Electric Chair

The B-Side on Bleached's "Searching Through the Past" 7 inch:

Dive Bar Black Friday

My sister and I decided to take some myspace-esque photos of ourselves before heading out for some special cousin bonding time over the Thanksgiving Holiday. My sister is one of the few people I can talk to and she knows exactly what I am saying even with just a few facial expressions and grunts. Me speak pretty well, yes?

We definitely needed the cousin bonding time and I was able to take a break from everything just for awhile. It was a dive bar black Friday for all of us.

Tous Les Garcons

From a scopitone collection: "Ye - Ye Girls" , better picture quality than some earlier posts. beautiful, exhilarating the way that music and motion compliment each other in this one - as if Hardy all by herself weren't sufficient...enjoy.

Gobble Gobble!

This Thanksgiving was a success! Special thanks to my sister and my aunt for helping my mom out this year since she could not cook. Unfortunately, some of the side effects of the chemo makes her extremities hyper-sensitive to cold. It proved quite difficult for her to even just open up the fridge and to retrieve the vegetables or frozen goods. My sister's turkey was super delicious. The turkey was set in brine since the previous Sunday and had this beautiful golden brown color from brushing it continuously with sage butter.

I had taken more photos with my Pentax K1000, but they did not turn out so well. Target did a horrible job scanning them since most of the pictures had this hideous horrible green scan line in the center. Here are some photos that managed to show up and the other photos are taken from my cousins:

I finally got to wear the Alex Chung for Madewell dress that I had been lusting for, but I got so excited with the cooking and total gluttony that I had little food stains on my dress at the end of the night. (I did manage to get them out later) I'm thankful that I have such a great family whom are very supportive with everything that has happened to my mom earlier this fall. Now that Thanksgiving is over, I can't wait to see my family again for Christmas! Cheers!

Mad about Plaid

Outfit Details:
Navy Cardigan (Urban Outfitters)
Plaid Dress with Velvet Collar & Buttons (Fancy Treehouse)
Grey Tights (Target)

Mirror Mirror

Today's outfit: Thrifted beige cropped sweater (vintage), Polka Dotted Maxi-dress (Thrift Town), Brown ankle booties (not pictured--ebay)

Thankful for Another Year

I'm excited to make the journey down south tomorrow evening to visit my family for the annual Turkey festivities. This year is going to be a bit different in that my family recently discovered that my mom has Stage III colon cancer.  She begins her chemo therapy today so my sister, aunt, and I are going to take over preparing for this huge feast. Knowing my mom, she will probably still try to get in the kitchen and cook something up. We all had a lovely time last year, so below are some photos:

Hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving Holiday!

Into Black

Random photo captures during this week:

1. Orchids in the office
2. Madewell Suede Desert Storm Booties
3. Mirror Mirror (Outfit details: Vintage silk blouse, Vintage Floral Jumper / altered & hemmed)

While out thrifting, I have managed to collect a huge collection of vintage silk blouses of various styles, colors, and pleating. I really do not know what to do with them all and have to resist the urge from buying more, but they really are such good staples to have in your closet for layering underneath sweaters, strappy dresses, etc.

Speaking of blouses, here is a song that I've had stuck in my head for awhile:

So I'm Waiting...

Waiting for Zane-bro to arrive from work so we can brave the rain together and eat dinner. I am starving. Hope my Filipino-ness doesn't kick in where this little Japanese dog figurine (which coincidentally looks eerily similar to Finnegan and also wearing a sweater) will start looking delicious to me as an appetizer for the main course...IRL Finnegan! Hmm...well...This doesn't make sense and I am rambling...Need food!

Choco-cat & Popcorn Drinks?

Japan Town : October 2011

Ice cream crepes, pichura, Hello Kitty, Choco-cat, drinks, and a movie with Sister.

Treasure Island Ahoy!

While my sister was up in the city visiting, we attending the Treasure Island Music Festival. Sister had never been before, so it was fun watching her go crazy over seeing some of the bands live that she had never seen before. Some of the high lights of the festival were: Garlic fries topped with crab, deep fried spicy macaroni & cheese, music, people/bro-watching, being photographed by Refinery 29 (SF), and beautiful weather in the middle of the Bay.