-={ Fri Feb  7 14:22:51 PST 2014 }=-   
   -=< Re: yo ho ho and a bottle of rum >=-   
      
   Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> I'm not so easily mobile myself nowadays   
      
   Understood.  I believe far too many are feeling the pinch these days.   
      
    NB> Oregon and Washington state have a relatively high Japanese   
    NB> population, too, possibly other Asian as well   
      
   For sure.  I believe it extends from at least the Mexican/US border north to   
   Alaska along the Pacific coast.  Not sure about Mexico but it wouldn't   
   surprise me if there was a large Japanese - and other Asians - presence there   
   as well.   
      
    NB> So that could have been another early foothold...   
      
   Exactly.  The article where I read it quite some time ago had a well known   
   Japanese chef opening the first sushi bar in Vancouver with one in San   
   Fransico pulling up a close second.  Either that or the other way around but I   
   seem to recall Vancouver being first.  I'll have to see if I can find that   
   article again to confirm my memory of it.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... don't cry for me I have vi   
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