gboothe wrote:Long term Tokyo resident Passes awayEdward A. Stauffer, 47, of Mita, Tokyo, passed away at 5:04 P.M., October the 19th at Jikkei University Hospital after a lingering illness.
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Kiki's Pub Bar Review: Nothin' but the big city blues
...When I called the second time, the owner, Ed Stauffer, answered the phone. He didn't have to tell me he was from the Bronx, but I did have to tell myself it was NOT Robert De Niro on the other end of the line. Ed even looks a little like the actor, as he likes to point out. Ed has the reserved, self-assured manner of a native New Yorker, which involves being laid-back and on edge at the same time. After growing up in the city, he joined the marines. "It was either that or jail," says Ed...more...