holiday!

May your home be filled with the joy of family and friends this holiday season.

egg custard

We started going to Chinatown once a week lately.  After shopping at a Chinese supermarket, we go for those Egg Custards and a cup of coffee.  They are so good when they are still warm.  Not all egg custards are the same, you have to come this place and pick only Macau style Egg Custards..

Double Crispy Bakery 230 Grand St. (near cross section of Grand and Bowery)

snow day!

the tree

Every year, I see a Christmas tree at Rockfeller Center.
Jewelry District where I buy findings and tools is just one block away from here.


In the past few years when I saw the tree, I always thought of my family.
Two years ago, I took a photo of a x'mas tree with my phone and emailed it to my family.
Last year, I thought of my father who was getting weak everyday at a hospice and I felt guilty to be there in front of festive people taking pictures of the tree.


This year, we are going to spend our first x'mas without our father.
In front of the tree, I suddenly remembered how he smiled when I came home in Japan, and how he yelled at us at a quiet hospital in Kyoto.  


I sometimes feel like I am walking on very soft cloud.  
It's surreal that I live in New York, and my father is gone.


I love Christmas decorations in town, but it somehow makes me sentimental.

kamenoko!

I love to shop at Anthropologie.  One day I found "Kamenoko-Tawashi" at Anthro.  It was the most unexpected thing to see at Anthro for me.  


Tawashi is the oldest scrubber in Japan, made of a palm tree.  This brand name "Kamenoko" (meaning Kid-Turtoise) came from the shape of a brush. I've never known how much they were, because every household has one naturally and it lasts like forever.  I had never needed to buy one after my mom gave me one.


I saw this Tawashi at Anthro with $1.95 for sale.  I should save this Kid-Turtoise.  Now he is working at our kitchen.

They get more creative now, check Kamenoko's website for those beautiful brushes.

Santas

On the way to stop by Catbird, I saw about 50 Santas browsing around in Williamsburg, then drove to Manhattan and I saw even more... hundreds of Santas.  


Was there a meeting for Santas from the world yesterday?

Holiday Picks

Enjoy HOLIDAY SHOPPING!

after turkey, before holiday

Additional collections are added today!


Thanks for coming to the genart event the other day.
I was very impressed the fact that people knew about my line and they also checked my website.
I thought only my friends were checking my blog.


I feel very heavy (myself) after Thanksgiving, but I'm still hungry for inspiration.
In case I have time in the weekend, I hope to check Tim Burton's exhibition at MOMA., and Art of Samurai at MET.


Have a nice weekend!