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The “Benefit” of Living in NYC
One of the best things about living and working in NYC is that there are so many opportunities for random treats and freebies. Today, for example, we got to hop in a pink SUV and get a free makeover and … Continue reading
things you can do with your kid’s artwork
I don’t get excited about too many new businesses out there, because I feel like most are not very original. But I think this one is totally brilliant. Child’s Own Studio custom makes soft toys out of children’s drawings. So … Continue reading
Posted in something awesome
Tagged art, awesomeness, child's own studio, children, custom-made, drawing, paralysis by awesomeness, shopping, toys
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ask and ye shall receive
The last time we were in Hong Kong, The Husband and I made a spontaneous decision to go see a movie. I say it was spontaneous, because we usually bring sweaters and jackets with us, as it is usually, like, … Continue reading
Posted in Customer Service, Hong Kong, lesson of the day, something awesome, something new i noticed, something new we tried
Tagged air conditioning, awesome, awesomeness, blankets, cold movie theater, consumer behavior, customer service, hong kong, jacket, market research, movie, movies, pain points, paralysis by awesomeness, snow white and the huntsman, sweater, the blanket factory
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wishing on a sky lantern in thailand
There’s so much I want to tell you about Krabi, Thailand — the beaches, the islands, the longtail boats, the thousands of carved wooden penises at Phranang Beach (don’t worry, my perverted little friends, I’ll come back to this later). But today, … Continue reading
chairman mao: total pop icon
I’ve been seeing these Oba-Mao/Chairman Obama T-shirts all around China and Hong Kong, and it turns out that they’ve been around for quite some time. I found an article from 2009 about how the government banned the sale of these … Continue reading
Posted in Life in China, obsession
Tagged awesome, awesomeness, Chairman Mao, Chairman Panda, china, Communist, confused, culture, Fashion, hat, hipster, hong kong, iPhone case, Oba-Mao, Obama, obsession, on-line shopping, pandas, paralysis by awesomeness, Red Army, Red Guards, shenzhen, shopping, T-shirts, taobao.com, we need you for the revolution
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i don’t understand it…
but I like it. I like it a lot. FYI: you can buy your own set of carlashes here. YOU’RE WELCOME.
Posted in Life in China, something awesome, something new i noticed
Tagged automobile, awesome, awesomeness, Can I have one?, car, cars, china, chinese brand, confused, eyelashes, feminine, headlights, Hello Kitty, I don't understand, I like it, only in China, paralysis by awesomeness, things you see in China
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pets that keep giving
The husband and I recently decided that we want to raise chickens. We never even talked about it, but we somehow agreed on it. I think a couple factors contributed to our decision. For him, it was hearing Alice Walker … Continue reading
Posted in obsession, something awesome
Tagged "Eating Animals", "The Chicken Chronicles", Alice Walker, awesome, awesomeness, books, cage-free, chickens, domestic animals, easter eggers, eggs, food, free-rage, gardening, grocery shopping, Jonathan Safran Foer, paralysis by awesomeness, pets, raising chickens, reading, yard, zoning
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