Comments on: Japan: The Preview Slide Show

By: Elise Worman

Elise Worman — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:01:40 +0000

What a great show! Thank you for sharing. I love the image of Makena and Maddox “dancing” in the falling cherry blossoms.

By: Jackie Allen

Jackie Allen — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:30:23 +0000

I think I typed in lifestyle and some how I came across your website …and your photos of Japan are magnificent! Sugoi!! I have been living here for over 12 years and you are the first photographer that \”truly\” capture the beauty and essence of this amazing country. I currently live in a small countryside town called Iwakuni, home of the Kintai Bridge (apprx. 32K Hiroshima /25k Miyajima Island) and how I wished you could have taken pictures of this area! Thank you for posting these breath taking photos. I wish to share this website to others about why people should travel to Japan! Keep up the amazing work – by the your family is beautiful!

Entrepenuer & mommie of 4,
Jackie

By: Carolina Girl

Carolina Girl — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:44:32 +0000

This is an amazing slide show…one of your VERY best! The music is superb. What a beautiful intriguing place for you to visit. I’ve got to go there sometime in my life! Loved this!!

By: Steve G.

Steve G. — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:24:03 +0000

That black and white on the subway is an awesome shot. I stared at it for quite some time. Then I read your caption. Yeah, lots going on in that shot. Very cool.

By: Julie Walton Shaver

Julie Walton Shaver — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:26:28 +0000

It’s true, I was starving, and then there’s this cute muscular guy right in front of me making MY pizza and I get to watch it cook right in front of me in the brick oven, all the while savoring over the beautiful bottle of olive oil and the gorgeous bowl of fresh mozarella and the interesting wood box of rising dough scored in perfect squares — the entire Savoy experience was breath-taking. Except for the lack of diet coke. I needed a hefty portion of pizza just to chase down the extra gingery ginger ale (being Japanese ginger ale and all).

By: John Schuchman

John Schuchman — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:44:35 +0000

Regarding the pizza superiority issue, I direct your attention to the wisdom of Mr. Eddie Murphy:

If you’re starving and somebody throw you a cracker, you gonna be like this: That’s the best cracker I ever ate in my life! That ain’t no regular cracker, was it? What was that, a Saltine? That was delicious. That wasn’t no Saltine. That was… that was a Ritz. That wasn’t a Ritz? That was the best cracker I ever ate in my life.”

Perhaps we could switch a few words…maybe cracker w/ pizza…maybe Ritz w/ Savoy…hmmm.

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By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:54:49 +0000

Many, many thanks Julie for this awesome present to Beth. We will cherish this forever. I can not wait for the other slide shows. Now on to planning my next present…

By: Julie Walton Shaver

Julie Walton Shaver — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:17:17 +0000

Hi Steve,
Actually, the one we went to was the one in the Mad River Valley! The pizza was so good, we ordered more! I would love to visit the farm! I’m coming back to Vermont with my friends who introduced me to your wonderful restaurant in late August. Maybe I can visit and take some awesome pictures while I’m there. Let’s get together!
Thanks for writing in my blog!
Savoy was excellent in Tokyo, but they only have seating for 13 people at a time. You make a reservation for a specific time period, like from 7 to 7:45, and at 7:45, there’s a guy in a fedora shooing you out. Oh, and don’t arrive late for your reservation because there’s no room for adjusting! So fun!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:30:07 +0000

Hi Julie,

Great pictures, and thanks for introducing me to Savoy! I’m always interested to find out who is making wood-fired pizza, and this is the first place I’ve heard of in Japan.

I work where American Flatbread started in the Mad River Valley (Waitsfield), Vermont. I’m guessing you ate at our franchise in Burlington? Our facility here is on a 200 year old farm, with an Inn attached to our bakery/restaurant. We make frozen pizza during the week, and run the restaurant over the weekend. Hope you can visit us here on the farm sometime…

-Steve