住的地方附近有一間日本餐館 「Gajyumaru
」，看網路上的評價還蠻不錯的。

(不過我對美國人的味蕾不太放心，口味畢竟還是不一樣)

每次經過時都會想觀望一下裡面的情形，但窗戶貼著隔熱紙看不到裡面，只知道裡面光線有點昏暗。

有點擔心它生意不好在我去吃之前就先倒了。



星期五，帶著一週的疲憊，實在不想開伙，決定下了班回家把背包放著就去吃。

晚上九點打開餐廳的大門，店不大、大概十桌不到，但居然只有一桌空位。看來原本的擔心是多餘的了。

店的佈置就像是家庭式洋食館一樣，裡面還有一個壽司的吧台。



菜單拿到先放了半個心，除了少部份是美國才吃得到的東西 (如 teriyaki chicken、spicy tuna) 之外，大部份都是蠻道地的食物。而價錢...當然是紐約價。



二話不說點了竜田揚，炸豬排之外的最愛，$16。

服務還不錯，餐前餐後都送上熱毛巾 (在台灣不算什麼，在美國似乎還沒碰過)。點的可樂也幫你開罐倒在杯子裡。



附餐我選的是沙拉。主餐送上之後簡直嚇了一跳，這根本是不可能吃完的份量嘛。八大塊的炸雞就這樣躺在鐵板上，薯條也是剛炸好般的燙口。



雞肉很好吃，就是很一般的醬油口味，不過我只能解決一半，另一半外帶。說來 $16 也不是太貴了。

最近 UNIQLO 在主打他們的牛仔褲
，連紙袋上的設計都改了 (+J
是似乎是他們的新系列)。



UNIQLO (in the US) has been promoting their jeans lately. They also changed the design of their bags.

(+J seems to be their new line. The concept is described here
.)

今天收到了 2010 人口普查的表格，
人口普查的結果將會決定政府社福經費的比例。

利用這個小小的機會幫在美的台灣人發聲。

前幾天有一位先生來我們實驗室，說三月八日星期一電視影集「Law & Order
」會來這層樓拍幾場戲。前一個星期五，一些影集的工作人員開始在實驗室附近無人使用的護理站和病房佈置。



We were told the other day that there would be a team from "Law & Order" shooting a few scenes on our floor. It's always exciting that one has a chance to see show biz people working on a set, not to mention it's a pretty well-known television show.



The shoot was on Monday. Some crew members came over the Friday before for some preps. I took a couple pictures when they were not around.

電梯旁的販賣機被移走了，換成這台看不出商標的假機器。



They moved the vending machine near the elevators and replaced with this one. I assumed they just didn't want to have brand names on tv.

真貨跑到走廊的另一頭。



The real vending machine should look like this. They moved it to the other side of the building.

從實驗室外面拍的，可以看出許多為拍攝做的準備 (原本是空無一物)，甚至把沒在使用的護理站變成了育嬰室!



They also turned an unused nurse station into a nursing room. Pretty amazing!



星期一上班時發現，原來以為是「Law & Order」的工作人員，胸前居然都貼著「Gossip Girl
」的貼紙。可惜從來沒看過這部戲，有幾位看起來很明顯是演員的人卻完全認不出是誰。



When I came to work on Monday, I was a bit surprised that it wasn't the
"Law & Order" team. The crew members all have stickers on their
shirts saying "Gossip Girls". Unfortunately I have never watched this
show or it would've been so cool to be able to recognize some of the
actors.



後來就沒再拍照了，因為到處都是走動的警衛。不過整個劇組忙到很晚，我們下午八點走時，他們還在一樓拍另一場戲。



I didn't take any pictures during their shooting. There were too many security guards walking around. I have to say, that this is no easy job. They were still shooting the time we left at about 8 pm.