Lollapalooza 2010

(images via luckymag, refinery29, style.com)

I'm finally back in America, and one of the first things that pops on my screen is Lollapalooza, and here are a few collected from the world wide web. I like the top layer because it's colorful; I've been such a stickler for colorful lately..

Go-asian-colorful-street-hipsters.. you have been PERMANENTLY IMPRINTED IN MY BRAIN! It's pretty refreshing though, like the rootbeer I will have very, very soon.

Refinery29's San Francisco Streetstye Event

I love streetstyle blogs, comme le Sartorialist (like the Sartorialist) et Jak&Jil - but it would be great to be featured, no? So Refinery29 has come out with their San Francisco Streetstyle Event to collect streetstyle from the lovely ladies (and gentlemen) of the Bay Area, and more from the rest of le monde! Click here. (Don't y'all want to be snapped up!?)


It hits so close to home, California Gurls!

2010 Siren Music Festival

 

Coney Island's Siren Music Festival 2010 occurred not too long ago; I couldn't go, of course, unless I had the time machine from Fringe (of which I've watched half a season!), parce que je suis en Malaysia! But Hannah Thomson of Style.com did, and was snapping pictures along the way. These are a few of my favorite street fellows among the many here.

We're not in Kansas anymore!

The day before yesterday, the family headed out to a Thai dinner, which the idea of je n'ai pas aimé (I did not like) at first! But then they informed us it was a themed restaurant. It was pretty! My sister and I played on the slide thing, it was fun. But it's hard climbing things in heels, you know? The food was bon and karaoke blared from the room downstairs. We sat on the upper deck, where I played bait to mosquitos. The zapper was going off every second! And now I have 17 mosquito bites. SEVENTEEN! So all you foreigners, opt for the air conditioned room downstairs instead.

Jimmy Choo Pre Fall 2010

(VIA Jimmy Choo)

In honor of my trip to Malaysia tonight, I decided to do a piece on a fellow who hails from there, Mr. Jimmy Choo! Here is his Pre Fall '10 collection, and I chose his chunkier pieces; I'm not too fond of sharp-enough-to-stab-you stilettos. I especially like the glittery wedge second from the left. It can't stab you, but it sure can stomp you to death.

My posts will be shooting through cyber space from all the way in Malaysia soon, folks. Right after I get over the nasty 23 hour trip.

Sausalito

Yesterday, my mama took us for a surprise trip to Sausalito, the prettiest little town outside San Francisco! It was pretty hot yesterday, so we popped into a quaint ice cream shop, that was extremely popular. Kona Almond ice cream is yuuuum. We proceeded to to explore the little town, but mama wanted to see the sea, comme beaucoup des personnes âgées (like most old people; my mom isn't actually old. She's "35") Instead, sis and I people-watched. Like animal watching, but with people! We passed a lovely candy shop selling salt water taffies, and took a short break at a Starbucks, taking the picture you see of pops and mama. I got PASSION TEA! Which tastes like passion fruit. We also passed a cute shop, similar to a Fred Flare shop, if we had one here on the west coast. The day ended with a trip to the Falafel Drive In on West San Carlos (AN AWESOME STREET!), which was featured on numerous television shows. Yum.

Union Square

So after sixteen long years here in the valley, Mama finally took us two to Union Square up in San Francisco (I remembered how to spell this from Cisco Systems; such a nerd!) and it was beautiful! It was crowded with people of course, from the slicked back hair of the Europeans to the cigarette-in-hand, skinny jeans hipsters. There was even a glam old grandmama, her hair in a scarf wrap, and un manteau (a coat)!

1) Here is the three-storied Forever 21 - there isn't much to see here. It's like they took the innards of our regular stores and exploded it over a radius of three floors. More stairs to climb~
2)Here's my twin Phyllis clutching her hat and looking around. I don't know where this is actually. But regarde ca cable car! They're famous for them.
3)She's clutching her hat again. Note, San Francisco wind is very typical.
4) I had to snap up this photo while scurrying across the street; but all the sloping hills are so pretty.
5)More street...
6) THE MOST WONDERFUL H&M EVER! This H&M is two floors tall, and the clothes are crammed into it like organized sardines in a neat can. What was most surprising that things hit the sales rack faster than they do back in San Jose, and they get new shipments everyday. The service is super nice too!

Me: "Thank you!"
Salesperson: "No no, thank you."

SUPERBOY

 

Alrighty, so I've been going to my grandmama's house very often lately, because she quite frankly has a tv channel that I don't have, with a cute little show I've been caught up in! And who really watches tv with their grandpapa and grandmama? Well I never did, so it was completely mind blowing that we did! Superboy Sea Star (translated as Happy Boy, but I'm not sure why Hunan TV decided to go this way) has some of the cutest potential stars on it~ But of course, like the majority of the female population, I'm only watching it for the SINGING! Hehe.

There are very few white folks on this show (because they don't know chinese!) but there was one in particular that I have to do a piece on! His name is 赵恩世 (Zhao En Shi) but he does have an English name, I just can't find it on their website. (Parce qu'il a de la Californie! [He is from California]) His style is just so interesting, and his clothes are made by his brother, also from California. He did an amazing blown-up-from-the-side  hair, that reminded me ever so slightly of Lady Gaga.(Images VIA Hunan TV)

This fellow is interesting too.. he has the antler head piece. 

This here's one of my favorites. He almost got booted off though.

THIS IS WHAT SUMMER LEADS TO. But I still love you lots Grandmama and Grandpapa.

Great America

This is California's Great America (The picture was taken from the viewing tower)!

And this here is my formidable foe Drop Tower Scream Zone (known as Drop Zone), I rode it TWICE! It gives me gigantic tummy rumblies. It feels like the tummy rumblies will explode, but they never do! Anyways, the middle cart, and the leg on the very right is my friend Rucha's.

And this pretty lady on the left if Carli, a super happy friend from the 2nd grade. She laughs all the time. The BEAUTIFUL gal on the right is my twin sister. I'm constantly jealous of how pretty she is. AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TWINS.

And here's Rucha getting off Drop zone. She's obviously tired.

And we never got to ride this! When I was little these were the most boring things ever.

Here's the carousel at the entrance; the lower level lives all your cats (YES) dragons, doggies, and whales (etc.), while the horsies are all so stuck up and live en haut.(On top) We rode the horsies.

This is the inside of the viewing tower! We all got tired after our ice creams, so we sat here for 2 turns. We met a nice little tiger-painted girl, who asked for our numbers. The house is a nice little eating shack, but I thought it was so retro, I had to take a picture. TYPICAL AMUSEMENT PARK FOOD. Even McDonald's is expensive.

My sister got a picture of a little boy looking up with an ice cream cone in his hand. MIGNON~

MEOW

http://meowmania.jqln.org/

Cats that show up by the click <3 Complete with cat sounds too!
This is where I'll be on my Sunday afternoons :)

Bug catching is almost due~ The other day I was snooping around my backyard, hunting little bugs, and I saw a pretty printed insect glued to a leaf.. so I plied it off and stuck it in my kill jar. It proceded to squirm and squish,
like a caterpillar! Caterpillars frightened me, so I ran off, abandoning my lonely net outside.

My diary is almost full.