Month: February 2010

February Happiness

Posted on by Hijiri

I can’t believe February is over! It’s always one of the happiest months of the year for me so I just wanted to post some photos from this month… Hope these would make you happy, too :)

Valentine’s day strawberry pancakes from Randy:

Beautiful roses from Randy:

We went to Blue Note New York for Brunch:

Great show by Elin (Loved it):

Thelonious Monk Beer!:

Empire State Building in red and pink:

Anniversary cupcakes by me:

Maia wanted my birthday present:

“A View From the Bridge” — it was great! Enjoyed it very much. Scarlett Johansson was so lovely.

Babbo Dinner. Oh my god, it was awesome. One of the best meals we’ve ever had! He is truly an amazing chef!

Love the yellow flowers in my yellow kitchen :)

Till next year, February. I love you!

Porter House Logo and Card

Posted on by Hijiri

About a month ago, we went to Porter House Restaurant for NY Restaurant week and had a great meal :) I saw their logo and the card and of course I took it home because I thought it was great and caught my eye immediately. It looks like it’s printed on wood, but it is a paper, but look at the beautiful wood stains and burned-like wood texture — that would have been so cool if it was a real wood and the symbol is actually burned in, but hey, everyone has a budget, right? The card is on really nice and thick stock so the quality is so there.

and then, I was looking around the lovely Louise Fili Ltd website (I admire her work soo much!) and here it is! The Porter House design! It was done by Louise Fili. No wonder it looks awesome.

I’d love to get my hands on restaurant designs — anyone opening a new restaurant?! :)

Coffee Love

Posted on by Hijiri

I love my cup of coffee every morning. I really do. Sometimes, I wake up just so I can have a fresh cup. It is my big motivation and inspiration everyday :) We actually love this coffee from San Francisco, called Blue Bottle Coffee (we used to live right around the corner from their Hayes Valley kiosk) and we just couldn’t have anything else after drinking that coffee everyday and now that we live in NYC, we actually subscribe their coffee twice a month ever since we moved here. (oh, I actually have blogged about it before! I will keep saying this over and over.) Yes, it is THAT good. And it is so worth waking up for.

Anyway. I’ve been finding some coffee related cool items here and there so I thought I should share my coffee love to you today <3 Enjoy!

Hello Darkness My Old Friend print (via scoutie girl):

Heart Coffee Scoop (found via etsy storque):

Love Coffee Mug:

Strong Coffee Poster:

hmmm these things are inspiring me to print something new… with coffee love in mind :) Something to think about… (sip sip)

Cascading Flower Wall Art

Posted on by Hijiri

I am still a bit tired from a fun night out on my birthday last night… (thanks so much to my husband, Randy!) so I wanted to share something pretty and soothing in my tired eye… this beautiful cascading flower wall art by Dashing Etc. Flowers are made of a light blue-gray wool blend felt in an embroidery hoop frame, so it is ready to hang.

There are more pretty felt flower art at Dashing Etc. etsy shop, make sure to check it out!

Have a great day, everyone :)