Monday, Aug 3 @ NB Lounge

Hello, all.

Just a friendly reminder.
Although I am caught in the weekend boundary of
Sunday after midnight about 26:00-ish…
I am singing at NB Lounge TODAY (technically), Monday, August 3.

Two jet-lag sufferers, Tadataka on piano and myself,
will sing and play our hearts out!
(We both came back from Japan very recently,
and still can’t get out of JPN time completely…)

I hope we can share a merry, summer evening
with you at NB.

Monday, August 3
@ NB Lounge
7:30 PM to 11PM

NB Lounge is located on
111 E 56th Street
between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Mamiko Taira (vocal)
Tadataka Unno (piano)

No Cover, No Minimum

MAP

本日は、月曜日、NB Loungeの日です。
久しぶりに海野さんも日本から戻り、
時差ぼけ組の二人が
ココロを込めて!お送り致します。
(日本時間あ抜けきっていないので、
感覚的には、朝から歌っているような?
セットが進むにつれハイパーになる仕組み?ですか?
ひょっとして?)

皆様のお越しをココロよりお待ち申し上げております!

ベースを持って遊びに来て下さる方も
いらっしゃるようなので、
何気に楽しい夜になるのではないかと、、、
うふふふ。

あ、休暇(2)の日記は明日以降に更新したいと
思ってますので、今暫くお待ちを、、、って一応予告だけ。うふ。

Good night!

Thank you so much!

I was given an another wonderful evening on last Monday at NB Lounge
supported by many of music lovers and devotees.
AND Happy Birthday, Midori-san – once again as a recap of the evening!

Toru was as wonderful as usual – musically and humanly.
He has shown me another Toru’s cosmic wonder,
and I was totally drown in his world.
By the way, he looked really enjoying the evening because
we heard him even SING. Yay!

Thank you, Dodo-san!

***
Now, the announcement:

The next Monday Jazz at NB is August 3.

As I have mentioned before,
from that day going forward,
Monday Jazz is going to be EVERY MONDAY.
Yes. I said it – it’s going to be WEEKLY.

Mamiko=Monday
Monday=NB
NB=Mamiko

The simplicity is a gem.
I love that.
You love it, too.
Don’t you?

On Monday, August 3, Tadataka will be back in New York
from the successful tour with Satoshi Inoue and his own engagements in Japan.
I know that many of you were wondering where he was.
Now you have an idea on what to do on the first Monday in August –
Come and hear us!

I guarantee you it’s going to be wonderful and
get even better with your presence:)

Monday, August 3
from 7:30 pm to 11PM
(3 sets)

NB Lounge
111 E 56th Street
between Park and Lexington
Click here for the map!

Mamiko Taira (vocal)
Tadataka Unno (piano)

No Cover, No Minimum

***

… I am writing this blog at home
while I’m watching TV and packing my suitcase.
Where am I going to?
I will let you know after I come back…

27-29-28-46-17-9

“A kiss makes the heart young again
and wipe out the years.”

This is what a little paper inside of my fortune cookie said.
I liked it.

It’s not a fortune that won’t be counted on.
It’s not a stuff that disturbs you, me, nor everyone.
It is just a sort of an “unsaid” truth that many are aware of
or at least can agree.
Or perhaps…

perhaps you won’t agree, but
you might find yourself smiling when you read this phrase.

I really liked it, and wanted to share with you.

OK. Now, let’s talk about my next gig.

The next Monday, July 20 is NB Lounge.
Toru is going to play for me again.
We are looking forward to seeing you, everyone!

Monday, July 20
@ NB Lounge
111 E 56th Street
(bet. Park and Lexington)

7:30 PM to 11PM (3 sets)

Mamiko Taira (vocal)
Toru Dodo (piano)

No Cover, No Minimum (thank god!)

Monday, July 6@NB Lounge & Okimiyage

The relationship can bring new things as mutually influencing each other in the course of relation building, and the new things can last even after the relationship is over. Those new things can be something habitual – good or bad, something like or dislike, etc. – and become the familiar things, the things associated to the particular. Regardless of what kind, those familiar things of yours are definitely an “okimiyage,” the gift from the past that keeps reminding you of “him” or “her” in time to time.

Experiences of dining or sharing experiences through the palate are perhaps the strongest and yet the most delicate memories that remain throughout our lives. Then, your memories come back into your reality very often and tickle you with the flashbacks of words you said and heard, joy and laughter, and the seasons with the light or the darkness and so forth. When I bite into a piece of strawberry-rhubarb pie, it brings back the memory the Summer in 1998. When I just saw a slice of red velvet cake, it always reminds me of the diner on West 125th Street and a table I used to sit with him… something like that.

Now the time is Summer. According to the stars and planets above, July is a big, big romance month for Aquarians (!). Did you hear that, all of my Aquarian sisters and brothers? Ah-ha. Suppose I met someone in this month. I wonder…. what would this person bring into my life and how I would embrace the new. How would it enrich my days while he’s with me and after he’s gone. I really wonder.

Life is good.

Life will get even better if you come to see me on Monday, July 6 at NB Lounge;)
Toru and I will serve you 3 sets of lovely music.

Monday, July 6
NB Lounge
111 E 56th Street
(between Park and Lexington)

From 7:30 to 11PM

Mamiko Taira (vocal)
Toru Dodo (piano)

No Cover, No Minimum

人と付き合うことで、今まで好きじゃなかったものや、トライしようなんて思いもよらなかったものにオープンになること、あると思います。あの順応性ってのは、愛の成せる技で。ワタシも、今まで口にしたことのないようなものを、好きになったり、かなりありました。まあ、食べ物だけに限ったことではないですが、何気に食べ物って、多いと思うんです、対象として。ワタシに限って言えば、上では言っていませんが、例えばビーツ。食べようなんて思いもしませんでした、彼が好きじゃなかったら。あと、ココアの味のシリアルとか、ファラフェルなんかもそうかも(笑)。あー、でもどうしてもトライしても駄目だったものもありますけどねー、羊の肉とかはどうも駄目(汗)。

恋人だけじゃなくても、誰かと出会う事で、新しく好きになるものが増えたり、お!って思うようなことに遭うっていうのは、なんだか素敵なことだし、また、その新しく自分に加わったものを、味わったり、手にしたりする毎に、それを出会わせてくれた人を思い出すのも、素敵なことかな、って。

これからどんなものに自分をエクスポーズしていくのか、ちょっとだけドキドキするな、って。水瓶座、運いいらしいですしね、7月だけと言わず、今年全体が。ふふふふ。ガメーズの皆さん、いい感じらしいですよ!

Monday, June 15: Mamiko @ NB Lounge

Hello, all.

Finally we see the sun today – Yeeha!
I just took a short walk to get Café au lait from Joe,
and picked up some grocery from the corner store.
I love the weather today, now I am convinced that
we will have Summer for sure (hahaha.)

As my header says, this Monday is my NB Lounge day.
I hope you can come and join us.
Tadataka is back, and we will play for you three sets of wonderful music.
AND!
There is no cover nor minimum.
Bring your friend and let’s have a great time!

Monday, June 15
NB Lounge (http://tinyurl.com/nblounge)
7:30 PM to 11PM
(3 sets)

NB Lounge is located on 111 E56th St. between Park and Lexington Avenues.

Mamiko Taira (vocal)
Tadataka Unno (piano)

FYI:
Monday, June 15 Tadataka Unno (piano)
Monday, July 6 Toru Dodo (piano)
Monday, July 20 Tadataka Unno (piano)