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High Tea with Professor

End-of-the-year huzzah with Professor Kleutghen, who was leaving for Paris on Wednesday. It felt like a scene from An Education; a casual teatime with our beloved professor, whom we only loved more...

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Mailbag: 3 Beads for Epilepsy

I'm always so excited to receive snail mail, and recently my friend from lalamooo.com sent me her first handmade pieces from her project called 3beads. The concept: A friend of mine passed away in...

May 3, 2013 Like

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The Crescendo

A crescendo is the height of excitement, the last push before a resolution. Last night's dinner with graduating senior Mellon Mays fellows felt just like that. Good food and good company adjacent...

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Big Yum's - Beef Curry Soup

I'm always a fan of soups that are actually meals, especially when it involves curry. This noodle shop across the street from school is a dangerously addicting place, and has become a new guilty...

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Fin de Siècle Splendor

I've recently been reading some contemporary Taiwanese literature, and the writing is beautifully sad. They write about midnight rendezvous amongst friends on hilltops, and looking down upon a city...

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Ἀθηναίη

And so she was bourne from the head of Zeus, fully matured and bearing the arms of war. I find it funny that one of the most iconic women in myth gave men a headache from the start. The shear...

Apr 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Women as Silent Support: Diary of Miss Sophia (spoilers)

Stop. Open this and this. Recently, I read a piece of May Fourth Era literature, Diary of Miss Sophia. It's amazing how even after so much time passing, we are still able to form emotional...

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The Birds and the Bees

Even as technology develops, I am glad that there is always an effort to preserve the past. I recently fell in love with Hibiscus & Sparrow by Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai. Most known for...

Apr 9, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Beans are good for the heart

My good friend gave me these delicious green tea mochi munchies from Japan: sweet layers of mochi molded into edamame shapes. What would be better than to eat with some homemade mung bean porridge...

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Small Yum's: Honey and Hash

Breakfast was never my favorite meal until I learned to make it. Today: hash browns, avacado, and demi-baguette with honey. Recently, I was talking with one of my friends about how to soften...

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Liu Wen: Madewell 2013

Did you know Liu Wen (刘雯) is one of the most sought-after model in the world right now? She was the first Chinese model to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion show runway, and now she's a Madewell...

Mar 29, 2013 Like

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Munny

Dan Robbins was scorned for destroying the boundaries of creativity when he invented paint-by-numbers; in reality, he was inspired by a similar system created by Leonardo DaVinci to teach his...

Mar 27, 2013 Like

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Small Yum's

I'm currently addicted to these Chinese pineapple tarts; they are absolutely an instant gratification food, and I love the pixel-like size wrapped in quietly painted linen paper. I've heard mixed...

Mar 23, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Concept sketches: Woman

Have you ever had a cloudy, unformed thought? This occurs often for me, and I sketch it out. It also helps me to find inspirational images to sketch next to; I found these watercolors to capture...

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Fruit Bouquet

I've always loved edible arrangements for their natural beauty and delicious usefulness. How simple it is to create your own! /// copper planter ////// grocery trip: mustard greens, cabbage,...

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Confucius say

In Confucian ideology, xiao kang, or "small prosperity," means a state of society in which people live and work happily with a sufficient supply of goods to meet basic needs. Reading about the...

Mar 6, 2013 Like

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Wild Flower

As if on cue for welcoming the spring, my plants have bloomed! Orchidaceae, o orchidaceae. Orchids hold a particular significance for me, because they are such a humble, hardworking flower. I heard...

Mar 3, 2013 Like

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Pasta Puttanesca

Dinner at JB's. She has extravagant taste; Pasta Puttanesca is literally, whore's pasta. Apparently, the name is derived from its ingredients, which are all canned, so that they have a long...

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Shanghai by Gucci Westman

When I saw this in a magazine featuring Emma Stone, I had to rip it out. //// image//////// collection The lush jewel tones of plum and fuchsia are so striking and different from the safe palettes...

Feb 25, 2013 Like

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Music: Strange Moods

I'm in a strange mood, and strange moods call for playlists. ////////////////////////////////////////////////// 1. Highschool Lover by The Virgin Suicides ////////////////////////////// 2. Gone for...

Feb 22, 2013 Like

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Thank yous

Propriety is a valued attribute in any society. I took some time to write thank you notes to contributors of the exhibition; I find the process of writing a handwritten note humbling. Enclosed was...

Feb 20, 2013 Like

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Good Shoes

I'm 21!! I've always had a sartorial sense of mind; perhaps only a special select few will understand my decision to frame my twenty-first birthday in terms of shoes. Shoes are critical and central...

Feb 17, 2013 Like

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Time well spent

I once heard someone say, "Valentine's Day is a holiday invented by greeting card companies." Even in China, it is simply 情人节, or "ask people day"; contrary to any other holiday, it is now...

Feb 15, 2013 Like

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Pho

Phở is a very vague dish; I think my vegetarian noodle soup counts as phở because it was made with simple broth, rice noodles, vegetables and herbs. On the side was 红薯干, dried sweet potato, one of...

Feb 13, 2013 Like

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Small cake, small festivities

新年快乐, Happy Lunar New Year! How are you celebrating? My recent obsession for celebrating events is using 6" round baking pans to make tall, tiny cakes. The mundane ease and efficiency of cupcakes...

Feb 11, 2013 Like

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Celadon City

Song dynasty Chinese (960-1279) were the original hipsters; they loved mint thousands of years before it was mainstream. /// similar celadon teapots: 1. 2. 3. I originally thought celadon was...

Feb 8, 2013 Like

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Lunchbox: Bi Bam Bap

I love Korean bibambap (비빔밥), but with over twenty ingredients, I was forced to devise a more simplified version that can realistically be made quickly in the morning to bring as a small lunch....

Feb 6, 2013 Like

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International Giveaway: Firmoo frames and giftcards

Can you see clearly? Firmoo liked my readers so much that they are sponsoring another vision-friendly giveaway! ////////////// pictured: #WO-3005 Prizes: a pair of eyeglasses and (or) 6 designer...

Feb 3, 2013 Like

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Sketch:

I visited the Nancy Hoffman Gallery back in January, and Hung liu's painting Da Fan Che still lingers on my mind as a simultaneously beautiful and haunting painting. I've heard people describe Hung...

Feb 2, 2013 Like

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High Tea with Professor

Mailbag: 3 Beads for Epilepsy

The Crescendo

Big Yum's - Beef Curry Soup

Fin de Siècle Splendor

Ἀθηναίη

Women as Silent Support: Diary of Miss Sophia (spoilers)

The Birds and the Bees

Beans are good for the heart

Small Yum's: Honey and Hash

Liu Wen: Madewell 2013

Munny

Small Yum's

Concept sketches: Woman

Fruit Bouquet

Confucius say

Wild Flower

Pasta Puttanesca

Shanghai by Gucci Westman

Music: Strange Moods

Thank yous

Good Shoes

Time well spent

Pho

Small cake, small festivities

Celadon City

Lunchbox: Bi Bam Bap

International Giveaway: Firmoo frames and giftcards

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