I've been taking it easy today. Check out these idioms.

There are a lot of things that I should be doing, but instead I've been taking it easy.

• take it easy - 気楽にいこうぜ (きらくにいこうぜ) (exp) ; (from Edict); リラックスする、気楽｛きらく｝にする［やる］、のんびりする、ゆっくりする、休む、肩の力をぬく、無理｛むり｝しない、悠長｛ゆうちょう｝に構える、あせらない、のんきに構える、のんきにやる、落ち着く、怒らない (from 英辞郎 on the web)

This afternoon I went to the Ryoji Ikeda (池田亮司) exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (東京都現代美術館). It was an audio/visual exhibition of both his sound art and visual art. Part of the exhibit was an excerpt of his Datamatics piece, which I saw last year in Ebisu. While the work is not quite cut to the bone, it is very minimal, with lots of black and white; the sounds are electronic. Some might feel it's just beeps and noise.

• cut to the bone ぎりぎりまで値引きをする、ぎりぎりに切り詰める (from 英辞郎 on the web)

At any rate, I really enjoyed it. You might like to check it out.

• at any rate - 何せ (なんせ) (adv) (uk) ; anyhow; (from Edict)

Always think of you all, I was on the lookout for mistakes in the English signage, but I couldn't find any. Good job, Museum of Contemporary Art!

• being on the lookout - 看視 (かんし) (n,vs)

After the museum, I went to Kinshicho. Of course, there I couldn't avoid the mistakes even if I wanted to.

• I couldn't forget her even if I wanted to.
  彼女のことは、忘れたくても忘れられない。(from 英辞郎 on the web, lots more good examples here)

The one that takes the cake, though, was on the menu at It's Vegetable.

• take the cake ケーキを取る、一等賞｛いっとう しょう｝を取る、一番｛いちばん｝になる、一番素晴｛いちばん すば｝らしい、受賞｛じゅしょう｝する、優勝｛ゆうしょう｝する、優等賞｛ゆうとう しょう｝ものだ、際立っている◆【語源】黒人のcakewalkコンテストの賞品としてケーキが使われたところから。(from 英辞郎 on the web)

This is a really great Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant.

• 東京都墨田区錦糸４−１−９ TEL（０３）３６２５−１２４５

However, their menu really needs some help. I can't really make heads or tails of this one:

• ××× "As of Special Make Dish Cooked in Miso Lump of Vegetables and Tofu"
• can't make heads or tails of something - ～を理解｛りかい｝［把握｛はあく｝］する◆【用法】通例、否定形で用いられる。◆単数形のheadとtailが用いられることもある。◆【参考】(from 英辞郎 on the web)

OK, I'm making too much of it. I know they mean it's a special dish of tofu and vegetables cooked in miso. Still, like I've said before, if you're going to use English on public materials, please CHECK with a native speaker.

• make too much of ～を大げさに扱い過ぎる (from 英辞郎 on the web) <- I'm not sure if this is the meaning I want. It's similar to the next one.
• make too much fuss about ～にこだわり過ぎる