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  • A walk in the Bavarian alps and surrounding area.
  • A noon parade for produce & flower vendors. The fruit growers were sold out and carried empty crates!
  • Another great day in Munich!
  • Our first day in Munich. Really a great town!
  • Munich's fruit market and a few trees at my old friend Rolf's house.

    Italy July 2008


  • A text file of my random thoughts and experiences -- the good the bad and the ugly

  • Nice small Tuscan town
  • Great restaurant in Ancona, Osteria Teatro Strabacco
  • A few misc. pix and Margy with Betty
  • Walking around Orvieto
  • From a brief tour of the Orvieto Etruscan caves

  • On horseback
  • 3 wildflowers
  • More sunflowers grown for oil
  • Streets of Montepulciano
  • Small lake
    taken over the past few days - 25,26,27

  • Tuscan sunflowers
  • At the Agritourismo Madonna Della Grazie
  • In Citti Della Pieve

  • A day in Florence on 7-22

    Another great day 7-21

  • Parma lovers kiss by the church.
  • Parma's botanical garden and natural history museum.
  • the last 4 shots from parma at homecenter shop
  • The apartment house of or Friends family and the basement with antiques dating back hundreds of years. The stones in the wall and foundation date to the 1200's.
  • Another giant fig!

    A great day (7-20)with my friend Dr Maurizio Vecchia and his wife Clara.Maurizio collects passion fruit plants and fruit trees. He has a great site www.passiflora.it -- Maurizio has won a number of awards for developing passionfruit hybrids.
  • Cremora town
  • Dalmatian fig tree thats said to be naturally dwarfing.
  • Maurizio and Ken
  • Misc. photos of Maurizio's plants and around the house.

    A few photos from a few hours in Bologna

  • Bologna Photos A few shots from the Bologna Fruit Market and some Ag books. Bought a published book on Avocados and found a page with my photos lifted without permisssion from Internet. I will write the publisher!
  • A Bologna Fruit Market -- Yes, it's My poster she's looking at.
    Vittorio's farm house in Parma

  • Vittorios farm house
    Asti, Bra and Pollenzo

    Margy gets her Asti spumonti in Asti, Ken gets to vist Slow Food HQ and Univ. of Gastronomic Sciences.
  • Asti & Slow Food
  • Director Carlo Catani, right, and Academic Coordinator Nicola Perullo from the University of Gastronomic Sciences with Ken's posters.
    Around Parma

    Our "home" in Parma is http://www.palazzodallarosaprati.it/
    is one of the most incredible places I've ever stayed
  • Around Parma and Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati, Margy & Vittorio
  • Palazzo Dalla Rosa Prati
  • Accordian player in Parma
  • A few jellies and conserves I want to try!
    Borghetto, Genova and a few more from milan

  • A few more from milan
  • Photos from Genova
  • Borghetto photos
    New from venice & verona

  • Great fun doing the Gondola tourist thing in Venice.
  • Venice Fruit market at the Rialto Bridge
  • Views of Venice from the bell tower and other locations
  • Still more pictures from around Venice -- shopping, masks & more
  • A day in Verona with Juliet aka Margy
    Lake Como & Milan

  • Degu's wine and Degustatione bar in Milano on Via washington. Ken's favorite hang out in Milano
  • Wandering Milano after seeing the last supper which btw was not gluten free.
  • Two lovers on the way to the Lake Como train station
  • The Villa where some of the last James Bond Movie, Casino Royale was shot.
  • Milano Station
  • Part of a statue -- someplace I cant remember
  • Fruit tarts in a window on Via Monte Napoleone
  • A lot of pix at Lake Como area and to Lenno Village
  • Pictures on the way back to Como from Lenno.
  • Milano Duomo at night during free concert.

    July 2 Milano

  • Ok, so I had to check out the local fruit market near the mariott on via washington 66.
  • more fruit and man is it nice to have a melon that doesnt break my teeth and has some flavor!.
  • This lady was just looking out the window while we walked to dinner. I asked ( tried to in Italiano) if I could take her picture which I then showed her - "bella bella" she cried. She looks just like Margys mother!
  • Around the corner from margys italian mama was this side street. I just liked the light and colors.
  • These products came as a big surprise while staying in Milano. A great gift from Gluten Free Forum member Aimee-- molte grazie Aimee!


    Sumo in Hawaii June 10 2007

  • June 10 sumo match photos
  • reception dinner on June 8 with Tamanoshima

    Pictures of Ken Love
  • Tour of Aichi-Ken Japan Fig Research Area 3-2008
  • Ken with Chef Paul Prudhomme in Tokyo 3-2008
  • Ken with Dr Yahata at Chiba Agriculture Research Center 3-08
  • Ken checking a nanohana (canola)field in Chiba
  • Bill Gerlach, Ken, Dr Yahata in Chiba Japan 3-2008
  • Ken with Dr Yosef Mizrahi #1
  • Ken with Dr Yosef Mizrahi #2
  • Ken and Margy with Dr. Roberto Coronel 10-07/A>
  • Ken with Bill Whitman 2004
  • Ken and Margy at KCC market Honolulu 2007
  • Ken with Yoshi Ikuzo 2005
  • Ken with display in Guam 10-07
  • Viginia, Ken & Chris Rollins 2005
  • Ken with Rob Love and Stephanie 2005
  • Photo of Allen, Yan, Oscar and Ken 9-2007
  • Photo with Dr. Voon Boon Hoe, Frank Sekiya and guests (7-14-05)

    NIFTY's Feng forum members offline parties

  • Tad's pictures from March 23 2007 in Kagurazaka.
  • Toshiki's pictures from March 23 2007 in Kagurazaka.
  • Toshiki's pictures from Dec. 2005
  • Toshiki's pictures from May 2005
  • Tad's photos of the March 25 2005 Shinjuku offline party
  • March 25 2005 Shinjuku offline party
  • More Nifty FENG forum offline photos
  • Nov. 5 1996 offline party
  • Feb 28 1998 offline party
  • more from 2-28-98 offline party
  • March 21 2002 offline party
  • May 30th 2004 offline party
  • Oct. 16 1999 offline party
  • Oct. 27th 1999 coffee show at odaiba
  • Jan. 28 1995 offline party
  • March 25 1995 offline party at Atsugi
  • 2-24-95 Shinjuku offline party
  • Kunitachi offline party
    2007 Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) in Sayama

  • Sakura

    Soba School

    Text File Coming Soon

  • Preparing the sobako ( dough)
  • First rolling of the sobako ( dough)
  • Squaring off the sobako ( dough)
  • Cutting the sobako ( dough)
  • Finished noodles ( dough)
  • Misc. Photos ( dough)
    Yoshi Ikuzo

  • Fun with great Japanese singer Yoshi Ikuzo 9-05
  • Dinner with the great Japanese singer Yoshi Ikuzo 2003

    Marg & Ken

  • Marg & Ken in the 70s, you decide the century!
    My Mom

  • My mothers birthday page
  • Pictures from her birthday party in Puerto Rico
  • More family pictures from Puerto Rico
    High School

  • Pictures I took in high school in 1968
  • My first grade class photo

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