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.

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!

Iro Iro #3 (in Instagram)

1. I've been playing Scrabble a lot these days, with my iPod Touch. It was good to play an analog game, for a change though. I managed to add "ING" to "TWIRL" in this game.

2. A cute camera bag on display at Kate Spade. Wishlisted.

3. Tea service at Palace Hotel, thanks to a friend. I planned to take lots of pictures with the Klasse W but it acted up again. So I hijacked Mr. Lilacmoon's iPhone 4.

(Yes, I'm on Instagram, too. My username is lilacmoon. :) I prefer the design and the controls in Camera+ but there's a filter in Instagram I really like. There's also Magic Hour, where you can make your own filters. Oh, the possibilities!)

Iro Iro #2

1. A new bag. A new ♥. And, um, that's moi.

2. Hello Sandwich's Tokyo Guide in PDF, all printed and bound with gold strings. Yup, Japan is on my mind yet again. And I'm going there soon! There's a stack of guide books I have to go through but I figure one more couldn't hurt. How could it when it's this cute?

3. Crochet hand warmers. Clearly, I was inspired by Sandra Juto's wrist worms. My hands (and feet) are always cold, and I hate how the side of my right hand has to rest on the cold surface of my Wacom tablet all the time. I've been using a leather glove but it's been rather cumbersome to put it on and off for intermittent typing. So after several failed attempts, I made these. I've been wearing them inside and outside the house; so cold these days! And it might even snow here in SF this weekend! That's just crazy talk.

Stay warm, my friends, and don't forget! The 20% off sale at my Etsy shop is still going.

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. :)