Happy 2009! To celebrate the winter season, here is a funny and cute little video featuring a dancing Jon Heder and Janelle Monáe (the newest of my favorite music artists) singing "Winter Wonderland" (the normal quality version can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= ( Read more... )

I had to wait a little longer than I expected, but a couple of months after the Japan release date I finally got the Lost Kubricks that I pre-ordered. With waiting so long I was tempted to let my order get canceled because I had pre-ordered some dolls in the interim-Little Pullip+ Blue Alice and Petite Blythe Miss Sally Rice are new ones that will ( Read more... )

I recently took this Eames or Aeron? Style Quiz, and here was my result:

You got 15 out of 20 correct.

You're a Style Icon, in the vein of Edie Sedgwick, Jackie Kennedy and Prince - not just well-appointed, but inventive, insidery and ahead of the curve. You own fresh-off-the-runway items from Vivienne Westwood and Salvatore Ferragamo, and accent ( Read more... )

Last week I received a lovely little birthday present from my family-a Pipos Rooney! :D Here are a few photos:


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After seeing Beard Papa's cream puffs mentioned a few times in customer restaurant reviews, one day in December I finally decided to give their choux pastry a try. After I brought some home, inspiration struck! Why not use them in a photo shoot with my little gourmand, Froggy? ;) Here's the result (layout may come out looking a little weird in ( Read more... )

Lost is one of the few TV shows that I make it a point to watch whenever there is a new episode, and when I saw the upcoming Kubrick versions of some of the Lost characters, I thought they were pretty cool, though a tad on the pricey side. After some checking around of price tags, I eventually gave in and pre-ordered a case of blind boxes. I guess ( Read more... )

Almost 2 weeks ago I received 2 new additions to my doll family. One of those was the Dynamite Girl that I mentioned earlier:


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Here are some photos of my Little Leprotto and Froggy dressed as little fairies:


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A few weeks ago I stopped by FAO Schwarz on Fifth Avenue and spent some time looking around the doll section. I guess they no longer sell Pullips or Blythes there, or at least I didn't see them. I never did go when it was first announced that they were selling Pullips there. Since I didn't see my favorite dolls around, I just casually looked at the ( Read more... )

Remember over a year ago when I wrote about my craving for a hamburger from Shake Shack in New York City? :P Well, I've been there 3 times since then-twice for a burger and once just for frozen custard (had to try Sweet Corn when it was flavor of the day). The first of those visits was almost a year ago, soon after it had re-opened on the first day ( Read more... )