second honeymoon, junko, french kitty and Yoko Kanno

[aimeekitty]

If you haven't seen Serenity or Wallace and Grommit yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

What would be cooler? Going to Hawaii, France or Italy (or someplace else)?

I was thinking maybe for Mitch and my fifth or sixth anniversary or so we could go on a really nice trip somewhere. I personally would like to go somewhere with stuff to see and do. I like to see beautiful old buildings, shopping, having really good food, and just looking at beautiful scenery. I don't know for sure, but if I'm still working at the Simpsons, then we'd probably go in the spring.

JUNKO MIZUNO AND FRENCH KITTY---
does anyone know a good online retailer for tshirts from these? a google search just gave me a lot of sites with sold out shirts :(

Does anyone know the translation for "Field of Love" by Yoko Kanno?

Is anyone else bothered by Newtype USA only featuring Japanese cosplayers? :P

Today was a good day, but OMG, so busy *_*

Comments

[little-teacup.livejournal.com]

I'd love to go to either place, but if I had to choose one, I'd pick Italy :)

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed Italy more than France. The people, in general, were nicer, more helpful. Lots of fine museums there (as well as in France, of course, but to see some of the nicest you have to go to Paris which is... um... not the City of Love for Americans).

Plus the Vatican! The Pieta! The Sistine Ceiling! Giant donuts!

[quirkybird.livejournal.com]

I dunno...I found that Paris was very welcoming to Americans, so long as you weren't rude. If you show up to a nice restaurant in running shorts and yell at everybody in English and expect everybody to be out to cheat you, people will inevitably react with hostility. But if you come to enjoy the city and are polite and gracious, as real Americans should be, you'll have a wonderful time.

Ultimately it depends on your food prefences and the time of year. For the love of GOD avoid Florence and Rome during spring break.

Also, art history-wise:

ITALY--- Classical & Renaissance

FRANCE--- Medieval & Impressionist

[asathena.livejournal.com]

Vienna, Austria had all three things: beautiful old buildings, museums (Vienna's chock full of 'em!) some good shopping, delicious food (especially if you like bread, pastries, and chocolate) and some nice scenery in the palaces (or if you want to take a daytrip, Halstatt is unbelievably beautiful).

[asathena.livejournal.com]

Also, I've been to Rome--granted, it wasn't for very long--but my experience was that it was kind of like Disneyland: very overcrowded, easy to get run over by mopeds, and lots and lots of tourists to deal with. The subway system there kinda scared us, too (lots and lots of people jammed together, with possibility of getting pickpocketed or worse). I enjoyed the Vatican city and seeing some museums there, but...I wouldn't recommend Rome. Florence isn't too bad (it felt much more laid-back), and Venice... Venice doesn't have much greenery. :)

[ziggybecket.livejournal.com]

Are they only doing Japanese cosplayers now?

They used to feature US cosplayers, I knew a couple of them when they did.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

the last like five issues, if I recall, have been like only one japanese cosplayer, not even multiples! (or perhaps the same pair of cosplayers) but it's always the same people. it's a reaccuring feature, the only change being what costume she's wearing.

they featured ONE non-japanese cosplayer/manga writer about two issues ago, but then nothing since. I've written them about it actually. I dunno, just to me it feels kinda icky, like a japanophile thing. This magazine features other non-japanese stuff that's related to anime, etc... I mean it is NEWTYPE _ USA _ right?

[daenerys.livejournal.com]

I miss going to movies *wail*......

I was hoping Newtype USA would make the cosplayer feature into a nice monthly thing. I mean just my little one page feature brought a surprisingly amount of people to my site, and info cosplay itself. At least that's what I got from the e-mails. I was so happy to see Marty featured not too long ago, but since I don't buy the mag, unless someone tells me about it I don't know what's up ^^;. I do wish more US cosplayers could be a part of it :{

[gally99.livejournal.com]

I can buy French Kitty stuff at the chinese mall here... ^___^; (CDN)

[daitenshi-dream.livejournal.com]

They have French Kitty shirts at Happy Six (on Sawtelle)~
I enjoyed France a lot more than Italy... although I just enjoyed the countrysides so much in both countries it's hard to say. If you go to Italy, go to Rome and/or Tuscany (Sienna!!) Florence is neat, but too touristy, and Venice is just crazy (but worth experiencing at some point in your life).

[artficial-love.livejournal.com]

OOh Miss Junko will come to denmark next month at a con! I can't wait to see her!!

[purrbaby.livejournal.com]

ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA!!

Yeah, I vote Italy. Going to the ruins made me all tingly and I really enjoyed the people and speaking broken Italian is very fun!

Oh, yeah, that should be noted. My experience was that there weren't so many english speakers in Italy as there are in other European countries. Sure, at the big tourist attractions there's no problem and if you stay in a big hotel, it won't be an issue. But my friend and I stayed at a little inn and the guy who ran it didn't speak any english. The shops and restaurants we went to, no english. Even buying bus and subway passes, the attendant didn't really speak english. I wasn't really bothered by this because I like trying to communicate in native languages and it was really fun for me to get by on my small sampling of phrases and hand gestures.

[ankie.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen Serenity or Wallace and Grommit yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

November 17th when Serenity comes out :( Darnit!

[leahkitty.livejournal.com]

Italy certainly for a romantic, gorgeous, fabulous time.

I lived in France for three years, and there are many different lovely regions, but Italy takes the cake.

In France:
I would suggest the Loire Valley for its gorgeous chateux and pretty countryside. Plenty of wine tasting, but a little out of the way. There is a lot of quaint living here.

South of France: Cote d'azure. Gorgeous beaches - Cannes.. etc. Fun places to stay and eat. I stayed in a city called Juan les Pins, which was fun, though a little touristy. The place was very nice though - there were rows of vendors which set up on the beach/boardwalk and stayed open well past 1AM. We had a very good time.

Of course, there is Paris... I especially love Montmartre, and the Sacre Coeur where all of the artists set up, but there are a million back alleys around the city, and they're all very romantic. People move fast here.. but that's not to say they're all rude.

If you want to get some ideas there are of course, girly movies!
Only You is a great movie for scenes of Italy (soso movie in itself).
And of course, An American in Paris, for Paris.

[ipanema-duchess.livejournal.com]

Italy has thus far been my fave country that Ive visited. Plus it was thhe most genuinely romantic palce ever. Its where I plan on getting married.
The Northern/Tuscan region is especially beautiful, so I would suggest staying in/around Florence.
I would also suggest not going in mid-late summer as its ultra-touristy, VERY hot and dry which means the gourgeous Tuscan countryside is kinda dry and dead. Spring time is nicer.

Bali is somewhere I think would also make a great honeymoon/anniversary destination. <3 South Pacific culture.

[zalem.livejournal.com]

I'd say Italy...in particular Florence and Venice. From the things you say I wouldn't recommend Rome. But then again a day or two there might not be bad. I loved Florence though. :) Paris was lovely as well, but it still has a more modern feel then Florence or Venice.

[twotone]

I know my parents really enjoyed their trip to Hawai'i. An extra bonus was that they decided to rely on local transportation... so unlike most of our family trips, my dad wasn't stuck behind the wheel the whole time. He actually got to see scenery and stuff!

I know that Hawai'i also used to have good Japanese-stuff-shopping opportunities, but I don't know how the market has been since its heyday.

[fyzzled-day.livejournal.com]

Hi, I know this isn't on your list but how about Instanbul, Turkey? It has some really old mosques, Haga Sofia (spelt wrong I'm sure), the largest covered souq (market), underground roman columns (one with medusas head)...there are many other things there as well.
I know it's not on the top of people's traveling lists but it's really quite beautiful.

If not Turkey, then go with Italy. My cousins have been to France many times (they loved it) and they preferred Italy over France. I'm not sure why but they thought the character of the peope and the scenery was wonderful. ^-^ Not a dig on France at all, because they loved France as well just not quite as much after they visited Italy.

[kalmiaxxi.livejournal.com]

I haven't been to Italy yet, but we hope to go sometime, so we'll see! It's one of the places at the very top of the "must see" list.

We DID see Paris, which was beautiful, and the people were all very nice and polite. Almost everyone spoke English to us, too... except for the taxi drivers. If you need to get somewhere by taxi (not recommended; it was expensive), have your destination on paper. And be SUPER careful when crossing the street--I am SERIOUS, you could DIE. Use the tunnels whenever they are provided.

More than both of those places, though, I'd recommend Brussels, Belgium. The food is SUBLIME, the chocolates are delicious, and the scenery is beautiful. They also are some terribly nice people--Brussels, after all, is touted as being the friendliest city in Europe. And they speak French, so you can pretend that you're in Paris if it helps you any. ^_~ (Everyone we encountered anywhere knew English, so no worries about that.)

One great thing about Europe is that it's all connected, much like the United States, so it's really easy and cheap to get from one country to another. No passports required as long as you stay within the EU. If you want to see a few places, look into bus, train, or plane travel. Even flying is super super cheap... we flew from London to Amsterdam for $15 (yes, dollars) per person. ^_~

[llyriel.livejournal.com]

Fiji is beautiful. I'd recommend there.

Also, if you want to meet the friendliest people every, Ireland or Wales. At least I found that the people there were super super nice. Ireland took the first prize for having super sweet friendly people. The UK or Ireland in general is a really great place to go b&b hopping in the summer.