Hong Kong cat cafes, Bangkok clubs & European train journey. LaCarmina year in review, pt 2.
Goodbye, 2013! What a spectacular year you’ve been. Let’s continue our look-back with highlights of the last six months.
But first: a peek into a Hong Kong cat cafe! Watch my new video on Huffington Post, where I visit Causeway Bay’s “Ah Meow” theme restaurant. It’s home to dozens of adopted cats, including at least three Scottish Folds.
My round Basil Farrow makes a cameo too… Can you find him in there?
Now, back to the yearly sum-up. As you saw in Part 1, I spent the first half of the year traveling for work. In July, I remained in my hometown of Vancouver — but did I stop to rest? Hell no.
The famous German TV show, Circus HalliGalli with Joko and Klaas, flew in to shoot a challenge about lip-sewing body modifications! When it aired, it caused quite the stir among the tabloids. Watch my evil TV hosting in this episode, if you dare.
Seby and I also appeared as guests of honor, at Vancouver’s Anime Evolution convention. We had a great time meeting you, and hope to be back next summer.
Next, my film team and I did an epic journey in Central and Eastern Europe with Eurail. We “coolhunted” emerging trends, nightlife, fashion and more in Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Belgrade (Serbia), and Zagreb (Croatia).
Our videos are getting hundreds of thousands of views, on Business Insider; I’m glad you’re enjoying this series. Here are all my east European travel guides.
Then it was back to Asia. Thailand Tourism sent Seby and me to Bangkok, to experience “T-pop” culture and share it with you. We were hosted by Sofitel So, a blissfully elegant 5-star hotel (this is their funky “Earth”-themed room).
We were enthralled by the colorful local fashion at Siam Discovery, and golden temple of Wat Pho. I still have more Bangkok posts to share with you, so stay tuned to the South Asia page.
I also had the chance to do more TV presenting. Some projects, I can’t say much about yet due to contractual agreements… but rest assured that when things air, you’ll be the first to know.
Above is my latest TV hosting reel, which includes clips from Discovery TV’s Oddities. The cover image is from my dinner with my friend Andrew Zimmern, who was in Vancouver filming Bizarre Foods!
Every year, I go all-out for Halloween and Day of the Dead. This time, I celebrated my favorite holiday in Portland. Between partying, this space-girl floated to steampunk stores, vegan brunches and Lovecraft bars. Click here for all the PDX, Oregon action.
Are you exhausted yet? The year’s not quite done: a TV job meant spending most of November in Tokyo, Japan. I love seeing the cute Christmas lights and decorations during this festive season.
I was also on two magazine covers in December: the alternative fashion Rebelicious Mag, and the in-flight magazine of Hong Kong Express Airways.
And here we are, licking our feet. I can’t wait to see what 2014 holds. Already, there are meaningful travel projects in the works, and a new destination in January… Keep your eyes peeled for the announcement. Hint, it’s somewhere in the Middle East.
For you Tokyo fashion lovers, worry not: I have lots of Jpop posts coming up. You can get sneak peeks (along with snapshots of my cat) on @lacarmina Instagram.
And don’t forget to watch my new HK Cat Cafe video, wink wink.
Do you feel you’ve grown or changed in 2013? What are you looking forward to in the New Year?
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That place looks and sounds adorable!
cat heaven
Wish they had cat cafés in the US! Looks like so much fun.
yes!
nice reporting!:)
Scotts heal the world!!
they do ^^
Did Basil stay home?
Very cute
Happy new year
Love this! Happy New Year to you and Basil!!!
thanks for the video
glad you like!
A Happy New Year 2014! Let the year of the horse let you meet new
friends and fulfilling your cherished dreams. Wish you good health!
Here’s to your health too!
Have a nice Happy New Year into 2014
Happy New Year!La Carmina
Happy New Year !!!!
Happy New Years ♥︎ sending love from japan ꒰ ♡´∀`♡ ꒱
xixi
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
yay!!
Awesome blog as always! Happy New Year for you and Basil!!
Awesome blog as always! Happy New Year for you and Basil!! :)
Happy New Year!!
Happy new year~★
From korea~^^
Thank you! I may be in Korea soon, stay tuned ;)
Dream…Believe…Achieve!
well said!
More beauty ,precious clothes,and your hair,and i love your sunglasses,youre very honest.Happy New Travels.Kisses
Kisses!
Happy New Year !
here’s to a great year.
Applauding your success. Always fun to see what’s in store for us.
I’m so excited to announce my next destination and projects! ;)
ボストンマサチューセッツ州から明けましておめでとうございます!
arigato Will!
Happy New Year La Carmina!!! I hope you have many more travel adventures to share and continue to experience nothing but happiness and success in 2014
Thanks Brooke! Tons of well wishes!
I looked your videos for the first time. Very interesting, I love them. Wish you a happy new year.Hadie
I’m so happy to hear! I’ll be doing many more of these in the new year :)