my favorite gallery

jen bekman is my favorite gallery in nyc.

Event: Design Night on Duane Street

last wednesday, i checked out this event called design night on duane street. there are some amazing antique funiture and objects stores and art galleries along duane street in tribeca, and this was the night that they collectively set up an open house to celebrate their style and design. it was very well organized and it was such a pleasure to browse through their stores and galleries at a beautiful night. final note. i found project 8's new retail outlet and they said that they are not officially open yet but used the night as "pre-showing" of their store. oh, and the highlight of the night was when i stepped into this gallery and found amazing pieces of original andy warhols. i have this weird thing about andy warhol. every tme i see his original works, i just can't stop looking at them and stay in front of the pieces for about good10 minute or so. i juts have to observe every little thing about each work and i have to carefully look at his signature and how the line of pencil traveling on the paper. whenevr i see his works, i juts have to feel that he really existed by looking closely at his works. but i didn't take pictures of them i always try to remember how they look in my head rather than take actual pictures of them. i know it sounds weird.... anyway, it was such a fun night on duane street.

i am going to marry this store

today, i visited partners and spade at 40 great jones new york, ny 10012. this store is just so good hat i want to marry this store. it rapes your perception of retail store, commercial objects, artcrafts, souvenirs, and "things" in general. it is absolutely better than sex. it just, omg. i can't put it in words. i am still too excited to write about it. all i can say is i am marrying this store, and will have children together.

an amazing art event

 i visited RE:FORM SCHOOL in nolita, manhattan. it was this amazingly organized and curated art event, and there were so many people just having fun and enjoying the art. the vibe was awesome. i was even happier to see two of my favorite artists were a part of it to exhibit their amazing art! one was our favorite, Mike Perry. he had two original paintings and two collage works and two objects. i seriously wanted all of them!! especially the objects. they were must amazing.  but this time, i purchased one of his paintings for our store, RE:STORE STUIDO. i am sending it to japan soon. can't wait to show people in japan!!! the other artists, were Gold Teeth Brooklyn.  we are in LOVE with their enjoyable screen-printed greeting cards. this event was so much fun, and also inspiring. i wish i can organize something like this in japan some days...

studio visit

the other day, i visited a studio of one of the artists that i work with. he is my favorite artist, and it was such a pleasure visiting his studio. can't wait to show what i found, to people in japan.

a website update (only if you are interested)

i have updated my business' website a bit. especially "about" and "export" pages. ONLY info you are interested, please check. thank you!

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enjoy.

the p-o-o-p

yeah. i will talk about poop today. don't worry. i will keep it as intellectual as possible. ok, so i often find massive poop by these horses from NYPD (you know, what i am talking about, right?) on the streets. i mean, it's massive and smells pretty bad, like toxic. but it's always just there and nobody, or i should say, no police man, even tries to clean it out. it's just there as if nothing is wrong with it. but as a matter of fact, it is very bad. it looks bad and smells bad (oh, i've already mentioned it). on the other hand, i often find the above sign all over the city, saying you get fine if you don't clean up your cute little puppies' poopy. ok, so you tell me, now. which are worse, cute finger-size poop by a dog, or massive serving-of-20 amount of brown toxic slimy bomb by a chunky horse. and you fine the little poopy and try to get away with the bomb in the middle of the street? come one, city. clean up.

chelsea well-marketed

 as market research, i visited chelsea market at meatpacking district. the market was as delightful as it has always been. so many kids with family and very very cozy vibe. perfect place to visit on weekends with your friends and family. what surprised me, however, was the amount of people around the area. now that we've got apple store on the corner of 14th street and 9th ave, there were so many i mean, too many people on the street and for a spilt second, it reminded me of broadway in soho on weekend, which now i think about it, is a nightmare came to life. i mean, when i was in college, my first internship was at this office in meatpacking district about 7 years ago. at the time, the area was still developing and the streets were way more quiet than now. it was low-profiled area. it was 7 years ago, yep. now, in 2010, with new establishments marching its developments, such as high-line park, standard hotel and all the other commercial retail outlets, the area has lost its edgy-ness, which is fine, but to me, its time to say good-bye to the area, if you know what i mean. but i can tell you this, though. if the city has invested so much on developing the area as another area for the tourist destination, they have been doing a great job on it. they have gotten the result worth every penny. because, i just can' t believe how the area has evolved into this highly commercialized area in 7 years. great job, the city of new york. i can't love the city enough.

yep, its indoor.

at dumbo art festival.  i am so jealous of kids in 21st century cause you get this inside of a building.