Quick trip to LA last weekend found us downtown and in need of breakfast. The Nickel Diner came through with some of the finest doughnuts I’ve tasted in, well, ever. The Samoa nods to its Girl Scout progenitor, and does a good job recreating the depth of texture that makes the cookie so nice. And [...]
There’s cuteness everywhere.
Nice Polaroid exhibit at a mall in Causeway Bay. Had no idea they even made a pinhole camera.
Nice signage at the market for the meat section.
Another exhibit inside of the mall — this one filled with handmade cuteness.
The next food craze in Hong Kong: fried chicken rings. Kind of a cross between fried chicken, [...]
200km above the arctic circle, the Ice Hotel in Lapland even has its own church.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Northwest’s premiere budget boutique hotel - The Ace - will soon have new digs on the east coast. In line with Ace properties in Seattle and Portland, many of the NY rooms will feature shared hallway bathrooms – but at least you’ll have you’re very own in-room turntable. Not kidding.
Along for the ride [...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Kwun Tong is an industrial neighborhood on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbor — a long way from the galleries clustered near Hong Kong’s Hollywood Road. I have a feeling that this choice of location was intended to put both physical and symbolic distance between Osage Gallery and the oft-underwhelming work on display across the [...]
art swap meet in the desert featuring booths from some of our favorites!
Featured booths by:
Gabie Strong- Smock Shop - Lisa jo & Debo Eilers - Matt Borruso’s Book Store -
Ooga Booga - We Have Photoshop - Amy Yao - Circular File - Lisa Sitko - Anicka Yi & Maggie Peng -
Kye Potter & Julia Dzwonkoski: [...]
The drop-off in updates during the past two weeks had something to do with the fact that we were in Portland preparing for our impending move to the west coast. There’s a lot to like about Portland. Here are a few examples: Its bridge-laced situation on the Willamette River. Its farmers market. Its compact, traversable [...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
This was dinner at the mall on the first night. HK cream soda should be exported to Europe and the rest of the world.
Interesting mix of the old and new with the shiny gigantic building in the background and what looks like a Venetian courtyard amidst lots of rubble in the foreground.
Had the [...]
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Theme magazine’s Beijing/Olympics issue is out. It features a condensed city guide that Shu and I helped develop for those checking out the Olympics first hand.
Timezone 8 book shop in Dashanzi, Beijing