I heart fashion blogs, and so does my sister. She found out Facehunter (Yvan Rodic) is doing a book tour in North America and is making a stop in Los Angeles. Of course we jumped up to the opportunity to meet Facehunter and maybe purchase his book. His book signing was at Melrose Place. It was in this cute bookstore, Lead Apron. They mostly sell expensive hard to find art/coffee books. The price tags on these books were cha ching expensive! I went off on a tangent once again, so yes we met the Facehunter. One thing that surprises me about Facehunter is he dresses classic chic', in contrast to the people he photographs. Also, he was intrigued about people who follow his blog. He didn't even want to talk about the blog or book. He was asking us what we do for a living, what nationality we are and even asked how are day was. Swiss people are so nice. Anywhoo, my sister was the one who purchased the book because I'm not into buying books about fashion, though I luv perusing his blog. I must say, it's made with LOVE. The hard cover and inside binding impressed me, in contrast to the Sartorialist book. The Sarts' book is pathetic looking. Anywhoo, the quote he wrote on the book is referring to the size of his camera. His minolta was just innocently right next to him and I asked him if that is the camera he uses to capture street style and he said "Yes". We were aghast how small it was since the majority of these fashion bloggers photograph with Nikons or Canons. It's not even an SLR! Truth be told, it's not the equipment, it's the eye; and so, He wrote "Size doesn't matter!". What a funny Swiss.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
gucci artisan corner tour
My sister Darah is in the know with all things shopping. Gucci launched a tour in March called Artisan Corner. These artisans are from Florence, Italy and they were in the Beverly Hills location, assembling and crafting Gucci leather bags in front of our eyes. There was also a video from the factory of Gucci, displaying the craftmenship of bag making. The bag I purchased was actually made at the time, location and with an actual artisan from Italy. It was a nice experience to see how much precision and attention to detail the artisans possessed and to deliver a perfectly hand crafted bag in such a short amount of time. It truly was a unique experience since the tour will only be making a few stops in North America. After Los Angeles, the Artisan Corner will be heading to Chicago and their last stop will be New York. It made our shopping day special since the bag I purchased had my initials branded inside and my sister's wallet was branded with her name as well. I am such a materialist. Click here for some more details of the Artisan Corner Tour.
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style
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
my current thing, urth caffe
I remember going to Urth Caffe ages ago with a friend. I never gave this place a thought since I couldn't stand the obnoxious people that sip coffee at the Melrose location. As you grow older, you tend to allow stupidity around you since I am there for the coffee. I can withstand posers, wannabe actors/agents/stylists, I dunno because I truly luv their spanish lattes. The lattes are amazing. One reason is, I really...really... really miss my cafe con leches from Spain. Everyday, I would drink coffee because it was fairly cheap (uno euro) when I was living there. There hasn't been a coffee place that matches the coffee and coffee experience than Urth Caffe, well except for Aroma Cafe in Studio City ( I heart those gnomes). For the most part, it is very entertaining to sit and people watch. The people are hilarious actually and they are in their own little world as well.
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cup of joe,
urth caffe
Saturday, January 16, 2010
swooshing in lake tahoe
This trip was reminder of what a beginner I am. I have been snowboarding for several years, but I never go more than 1 or 2 a season. It really shows since I didn't even know how to carve; how embarrassing! This trip actually made me realize to be serious in learning how to carve and enjoy snowboarding too. I have to go down that hill with carving style. Well, I never got to learn how to carve during my trip in Lake Tahoe, but after the frustrating time down those amazing hills, I made 3 more trips on my own to my local mountains and finally learned how to carve (^_^). Hopefully by next winter season, I will remember to swoosh down the mountain with style.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
NYC, a second time around
I haven't been to NYC since I was 21 years young. Did the city change or what? It's only been 9 years, but so many barrios have had a facelift and NYC is so much dirtier than I remembered. Granted, I have traveled to other cities, and now I can compare subway systems, parks, eateries and just street traffic and NYC is much dirtier. I still <3 NYC. It's still fun to ride on the metro underground and come up to the street level and be transported in a different barrio. It's also a treat to be out so late because the city never sleeps. I work nights and I still follow that crazy vampire schedule and even in L.A. the only places that are open are diners or taco trucks. The highlights were seeing the new MOMA, guggenheim, magnolia bakery, strawberry fields and just walking around taking it all in. I hope to revisit once again NYC!
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hello kitty,
nyc,
travel
Sunday, November 8, 2009
hello kitty tea party
My sis and I decided to have a nice tea party at Hello Kitty 'Three Apples' Exhibit. It was every little girl's dream to have tea with such an iconic cat like Hello Kitty. We grew up with Sanrio. We bought pencils every weekend because that is what we could afford as little school girls. To own a sanrio pencil box made you luv school and luv to do math since you have a cute pencil to write with. Oh those days. I am still a bit of a nerd because I still use my favorite Ahiru No Pekkle pencil box to house my pencils. I heart sanrio and I heart Hello Kitty.
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hello kitty
Sunday, August 30, 2009
summer skin
Hello stranger! Didn't I say switching careers will allow me to make time for things I enjoy such as blogging? Well, there is no excuse. I have been busy working, working some more and a bit of travel. My summer was something to remember.
Here are my top events in no particular order.
1) I rode in a hot air ballon. Will I ever do it again? Of course! The spectacular views are something not to be missed. Also wine tasting afterwards and massages are not bad either. It was a unique day.
2) My only Aussie friend visits me. It was good to reminisce about Madrid, past travels and show him L.A. from a true Angeleno like moi.
3) A picnic at the Grove and to watch Twilight under the stars.
4) To see some fireworks at the H.bowl and see 2 of my favorite bands (Death Cab for Cutie and The Killers). Also, my first experience in sitting in the box seats; fine wine dining was just lovely as well.
5) A bike ride from San Mo to Venice to see these beautiful canals, priceless.
6) Sammies! Courtesy from Cool Haus.
7) Meiko. A free outdoor concert. Sweet!!
8) Vegas in the summer.
9) My first, LA County fair.
10) Santa Barbara for some wine tasting in Los Olivos, bike riding in downtown SB and Solvang for some Dutch flavor.
Summer of 09' was summery indeed.
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summer skin
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