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random san fran trip
Sep. 2nd, 2009 10:19 amI'm sitting and drinking tea at Judy's place while checking my email. <3
So yesterday I woke up and drove to San Francisco. This is my last week before I go back to work on Futurama. Crossing the Bay Bridge on a beautiful day and seeing the ocean and the bright blue sky was just wonderful. Completely cleared my head.
(nice change from the HUGE FIRES in LA, too.)
Drove all the way to Japan Town and had a nice relaxing time trying on things at the BABY store.
I'd said before, but I never got to try things on, so I didn't really know... but the dressing rooms are so nice at the BABY store! Very large. I hate HATE HATE trying on dresses in tiny dressing rooms (like the ones some stores have in Japan.) It's like a tiny little standing tent. I always feel like a ginormous elephant in them. And I feel embarrassed... and it's already bad enough that only certain things fit me right.
but BABY's dressing room at their SF store made me totally relaxed. They even had disposable face covers there to keep the makeup off the dresses, and had a petticoat for you to use already in the dressing room! Even has a little bench to sit down on if you need to.
I did -not- try on jackets at Black Peace Now. I love their stuff, I really do, but when pretty much everything is marked "S" for small... I just didn't want to bother. It's not cheap, either! I think I really just need to sit down and go through my books of styles I like and make myself a tail-vest or something to my liking. It's not like it's anymore complicated than other jackets I've made for costumes.
Looked in detail at the New People store on the ground floor, they had lots of cool books! I got one on making those cute silicon sweets actually. My guess about some of the icing being made out of cauk appears to be true? We'll see. (If anyone has english tutorials about this online, please let me know. I want to play around with it.)
Finally saw where the Q-pot stuff was (in a glass case at the register) but they had all the price tags hidden... and I know Q-pot stuff is expensive, so I just didn't feel like asking about it.
I got another great kitsuke book, this one about making soft casual obis and their bows. I mean, it's stuff you could probably figure out if you tried, but I like having the diagrams, and the book had some lovely coordinates too. I haven't bought a kitsuke book for at least a year...!
6% DokiDoki only has about 2 weeks left and then they are switching out the store,....! (Michelle, I have a thingie for you. <3 Sorry I forgot to bring it last time I saw you.)
anyway, I wonder what store will be next??
Had fun exploring that attached shopping center (which I'd never actually done much before...) Got a crepe. <3
Had a lovely dinner with Tony and Judy <3 <3
Today, thanks to Tony's rec, I'm going to The Sutro Baths to explore a bit... and then depending on how I feel, I might head back home.
Photos later.
I'm all packed for Dragoncon, mostly... I have two huge bags and a carryon,... I wonder how much THAT's gonna cost me. :P
So yesterday I woke up and drove to San Francisco. This is my last week before I go back to work on Futurama. Crossing the Bay Bridge on a beautiful day and seeing the ocean and the bright blue sky was just wonderful. Completely cleared my head.
(nice change from the HUGE FIRES in LA, too.)
Drove all the way to Japan Town and had a nice relaxing time trying on things at the BABY store.
I'd said before, but I never got to try things on, so I didn't really know... but the dressing rooms are so nice at the BABY store! Very large. I hate HATE HATE trying on dresses in tiny dressing rooms (like the ones some stores have in Japan.) It's like a tiny little standing tent. I always feel like a ginormous elephant in them. And I feel embarrassed... and it's already bad enough that only certain things fit me right.
but BABY's dressing room at their SF store made me totally relaxed. They even had disposable face covers there to keep the makeup off the dresses, and had a petticoat for you to use already in the dressing room! Even has a little bench to sit down on if you need to.
I did -not- try on jackets at Black Peace Now. I love their stuff, I really do, but when pretty much everything is marked "S" for small... I just didn't want to bother. It's not cheap, either! I think I really just need to sit down and go through my books of styles I like and make myself a tail-vest or something to my liking. It's not like it's anymore complicated than other jackets I've made for costumes.
Looked in detail at the New People store on the ground floor, they had lots of cool books! I got one on making those cute silicon sweets actually. My guess about some of the icing being made out of cauk appears to be true? We'll see. (If anyone has english tutorials about this online, please let me know. I want to play around with it.)
Finally saw where the Q-pot stuff was (in a glass case at the register) but they had all the price tags hidden... and I know Q-pot stuff is expensive, so I just didn't feel like asking about it.
I got another great kitsuke book, this one about making soft casual obis and their bows. I mean, it's stuff you could probably figure out if you tried, but I like having the diagrams, and the book had some lovely coordinates too. I haven't bought a kitsuke book for at least a year...!
6% DokiDoki only has about 2 weeks left and then they are switching out the store,....! (Michelle, I have a thingie for you. <3 Sorry I forgot to bring it last time I saw you.)
anyway, I wonder what store will be next??
Had fun exploring that attached shopping center (which I'd never actually done much before...) Got a crepe. <3
Had a lovely dinner with Tony and Judy <3 <3
Today, thanks to Tony's rec, I'm going to The Sutro Baths to explore a bit... and then depending on how I feel, I might head back home.
Photos later.
I'm all packed for Dragoncon, mostly... I have two huge bags and a carryon,... I wonder how much THAT's gonna cost me. :P
