Category — find me elsewhere

Although I’m not exactly sure how it happened, that article I wrote on the Nowhere Resorts was the most popular, making me the winner of Battle of the Bloggers! My prize is a 2-night stay at one of Kiwi Collection’s hotels so, ironically, writing about “Nowhere” got me somewhere!

As you can imagine,  living in NYC with 2 kids (age 1 and 3) has given us very little vacation time. So this really means a lot to us. Thank you to everyone who read the article and to everyone who passed it on! And thanks to Kiwi Collection for inviting me to participate along side a group of such talented bloggers. I had a blast!

You may have noticed when I tweeted about it last week, but I was honored to be one of the chosen bloggers participating in Kiwi Collection’s “Battle of the Blogger” contest.

The competition is tough as I am up against some very talented writers including Carrie of DailyAddict, Erin of ElementOfStyleBlog, David W. of TheWorldsBestEver, Jen of MyFolieaDeaux and David P. of The Roaming Boomers.

The post with the most hits wins a hotel stay of their choice. So help me take a vacation by visiting my article HERE, where I feature the Nowhere Resorts!

different fonts used in “Harry Potter”

I wrote an article for Snow Magazine based on an interview I did with Hideo Satoh – the go-to-man for movie subtitles in Japan. He has been in the biz for over 40 years and has taken on everything from Casablanca to Avatar.

It’s a bit more lengthy than my usual posts but I would appreciate it if you took the time to read it. You can read the full article here.

I wrote a post on SUMICA kids furniture by student designer Michiko Eguchi. Read it here…

I also did a post on SEAL, a Japanese company that makes these cool bags (and shoes) from recycled tire tubes. Read it here…

I have a column in Snow Magazine covering Bunzo Ogawa’s Absolute Arrows, a public restroom project in Hiroshima. Read it here!

just in case you were wondering….
via the considered ensemble

My latest post for inhabitots features Rina Ono’s Cowakka, a hancrafted handle perfect for all the small straphangers of the city! Read the post here.

I decided to omit it from the post, but the handle was manufactured by Takahashi Kougei, who also worked with Oji Masanori to create his gorgeous KAMI series of cups.

I wrote up a post on the Yu Watanabe x Hiromatsu Furniture line. In an interview the representative discussed an interesting initiative in which they recycle all of their scraps into these wonderfully tactile SONO Beans. They also divulged an exciting new product, SONO Clay, which is essentially potters clay made out of sawdust. Read the full story HERE.

Related:

• Hiromatsu Furniture

I wrote a short post on Chigo wooden toys. I remember playing with these toys as a child, and how the simplistic beauty would stimulate my imagination for hours on end. Especially the seemingly magical wooden tops, which actually turn upside down on their heads while spinning (YouTube clip)! Read the full story on inhabitots.

My post over on inhabitots is up covering Oji Masanori‘s line of evolving children’s furniture. Read the full story on inhabitots!