Category Archive for Cute Yummy Time
HELLO KITTY SANRIO ANNIVERSARY: GYARU BEAUTY PARLOR PARTY IN LOS ANGELES. CUTE FOOD DEMO WITH BENTO CUTTERS, ANIMAL SHAPE CHEESE & CRACKERS.
I’m coming to Los Angeles to do a Cute Yummy Time book signing in late November! Details TBA, but need I say I’m bursting with excitement?
I did two cute food demos and signings at New York’s Broadway Panhandler, a wonderland of kitchen goodies. I’m wearing an h.NAOTO skull dress from Closet Child Shinjuku, a steal at $70. My witch hat and pumpkin hair clips are from Tokyu Hands in Shinjuku. The crown choker necklace is Black Peace Now from Closet Child Harajuku. (My outfits get progressively weirder on the tour, as you’ll see.)
I did a cute cheese and cracker demo: bento cutters are an easy way to add a twist to hors d’oeuvres. The children in the store rushed up and were wide-eyed at the transformation. One girl couldn’t stop flipping through the photos. Another loved the fairytale about Basil Farrow and me (found inside the book — it’s not just recipes!). And it was a pleasure to see old friends and meet blog readers.
The books sold out at the store — but you can find Cute Yummy Time online here. (Video from The Today Show and another store demo coming soon.)
Oh, Hello Kitty — that ol’ queen won’t stop celebrating her birthday! Coming up in LA on Nov 11: Hello Kitty Gyaru Beauty Parlor party at Royal/T maid cafe. Featuring DJs, fruity cocktails, photo ops with Miss Kitty and Fuji Instax photos by Caro. Be a high-maintenance Japanese gal for a day; get your hair, nails and makeup done like a little hime princess. Visit the Zippercut website for more details.
Keep the contest entries coming to win an autographed copy of my Tokyo Theme Restaurants book; please spread the word and comment here to enter. Thanks!
Song of the Day #233: GACKT – Flower (Requiem et Reminiscence II Final) (SO glad I got to see him on this tour.)
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COURTNEY LOVE & HYSTERIC GLAMOUR BABY DOLL DRESS COLLABORATION. CUTE YUMMY TIME IN WOMAN'S DAY & METRO NY, JAPAN TREND SCOUTING.
I mentioned Twittering with Courtney Love in my last post. It’s a funny story: the Hole singer/actress found my blog because she loves Harajuku fashion, especially Gothic Lolita. In a typical OCD move, she flooded my Twitter inbox with messages and asked me to call her, so I did — and we chatted for over an hour. I probably shouldn’t spill the specifics, but suffice it to say that Courtney knows the Goth/punk brands and Takeshita Doori inside out.
Courtney also told me about her collaboration with Hysteric Glamour and friendship with the designer, Nobu. Above is a dress from the recent collection. It’s a Courtney through and throughout: the baby doll cut, the faded florals and photos (which look like the mood boards she creates). Nylon Magazine has a behind-the-scenes video from the photoshoot found in this month’s issue. What do you think of the Hysteric Glamour x Courtney Love collaboration?
I’m recovering from my Cute Yummy Time book tour and five days of Halloween. Til then, let’s play catch up. I have three new articles on CNNGo I think you’ll enjoy:
† Cute characters get artsy. Who would have thought Hello Kitty and Super Mario Brothers would become modern-day muses? Artists are recreating their images, and other Asian icons like them, in inspired mediums, including rice paddies and snow.
† 5 Asian theme parks that confuse and disturb. Nevermind the roller coasters. At these amusement parks, it’s the Hello Kitty musicals and male organs in the ladies room that will make you scream.
† Learn Asian languages the entertaining way! Put down your books and pick up Korean from a Hangul rap song, Japanese from a Nintendo DS game, or Chinese through Facebook apps.
Metro NY and Metro Philadelphia recently printed an article about my cookbook Cute Yummy Time. It made it onto the cover…
… and my Scottish Fold cat Basil Farrow steals the show inside!
Woman’s Day Magazine printed some Halloween recipes from Cute Yummy Time. (If you’re interested in ordering the book or finding out more, click here.)
Last but not least, Harukosama interviewed me about “cool hunting” or Japanese trend-scouting. You can read my thoughts after the jump.
Song of the Day #231: It’s Klaus Nomi time! A big playlist for your pleasure. Ah, what I’d do to watch him perform Total Eclipse live in the 80s…
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