Vitamin S for Health?

At dinner last night, loud laughter filled the dining room. We had started the second week and were in the mood to celebrate. Soon after someone yelled "Karaoke!" we packed three vans with not-so-blue Blue Zoners and zoomed off for a night of song and dance.

The karaoke hall's Mama-san (hostess) greeted us at the door and escorted us into a living room- like atmosphere of low-slung couches arranged in rectangles for large groups. Her beautiful young assistants smiled when they saw the Italian, Gianluca, step in. Local residents expressed both shock and awe as we quickly overwhelmed every available seat.