Happy New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy!

I didn't prepare for Chinese New Year like I usually do because I had it in my mind that everything started on February 7. Whoops - that was last year. Chinese New Year 2009 starts tomorrow. Portland got a light dusting of snow, but it melted quickly. Instead of cowering at home with the kotatsu table, I dragged Joe out in the cold for an Art Walk in Old Town/Chinatown, with an excursion to the Chinese Garden and the Japanese Historical Plaza. Joe hadn't been in the Chinese Garden since the time he got in for free when it first opened 8 years ago. We had to leave the tour early at the Plaza because I couldn't move (frozen). The docent was frozen, too.