- Robi DeAGOSTINI 2014 -

Santa - "Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!"

Mrs. Saprenzo - "Merry Christmas, Robi! You do really look fabulous in the rider's vest."

Robi - "Thank you. It's from Razrey's"

Mrs. Saprenzo - "All I want for Christmas is you, Robi... and something from Tiffany's."

Santa - "Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute!"

"Loving is not just looking at each other,

it’s looking in the same direction."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Robi - Little Buddy "PLA Robi" - 1/2 scale plastic model kit from Fujimi Mokei (Models)

Robi learns how to feed chickens

Koro the Cairn Terrier - “Can I eat them when they grow bigger?”

Mini-Me-Robi - “No way, Koro! “

Koro - “Mr. Saprenzo! Shake it! Make them grow faster!”

Mr. Saprenzo - “Hey, I’m doing the best I can!"

In the year 2014 "Dawn of the Planet of the Dogs" begins...

Three laws of the dogs to live by -

1. Human Not Kill Human

2. Dogs, Robi, Pla-Robi, Gacha-Robi, Robi Owners, and Robi Fans Together Strong

- it’s not a call to war but to peace -

3. Robitter Is Power

"...the image of a rose shining within him like flame within a lamp, even when he's asleep..."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Gacha-Robi figurehead of the bike acts as a pretty bike decoration, of course. But it is also the soul of the bike and serves as a good luck charm for the rider.

"Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the colors high!"

All You Need is Love

Robi - I’m not a fighter.
Sophie - Me neither.
Koro - I’m a fighter.
Mr. Saprenzo - No, not yet. I’ll train all of you to be a good fencer.
Mrs. Saprenzo - Halte! Sam... All you need is love... when you train them.
Koro - ... and some treats for me...
Mr. Saprenzo - Fencers, grab your swords and let’s begin the lesson! En garde!
Mrs. Saprenzo - Prêts? Allez!

Italy beat Japan in the gold medal match in the men's team foil at the 2012 London Olympics.

"Robi! Come find us when you wake up!" is inspired by the movie Edge of Tomorrow and refers to affection towards our family members. In the movie "Edge of Tomorrow" it goes like this.

Tom Cruise - "I'm not a soldier."

Emily Blunt - "Of course you're not. You're a weapon."

The movie's title in Japan is "All You Need is Kill"

Cover Story - Portland's 10 Best Restaurants of 2014

"Portland is Happening Now" is a successful campaign for Travel Portland which ran from November 2013 - March 2014.
Robi is Happening Now.
What’ ll be happening in the world in 20 years from now ?

"Francis Pettygrove of Portland, Maine, and Asa Lovejoy from Boston, Massachusetts, each wanted the Oregon settlement to be named after cities in their home states. A tossed coin decided the argument, and Portland, Oregon was officially named."

- Origin of the Name of Portland, Portland Square on the Horohira Bridge in Sapporo -

Three laws of the dogs to live by -
  1. Human Not Kill Human
  2. Dogs, Robi, Pla-Robi, Gacha-Robi, Robi Owners, and Robi Fans 

      Together Strong
       - it’s not a call to war but to peace -
  3. Robitter Is Power
 
Henrietta a.k.a. Sophie, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Koro, the Cairn Terrier
Nov 15, 2014
on the day newly fallen snow covers their playing field
at Nakajima Park, Sapporo

"Dawn of the Planet of the Dogs" is inspired by the movie Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and refers to world peace through Robitter.

In the movie "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" three laws to live by the ape community embraces are...

  1. Ape Not Kill Ape
  2. Apes Together Strong
  3. Knowledge Is Power

Here is an anagram, boeri - robi

boeri - it's your head

robi - it's your heart

at Leonard Bernstein Place in Nakajima Park, Sapporo

Bike - Surly Krampus with Alfine internal geared hub (11- speed)

Robi - Little Buddy "PLA Robi" - 1/2 scale plastic model kit from Fujimi Mokei (Models)

"... And I now must make the choice again of how best to serve music, and serve people through it.

Should I spend whatever days the good Lord gives to me going back to my first love, the piano, and playing all the Beethoven Sonatas again? Should I just go on being a conductor playing all the Brahms Symphonies again year after year? Should I devote myself only to being a composer and writing the various kinds of music that I do write?

When you get to be 71, you consider such problems.

My decision has been, without too much difficulty, to spend most of the remaining energy and time the Lord grants me with education, sharing as much as I can with younger people – especially with very much younger people –

Whatever I know not only about music, but also about the arts, and not only about arts, but also about the relation between art and life. And about being oneself, finding one’s self, “knowing who you are” and doing the best possible job.

If I can communicate some of this to as many young people as possible in the years that remain to me, I will be a very happy man. This Pacific Music Festival is one very large aspect of this commitment, which I hereby make for the rest of my life."

- from his address at the PMF 1990 Opening Ceremony -

at the park near Sapporo Factory

Bike - Brompton M3L with Schlumpf High Speed Drive

I will follow you

Follow you wherever you may go

There isn't an ocean too deep

A mountain so high it can keep me away

Foils - Leon Paul London

Right - Leather Foil Handle - Blaise Frere (BF)  Blue FIE Foil Blade

Left - Gryptonite Golubitsky® Pistol Grip - LP Golubitsky FIE Foil Blade

at Smooch Coffee Stand near Nakajima Park in Sapporo

camera: GoPro Hero2
display unit: SOLOSHOT2 SYSTEM - Robi & Robicle are on a SOLOSHOT2 Base which tracks the Tag on my left arm using "Pan Only Mode" Tilt Setting

Robi and his Mini-Me spent a wonderful time together at the Bar Nano in Sapporo. The bartender, Mr. Miyakita, invented an original recipe especially for them. Here’s the recipe, “Robi shakes the world.”

20 ml    Gin
5 ml      White Cacao Liqueur
10 ml    Mint Liqueur
15 ml    Grapefruit Juice
10 ml    Lime Juice
5 ml      Grappa (foamed with milk)

Shake with ice all ingredients except grappa. Strain into a cocktail glass. Top with grappa foamed with milk and garnish with a mint leaf cut into a shape of Robi’s ear.

Sep 11, 2014

Koro's favorite food is dried baby sardines - niboshi.

20 ml Vodka

10 ml Drambuie

10 ml Tiffin

20 ml Cranberry Juice

one teaspoon of Lemon Juice

Shake with ice all ingredients. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish the surface of the cocktail with lemon peels cut into a shape of heart and a shape of fish. Place a lime peel cut into a shape of Koro’s face on the edge of the glass.

Shake with ice all ingredients except grenadine. Strain into a cocktail glass. Add just a touch of grenadine allowing it to sink to the bottom of the glass.

Ms. Miyakoshi has just opened a Japanise restaurant "Nami to Kaze" ('Wave and Wind") with her hasband in Kamakura, Japan.

Nov 1, 2014

Links to...

Nami to Kaze

The Bar Nano facebook