arigato

My six-year-old niece sent this small box and a letter by my husband who were returning from Japan.
  
Inside of the box, there were sugar cookies - yummy!
When I saw this box, I was speechless.  
It says "thank you" on top and look a this, a squirrel gives a flower to his girlfriend.  


It's beyond Kawaii!! If I were a cat, I would sharpen my claws like crazy to release my excitement.


The letter from my niece is filled with "arigato" and "daisuki" (I love you).  
Two words which make you smile all day long.

a night of kobe-beef with victoria

After the trade show, we went out for a dinner at Megu to taste "restaurant week" menu.

So much to catch up and so much to eat.  This can be the endless night for girls.

Kobe beef is nice, but we can still enjoy talking even with a cap of tea for hours..

Three is my number

What's your number?  

When I made number pendants in the past, 5 was the most popular pendant among what I sold.  

I guess there are many people who's favorite number is 5 - at least in New York.

My number is 3, I was born in March and my name comes from old Japanese word Yayoi which means March.

Now we call it Sangatsu meaning 3rd month.

I love everything about March.  Cherry blossom is my favorite flower, I like to smell of the air in March, I like to change my clothing in the closet from winter to spring.

That's why my number has been always 3 since my childhood.

I found "take a number sign" at Anthropology the other day, and I bought number 7 (universal lucky number!) and (of course) 3.  

A casher person said "3 is my number, were there still some on the shelf?  I have to get it."  

There goes my rival in a team 3.