Monthly Archives: August 2012

Happy Labor Day Weekend

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Sheri

Wow! Labor Day weekend is here already. Technically Autumn doesn’t start for a few more weeks, but there is no mistaking the change in the season this year. Already there are a few scattered leaves on the ground, the days … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | Tagged happy weekend, labor day | Leave a comment

Prada at the Met Museum

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sheri

Did you get to see the Schiaparelli & Prada Impossible Conversations exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before it ended? A friend and I popped in last month to check it out. Snapped a couple of photos before the … Continue reading →

Posted in NYC, Sewing & DIY | Tagged hard chic, metropolitan museum of art, miuccia prada, naif chic, schiaparelli & prada exhibit | Leave a comment

Macaron Cafe NYC

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Sheri

Macaron Cafe opened a new location during the summer. It is dangerously close to Japan Society and depending on the rhythm of the lights, between Grand Central and JS, I end up walking past it all the time. Finally had … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, NYC | Tagged macaron cafe, mocha flavor, NYC, sweet treat | Leave a comment

Rilakkuma School Supplies

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Sheri

Can you believe it is Back to School season already? It is so obvious at work; the place has become a ghost town with everyone squeezing in that last holiday with the kids before September arrives. Having started studying Japanese … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan Obsession, Lucky Pack | Tagged back to school supplies, kawaii school style, rilakkuma and korilakuma, school book bag | 3 Comments

Celebrating Obon

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Sheri

There is nothing so simple and yet so iconic as the lanterns used in Japanese celebrations. I snapped this dramatic display on a recent shopping excursion to our local Mitsuwa Marketplace. Every year they hold a festival for “Hachigatsu Bon,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Japan Obsession | Tagged bon festival, japanese lanterns, obon | Leave a comment

Love Toxic Freebie in Nicola

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Sheri

Just picked up the August edition of Nicola magazine. It’s target market is Japanese teens and focuses on the fashion lifestyle trifecta of clothing, hair, and makeup. This month’s edition includes a promotion from Love Toxic that includes an eyeglasses … Continue reading →

Posted in Clothing, Japan Obsession | Tagged eyeglasses jewelry, harajuku, japanese street fashion, love toxic, nicola | Leave a comment

日本語のクラス (Nihongo no Kurasu)

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Sheri

I have learned more in 20 sessions of Japanese than I did in a few years of Spanish and French. The Toyota Learning Center at Japan Society in NYC has really done an impressive job both with the selection of … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Japan Obsession, NYC | Tagged japan society, japanese cuisine, learn japanese, nihongo no kurasu, toyota learning center | Leave a comment

Green Tea, Black Sesame & Vanilla

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Sheri

Had the yummiest ice cream at Mitsuwa today in the Ito En New York specialty shop. Chocolate is my first and foremost love… but this blew me away. Who knew black sesame could be so sweet!

Posted in Food, Japan Obsession, NYC | Tagged black sesame, green tea, ice cream, ito en, mitsuwa marketplace, soft serve, vanilla | Leave a comment

North End Grill

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Sheri

Last weekend got together with friends and had dinner at North End Grill in Battery Park Manhattan. Asumi is a sales representative (and awesome social marketer) for Dassai Sake with some great connections in the restaurant industry. She dropped a … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, NYC | Tagged barbeque, dining in nyc, Floyd Cardoz, North End Grill, tasting menu | Leave a comment

Macarons – Financier Patisserie NYC

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Sheri

Our charming summer intern brought in a box of Financier Patisserie Macarons the other day. She was already winning our hearts as she has been a life saver on an insanely complicated project. This cemented our debt to her. The … Continue reading →