Week #42

Big change last week was that I finally got me an iPhone. I'm ridin' the wave of the future, folks! And these are what's being left behind in the dust. (not pictured: Samsung Uproar. Darn, where did I hide it?)


No more "Can I use your iPhone real quick? I wanna instagram" requests to Mr. Lilacmoon. He might be happier than I am right now.

Week #37

Things I want to remember this week.


On Tuesday, I returned from a quick trip to San Diego. More pictures on this later. Hee.


I visited the Museum of Craft and Folk Art to see the "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" exhibit. Check it out if you're in San Francisco! These are some of my favorite bojagi (traditional wrapping cloths) and bojagi inspired pieces from the exhibit.


Mr. Lilacmoon's freshly laundered socks.


And his apron of choice.

Week #34

Sunday I stopped by Photobooth SF.


Monday, Mr. Lilacmoon's long-awaited Steepster Select's August teas arrived. One of the three teas are from our favorite, Red Blossom. Yay!


Tuesday's breakfast was made special with my new favorite, Kouign-Aman, from B. Patisserie.


Wednesday, I had the most awesome shioyaki I've ever tasted (ayu at Sebo).


Thurday at work, Rebecca once again proved to be very difficult to take pictures of. God, I love her.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

'Till Next Week

Just dropping by to say a quick hello and to wish you a good weekend ♥. I just came back from a wedding in the Midwest. Boy was it HOT! I really can't complain about the weather here.

Keep it real, you guys.

iro iro #4

Recent new favorites:

1. A relatively new Japanese restaurant in Hayes Valley called Nojo. I loved their chawanmushi, which is egg custard steamed in a cup.
2. Essie in Da Bush (the middle bottle), one of very few green polishes that look good with my skin tone.
   
3. Who knew one of my neighbors had a kitty! I saw this guy (girl?) on two separate occasions on my way home recently, and it was super cute. I'm going to pay more attention to this window from now on..

And I'm absolutely loving the two covers of Uppercase Issue #10. Oh so cute! And a little sad.. I was going to make a cute bow tie for Fifi someday..

Anyway. What are your favorites lately?
Hope you all have a great weekend!

Back

So sorry I was gone for a such a long time. Lots of thing happened since the last time.. But here I am now, almost ready to get back into things. I'm finally taking more pictures, with film cameras and Mr. Lilacmoon's iPhone Camera+. So many different tools these days! The above pictures were processed using this app called Flare from Iconfactory (love these guys). I'm still figuring out my work flow with it. You will see more of my experiments with it from now on..

As for my shop, it is on hiatus until I figure out what I want to focus on. I didn't want to dwell on the older projects, so I cleared the shop. I was already having a hard time moving forward, so that's what I decided on. I wish I had some new stuff to announce right now but I have to be honest and tell it like it is, no?

If you're wondering what that snack is, it is a chestnut pastry called kurizutsumi, my new favorite from Minamoto Kitchoan ♥. I tried pairing it with the chestnut tea from Lupicia. The tea smells better than it tastes but I still like it. Hope you all have a relaxing, peaceful day.

Iro Iro #1

1. An unusual cardboard box for mini Essie nail polish bottles. The nerd in me got a kick out of unfolding it and folding it back together. I know, I am easily amused.

2. Loose-leaf tea from Lupicia's fukubukuro. We got two boxes of these mystery sets, one with flavored black teas and one with green tea. Mr. Lilacmoon and I don't usually drink flavored teas, so we thought it would be an interesting way to try something different. And it was! It was like opening Christmas presents in January. I haven't tried all of them yet (it will be awhile) but I like the chestnut one a lot so far.

Speaking of tea, I can't wait to try this tea app, and I don't even have an iPhone (well, I use iPod Touch). Looks promising, doesn't it? It's great to see more people interested in tea (and apps for them!) because that means cafés and restaurants will start carrying more teas and brew them at the right temperatures. Hopefully.

Have a great weekend, my readers!

PS: iro iro means "various" in Japanese, one of my favorite words. I think I will use it more often here. :)