RedBall Project Adventure!

Nyamo here! Earlier today I was looking through some of my old pictures from 2008 and found these from when the RedBall Project by Kurt Perschke was at Illinois Institute of Technology.

When I first saw it while wandering around on the IIT campus, I was really confused. What was this giant red ball doing under the tube?! Of course, I had to go investigate!

Nani kore? What's that?

As I got a closer look, my excitement grew.

How'd they get that under there? I've never seen anything like it in my adventuring before. Time to take a closer look...

Hmm...

Can you eat it? No...

But you can definitely play with it, nyah~ And it's art, too!

I heard that the Red Ball has been to cities all around the globe. Maybe one day I can travel around the world like that too!

~ Nyamo

Sushi Adventure!

Nyamo here! Time for another exciting adventure, and like all the best ones, this one involves food! And if you thought it couldn't get any better, it involves my favorite food of all: sushi!

My friends and I went out on an adventure to Chicago's north side to find an all-you-can-eat sushi place called Sushi Para II. It wasn't too hard to find after getting off the Red Line.

Yay! We made it! I can taste the sushi already!

It didn't take long to seat us. That made me really happy. Onaka ga suitakatta! I was really hungry! Ordering was done in rounds with paper sheets where you marked down how many of each kind of sushi you wanted.

Everyone's deep in thought trying to decide which kind of delicious sushi to start with first. Hmm...

I decided to start off with some miso soup. Totemo oishii!! So delicious~!

Everyone was excited as the sushi came out on huge platters. Tada!

Mmm.... Sooo good!

It wasn't long before all the sushi was gone and we really did have as much as we could eat. I definitely want to go back again, nya! Buuut, I heard there are some other fantastic all-you-can eat sushi places to visit in Chicago. Maybe I'll have to adventure there next time.

~ Nyamo

Halloween Chipotle Adventure!

Nyamo here!

Yesterday was one of my favorite holidays of the year, Halloween! Nya! I was visiting some friends at IIT and they told me about an event Chipotle was having for a Boo-riffic Halloween, where you can get a free burrito for dressing up like a burrito, taco, or taco salad. Of course this adventurer loves free things, so I just had to go. Bring on the aluminum foil!

Here we all are getting dressed up for the burrito-y goodness with foil hats and tails.

Even Beaker from the Muppets loves free burritos!

All wrapped up and ready to go!

Waiting for the train took a while, but that didn't bring our spirits down one bit.

See, it really wasn't that bad of a wait for the train.

After waiting forever in a long line of other burrito enthusiasts, we finally got our free Chipotle!

NOM NOM NOM

Mmm!!! Burritos sure taste better when they're free!

I'm looking forward to going again next year. You should all venture out to a Chipotle for their Boo-riffic Halloween, too.

~Nyamo

Flava Trippin'

Hello! Nyamo back again with another adventure. This time you'll hear about the miracle fruit, or if you want to sound smart, you can use the scientific name: Synsepalum dulcificum. The miracle fruit gets its name from its special ability to make sour things taste sweet! A friend of mine had some miracle fruit tablets and a bunch of sour fruits for us to try.

Here I am taking my first try of the tablets. Look at those lemons just waiting to be gobbled up! I was afraid they'd be really, really sour, but I didn't need to worry at all. It really was a miracle! I felt like I could've had a whole lemon to myself but my friend warned me that I might get a tummy ache.

"Don't eat all the lemons, Nyamo, or you'll get a tummy ache!"

It was such a neat adventure! If you get the chance to try some miracle fruit, you definitely should. Nya~!

~Nyamo

Back in Chicago

Nyamo here! It sure has been a while. I've been off adventuring in Hawaii over the summer and had so much fun there that I forgot about keeping you all up to date. I'm back in Chicago, and should have more chances to share my adventures with all of you. Nya!

Today I'm sitting here writing this and munching on some oishii (delicious) chocolate from Hershey's that I got the other day. The public transportation in Chicago is so convenient. I got to take the Red Line to get to the Hershey's store.

It didn't take too long waiting for the train to come. I decided to count all the red cars that went by on the interstate to make the time go faster. I counted 7 before the train arrived.


There it is. Yay! And it wasn't very long before I found myself in front of the Hershey's store. The people working there were so nice, they gave me a hat just like theirs!


I even made a new friend while I was roaming around the store. Maybe I'll go back again soon!

~Nyamo