The buffet has a line with desserts, fruit and some Chinese dishes, but the main attractions are the Sushi Bar and the items that can be ordered via the wait staff.
Here we have ordered a combination Tempura platter with veggies, shrimp, calamari, oysters and soft shell crab


We have also each picked up a few items from the sushi bar. Kenny, Gobo and Miles.


Elsa and Jennifer


Elsa, Patti, Jennifer and Kenny


The ladies on the right: Ora, Elsa, Patti and Jennifer


The guys on the left: Kenny, Gobo and Miles


Time for dessert


Munching on dessert and BSing

The next two photos are of the sushi bar.




Here the Lunch Bunch relaxes a bit before ending our lunch party.




For all the food that we have eaten here is what our tab comes to.


Ora and Miles head back home as does Gobo. The rest of us have met at Elsa's and Jennifer wants to visit Oto's Market in Sacramento just a few miles north.
Checking out the watermelons at the entrance to Oto's


Jennifer decides to do some shopping


Patti and Jennifer are the only ones to buy something on this trip


Next we head across the parking lot to Mahoroba Japanese Bakery.
Part of the display case at Mahoroba's


Jennifer wants this next photo on Facebook.
This is the Mahoroba signature item, the Kobe Cream


Today happens to be the hottest day so far this year and will set a record for this date in both Sacramento and Stockton.

Jennifer had wanted a ride on one of my motorcycles from her home to Elsa's. But after checking the weather report we decided an air conditioned car was a better choice for today.
My car's thermometer at a stop signal in Stockton at 3:00PM


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2010 Aug 20 - Fuji Sushi Buffet

2010 Aug 20 - Fuji Sushi Buffet

Elk Grove, CA

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Koby is only going to be in the States from Adelaide, Australia for another few days. So Tuna and I are taking him to lunch at Fuji Sushi Buffet in Elk Grove.
Just west of Highway 99 and on the north side of Elk Grove Boulevard


We have to get here before opening or else it may take awhile to get a seat. It opens at 11:00 AM. That's Koby and Tuna.




We get in early and sit around the sushi bar with little boats carrying plates of sushi.
But the best thing about Fuji is that you can order fried oysters, shrimp, calamari, soft shell crab, and veggies. You can also get raw oysters on the half shell, fish collars, eel and sashimi.
The sushi bar boats


I always go to the back where the "refills" are lined up to replace the plates on the boat.


Here is a platter of tempura, soft shell crab, shrimp, calamari and oysters


The oysters on the half shell


Another order of fried oysters


My order of eel after I ate half the plate


Another order of oysters


A few more samples of the sushi plates


And the last sample of plates

Now Koby is heading to Rocklin to help his niece unload and unpack their belongings in a move from Arizona. So his daughter Hilary is here from Boston to visit with dad and pick him up to drive to Rocklin.
Hilary and her cousin


Koby and his sister-in-law Joy


Heading back home Tuna and I spot the sky divers just north of Lodi.



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