Jr. High Jammy-Jams

Feelin the nostalgia for the 80's 90's. Too bad for me! I wasn't lucky enough to have an older sibling who knew better. I was a bored latch-key kid in suburbia. I used to ice-skate to some synth pop jams a la Depeche Mode every weekend at the mall. The ice-skating rink next to the Ruby's diner with the huge onion rings and crazy cold shakes. Being a girl, you kinda had to have the Immaculate Collection to dance in the mirror to at sleep-overs. In jr. high, our art teacher let us bring in CDs to play in class and every day is was Nirvana. I talked on the phone allll night to the boy I liked about many important topics including who was better: Axl or Snoop.





I want a big crazy dance party!!! MJ, Madonna, Prince, Guns N Roses, Nirvana, TLC, En Vogue, Janet, Salt N Peppa, Jodeci, BBD. Call it pop, call it cheesy, call it bad music! Who wants to dance?

I was Feelin' Insecure

Risei

It was a wet, gloomy December. Hung over and hungry, we walked in the rain to Risei. The café is not so much surrounded by as it is composed of Korean antiques.　The earthen walls have this ability to suck in all the hustle and noise from the outside.　You can hear the bubbling of a kettle on the gas stove, the ticking of old clocks, the muted sounds of cooking. It’s like stepping into another dimension.

There are only 3 things on the menu for lunch: bibimbap, nangmyun noodles, or soup. All of it centers around a generous amount of organic vegetables grown in Miyama, Kyoto. All of it is delicious, but my fav. is the bibimbap set that comes with soup and pickles and later tea or coffee.

Risei is about 100 meteres East on a little side street south of Imadegawa. Open Wednesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm.

Whatever Works.

Another rad person. Sure enough. Obsessed with Michael Jackson.

It is reassuring to know that in the beginning, noone ever really knows what they're doing.