Remembering Tom Beidler

I've been pretty caught up in my daily life but today I decided to take some time out to remember a person who was important to me. I didn't know him very well, but because I know he had a wide ranging positive impact on myself and people with whom I share community I decided to organize a memorial night for him, and in the process googled him and I wanted to share here what I found.

His name is Tom Beidler and he died on the 27th of September 2012, he was known as the outgoing, friendly and energetic owner of Yobot in Helsinki, and he will be missed. Tom's obituary can be found here: http://muistot.hs.fi/muistokirjoitus/5153/tom-beidler (it's in Finnish)

and article I wrote about him can be found here: http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/9240

His blog: http://tbeidler.wordpress.com/

and here are some articles about him and Yobot:

Yogurt Fuels American Dream in Finland
For Sale Elements of Frozen Yoghurt
Take your pick

And in Finnish

Jogurttijaateloa Kaikenkielisille
Perhana Sentaan
Yobot Frozen Yoghurt tarjoaa hauskan ja terveellisen vaihtoehdon suomalaisten suosimalle jäätelölle

We will have a memorial for Tom outside of Yobot on the 31st of October 2012.
Everyone is welcome to join and you can find out more on Facebook

If you have any links or anything you would like to share, please contact me of post them in the comments section.

Thanks for reading,
Edna

Kunnalisvaalit 2012: I'm running!

Hi everyone,

I know I have been away for a while and I know I always have excuses, so here's another one: I'm running in the local elections in Espoo, Finland.

Okay, well no, that is not the only excuse. But it should suffice because the other excuses are much to long winded and boring or personal. And that is the most exciting information I have to offer at the moment. Well I can say that I am still pretty dog tired, but I am managing and the excitement of local elections just can't be beat. You can see my election blog here ; http://ednanelson.wordpress.com/ if you are interested it would be good to just go there from now until the end of October. There will be videos. Maybe I'll cross post them.

Thanks for reading, I am so happy to be back!
- Edna

Sorry Ya'll!

It's been a long time!
I've been pretty much working seven day weeks the past two months so I've been pretty darn busy! I will be back though and soon!

Thanks for reading!
- E

Back from Tokyo Vlog!

Will vlog more later!
Thanks for reading/watching and I missed ya'll
- Edna

My Japanese Family: Part 2

This is us on the first night of my stay.  Although I had been up for over 24 hours being around

 this family energized me and gave me the strenght to continue on to this wonderful Chinese Dinner! Yup, my first night in Japan I ate chinese, and let me tell you it was good!

Return to my Wishlist!

Okay so before I left I made a list of things I wanted to do while I was here in Tokyo, here it is again. Tomorrow is my last day so I am revisiting it to prioritize my day tomorrow, and to update ya'll on what I've done:

• Wake up in a comfortable high rise apartment, walk over to the window and see Tokyo at my feet. (nope but don't care, I went to a club on the 13th floor of a building, that was enough for me!)
• Catch a ride in a Fancy sports car, and get a driving tour like that. (nope, but I did get a lot of rides from the trainstation and back!)
• Drive a moped through Tokyo (nope, no excuse, I forgot about it? I don't mind)
• Drink Boba tea (I know it is korean, but it reminds me of Tokyo)  (I will tomorrow)
• Eat Tempura and lots of other stuff.   Yeah! I did this at a Traditional Japanese Restaurant, which is next on the list, and oh yes, I did eat LOTS of other stuff! Yum!
• Eat at a traditional Japanese restaurant.  Delicious, pictures later...
  

My Japanese Family!

This trip has been going really well, only a few more days left. I feel totally at home with them and they really are pulling out all the stops for me. I appreciate it beyond words.