Nihongo o hanashimasu ka. Hai, sukoshi...

This is Eriko. She is trying to teach me how to speak Japanese. I go to her studio in Jingumae for class every Monday morning after dropping the kids off at school.

My performance during our lessons doesn't always live up to her standards. Probably because I hardly ever do the homework...

Occasionally, though, I do say something right and then she is so proud.
Eriko has two boys too (they are also at the British school and are the same ages as mine), so I understand her need to let loose once in a while. Here she is dancing on a table at Bar 57 in Roppongi at 1 a.m. the night of the cocktail party at the British Embassy.