I have a bone to pick with someone. And that someone’s name is September. I want to know, September, why you made the previous 28 days days go by so quickly. I also want to find out how you snuck the Mid-Autumn Festival in on the 12th. I think I’ll call you Stealthy September from now on.

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Friends, I have a burning question: What’s sushi like in Japan? Do rolls contain cream cheese or truffle oil? Are they topped with spicy mayonnaise? Will I find playfully named rolls like these ones at Japanese restaurants in America—Caterpillar Roll, Bad Boy Roll (did we meet in college?), or Sexy Scallop (I wish I’d met you in college!)? These questions run through my mind while I’m eating sushi in my city…

Complimentary Edamame! I like these boiled soybeans sprinkled with salt so much that I would’ve ordered them anyway. (To eat Edamame, you move the soybeans along one end of the pod to the other, scraping the soybeans into your mouth. You then get a mouthful of the tender and plain-tasting soybeans, and salt from the pods. Feel healthy and guilty at the same time!)

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