SuperEggplant

You’d think I have enough bags, but, well, Peter doesn’t call me the bag lady for nuthin’! When I saw some of Chikako‘s new items at her Nordic Section shop, I just couldn’t resist this little goodie:

Cute, huh? It’s a nice little tote!
And here are some gift bags I picked up at Ichiban Kan, the dollar store in San Francisco’s Japantown:

I don’t know if you can read the text very well. The one on the left features a squirrel saying, “If acorns are not collected more!” Um, yeah, right on squirrely! The one in the middle has a dog wanting to go for a walk, and the pink one on the right has an elephant stating, “It is fine. I want to go to play somewhere.”

Well, Amy is safe at home now. We had a fun-filled weekend with glorious weather! We stayed in a very cute little hotel in San Francisco that I must recommend: Cornell Hotel. It’s a French hotel in a great location just above Union Square. They even have a resident Golden Retriever that escorts you to your room and understands French!
Okay, I have to confess that I only took one photo the entire weekend. Here it is:

There’s Amy with her frozen slushy matcha drink with little mochi squares on top. We got those at Cafe Hana in Japantown, where we also hunted down craft books and cute stationery at Kinokuniya. We also got incredible 15-minute shiatsu massages from some young lanky Asian boy and had dinner with cancer-killing Megan.
So anyway, Saturday we hit the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market where we enjoyed Blue Bottle Coffee and sampled June Taylor jams. We met Thuy there, whom we dragged around downtown with us (she has quite a few incriminating photos of the day). After the market we went to the yarn mecca that is Artfibers. Now, I know a lot of you out there hear about Artfibers all the time, but really, you can’t know how amazing the place is without actually GOING there. The web site cannot accurately reflect how luscious and yummy and addictive the yarns are!
I am getting kind of boring with my blow-by-blow account. I’ll just say that we also hit Britex Fabrics, saw a man wearing all orange and yellow and carrying an orange and yellow Hello Kitty messenger bag (yes, he was dressed more colorfully and ridiculously than me!), and went by Kinokuniya in San Jose, too. Sadly, we missed Rachael, the Full Thread Ahead launch party, and the Mike Doughty show, but one can only do so much.
I have to go fold laundry now, so I will leave you with a shot of my new jam and fabric:

I hope you all had a weekend as fun as mine!

Amy of amyville is coming to visit for the weekend. She’s never been to San Francisco before, so we are heading up there as soon as her plane touches down! If you see a crazy blonde and a crazy Asian eschewing the San Francisco uniform of all-black clothing and chattering nonstop, that’s probably us. Stop and say hello!

I was fortunate enough to receive one of the coveted spots in the Secret Pink Hair Accessory Swap hosted by the one and only Kat/Pinku. Today I got my hair accessories from Melinda, an Aussie living in Japan:

Cute, huh? And how cute is Melinda in that photo, clutching her giant box of melon Pocky! I feel like sticking all those hair accessories into my coif at once!
And for those of you who are curious about how that KnitPicks Shine yarn is, here’s a peek at the color cherry:

It’s kind of a strong tomato red, I think. Can’t wait to swatch it up!