HOLIDAY ROUND UP!!! Part 2

so... this is taking a lot longer than we'd like but since we're lunatics that celebrate the lunar new year as the official holiday to commence the year 4708 (2010) we can still put these photos up as our holiday round up.

hey, it's a carol-sel up in the hk bar!

ooooh, that red glow.

happy black ballooons to the birth of Virgo, a place to go for reworked vintage and contemporary threads in downtown Los Angeles.

brooke alexejun, the pastry chef, keeps it rockin'.  heya mikey!

congrats to the boos & besito's ladies, rana shoar and alejandra hernandez, on a successful store opening.

our family can't get enough of that dim sum action. sean is pretty stoked to be eating dumplings.

secret location for hot toddies

and listening to xmas carolers. fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la... thanks, abe!

danny trying to steal xochitl's white elephant present. a fave cock among revelers.

santa's missing reindeer, mcnerney, was with us! sorry kiddies.

the remnants of a night well spent.

happy birthday, princess esther!

yummy lunch with marisa at the tewasart's new thai restaurant, Soi 7, in downtown Los Angeles. congratulations, boys!!

had to make a quick stop at neighboring bottega louie for some scintillating chocolate cupcakes.

the holiday season wouldn't be complete without a sake-filled karaoke session with amy st. nicholson

followed by tuna nanana night!!

it's a lovely sunday

this makes us happy

Remembrance of poems past...

Seriously, it is a brand new year!

Having a reflective evening - a poem I came across while in college popped up in my mind. Enjoy...

Self-Portrait at 28 by David Berman

Thanks Rosebowl-cut for keepin' things fresh!

You never know what you're going to come across at the Pasadena Rosebowl flea market.

Perhaps an awesome troll collection? Or a well dressed dude with way avant garde hair cut. Or how about a couple dressed in head to toe denim radness.

Thanks Rosebowl for always keeping me:

excited* inspired* and never short of surprises.

HOLIDAY ROUND UP!!!

The end of 2009 took us abroad to some good food, good friends and hard work... We were lucky to come back to the states to so much holiday love and high spirits. 2010 is pretty amazing so far. Here's a quick look back for us...

view from hk's peak!

our lungs stay fresh and clean with these swell face accessories.

saigon street food. somebody's grandma makes some awesome noodle soup.

our little cousin's astronaut is in the second one from the right in the second row!! blast off!!

that's the munchkin's sparkly star above their heads.

 

gettin' fresh with me?

 

love the smell of pine, apple cider and pumkin pie.

carol and mr. che are trying to get away from that guy behind them. that fine salesman eventually convinces them and twelve of their friends to go and get drunk at the buffalo bar.

an over 21 karaoke birthday and tiny tot video game birthday!

abatecola can cook a mean pre new years gnocchi!!

tucked away in an alley side building in saigon.

uh, yeah, there are holiday raves in vietnam!

eating five times a day from the street vendors can make you little tired. blogging about it is making me crave a steaming bowl of bun bo hue!!

dinner at home in hong kong. spicy spicy spicy crab noodles in the center there... watch out!

thanks for taking us around town, jeffy! see you in the spring!

MERRY HOLIDAYS AND HAVE A SNAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Getting Fluent in Mercedes w/ Mr. Tung

start off with a meal and caffeine at midi... yum... soy latte

now we're ready to experience the wonderful world of Ms. Mercedes Helnwein... here's a sampling;

 

 

and she makes experimental films too... 

 

 

a big thanks to Mr. Tommy Tung for introducing us to her work!

 

 here's an article he wrote for Juxtapoz on the writer, illustrator, experimental film maker extraordinaire, Mercedes Helnwein.

Lounging in Style?

We need some new chairs in our studio. Peeped around the net and look what we found... 


Not sure if I would want to sit in this eco friendly one...

and this one looks sorta interesting...

how about these? maybe too high concept?

amelia-earhart-walks-the-runway

The REAL Project Runway with Amelia Earhart...

Thank you, Ms. Amelia Earhart, for adding a style of your own to the world.

And thank you to the savvy aviatrix, Ms. Anita "Neta" Snook, for being her first instructor!

WE LOVE STRONG PIONEERING WOMEN!

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