May 22, 2007  •  In Food, Korean, NYC, Reviews

Pho32 & Shabu

Last Friday a friend and I had planned to have lunch at BonChon Chicken. However, upon arrival, we were disappointed to see that they weren’t yet open for the day. Walking around K-Town for an alternate restaurant, I noticed Pho32 & Shabu: It’s a tiny place on 32nd St, and we wondered why we hadn’t noticed it before (did […]

Mar 1, 2007  •  In Beauty, Reviews

SK-II Air Touch Foundation

I had read in last year’s August issue of InStyle and the September issue of Vogue about a new foundation that SK-II was releasing: the Air Touch Foundation. A description of the product from the SK-II US website: At a touch of a button, the amazing ionisation technology delivers foundation one particle at a time for […]

Feb 22, 2007  •  In Gadgets, Geek, Reviews

Sony Ericsson M600i Review

When I first watched Casino Royale, I instantly became transfixed by the smartphone used by Vesper Lynd in the movie. Since I had been in the market for a new phone, I decided to bite the bullet and purchase an unlocked version from eBay. Being a gadget/techie geek, I had done some pretty extensive research before making the decision […]

Feb 20, 2007  •  In Books, Reviews

Thursday Next

Can I just say how much I love the Thursday Next books? I think this may be about the tenth time I started the series again, yet I still find something new and amusing every time. An excerpt from Wikipedia: Thursday Next is the protagonist in the series of novels by Jasper Fforde. Thursday is an agent with […]

Feb 12, 2007  •  In Food, NYC, Reviews

BonChon Chicken

Last Wednesday, the NYTimes had an article about Korean-style friend chicken. The word soon spread and I read about it again and again on the Gothamist, Curbed, and other blogs I read regularly. I started salivating as soon as I read the article. See, my parents used to run a friend chicken place back when we […]