Once again I accomplished no sewing. How can that be? Saturday Melissa and I headed north. Our original intention was to go to the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington, but we ended up going to IKEA instead. I got some much needed cheap furniture. Afterwards we went to the Great Wall Asian Mall. This was one of the stores there:
Speaking of munchies paradise, here are a few items that recently have made their way into our house:
We have Aji Ichiban here also. I love the pickled, candied ginger they have. Yum!
Not nice, Peter!
Hey Mariko, I wanted to dash off a thank you for the makeup questions/answers! I went to Sephora last week and picked up my Bare Minerals starter kit-all because it was recommended so highly by your readers. I just love it! I feel so good going out and not worrying about my little red spots showing, and yet not looking like I have lots of makeup on. And it doesn’t take any time at all to apply-way cool:)
There’s one in Cupertino, CA, too. Don’t just go for the semi-natural foods- my boyfriend the sugar fiend loves their hard core sugar candies.
im in love with ritter chocolate!
I LOVE Aji Ichiban!!!!!!!!!!! Actually, I have been excited to go shopping there for one of the candyswaps : )
I have Ritter envy! I can only find 3 flavors locally. Now I am a bad influence as I have hooked my mother on the Ritter Sport Rum Raisin & Hazelnut. Can you go to jail for pimpin’ the Ritter?
ohh dark chocolate marzipan ritter is amazing. i haven’t tried the two flavors you show but both look yummy. and in case anyone is interested, cost plus carries a variety of the ritter bars. i think they are a national chain?
can’t wait for the first candy swap, this has got me itching to go candy shopping, yeah!
I was led to Munchies Paradise in SF Chinatown – what a find! Next time, I’ll read the candy labels better – I thought I was buying spiced dried plum candy but ended up with Mexican hard candies readily available on my side of the bay. 🙁
Hey, mariko, my kids love my new candy hobby. We are “trying out” new candies from IKEA. The marshmallow cars are not a big hit. But it’s fun to try!
I love the Great Wall! I stumbled over it completely by accident one day, and oh boy, did I go shopping! I’d really been missing my easy access to Japanese and Chinese groceries when I lived in Los Angeles. Plus, yummy Japanese grilled salmon lunch – with pickles! I would have purred if I’d had the equipment…
Those Ritter Sport bars are great. I had the one with chocolate creme over a cookie layer – maybe the ‘basic’ Ritter bar? Yum.