Japanese Vintage Doll

Some good food in Province Town, MA.

My husband and I LOVE food, so we are trying so hard to find something unique, special or anyway, something delicious. We fight over where to go so much  and this is kind of a problem, but we are that serious about each meal... lol

We had an reservation at an Italian restaurant on the day, but until then we wanted to treat ourselves a little bit because we were on the vacation!

This place, The Purple Feather Cafe and Treatery is an sweets heaven. They have cake, chocolate, pastries etc., and we tried their Specialty Gelato cocktail, Salty Caramel (the thumbnail photo is the one). You can drink it up in a second, it tasted amazing!!

And then we were headed to the Italian restaurant, Front Street Restaurant.

Appetizer, tuna. I liked the chive sticking out!!

Main #1 Pork. 

Main #2, Seafood pasta.

Dessert, Panna cotta.

Vacation at Provincetown, MA.

It took for about 3 hours to get to the tip of the cape. We had the lobster rolls at  The Skipper Chowder House in South Yarmouth, and then drove 1 more hour to get to Provincetown. 

We stayed at a lovely guest house, Queen Vic.

They had a cozy front yard to enjoy the sunshine, I felt like I should take some “ look where I’m staying ” kind of photo ;)

Also they serve fresh pancakes and waffles along with coffee, tea, yogurt, hard-boiled eggs, bagels etc for breakfast. I had a fresh waffle and it was amazing!

I love wisteria, but it is hard to find a good place to enjoy the color and smell in the US compare to in Japan. There are so many awesome wisteria gardens in Japan. I especially would love to go visit Kawachi-Fujien 河内藤園 when I get a chance to go back to my country...

Anyway, Ptown has many decent wisteria tree, and this one was in someone’s yard, and looked the best I’ve ever seen in MA!

Magnificent Lobster Rolls at  The Skipper Chowder House , Cape Cod.

My husband and I was on an early summer vacation 2 weeks ago, and it started with this fantastic lobster rolls!!

They have 3 kinds of lobster rolls; Traditional lobster roll, Wicked Awesome and Lobster roll Supreme. 

We ordered;

Wicked one,

and the Supreme!

Sweeties from Raspberry Beret, Cambridge.

The cardigan was from Alley Cat Vintage Mercantile in Wichita Falls, TX, which is an amazing vintage store. The pencil skirt is one of the finds when I visited my favorite store Raspberry beret, Cambridge.

This beauty was on sale, only $10.00, who could miss this out?? Glad it was waiting for me on a sale rack, though!!

These handmade jacket and top set was also marked down. Well, my question was “ why nobody has wanted to buy these? They are beautiful!! ” Once again, I was so happy that I was the one to bring it home ;)

The Bonnit

I have been seeing this rain bonnet called The Bonnit on the internet very often, and I thought I would try it out since the price is very reasonable ($10/pack). Plus I ride on my bicycle to work and when it rains, I think it will be very convenient to wear.

FYI; the package contains 2 of them, clear one and one with patterns. When I ordered them,  the shipping was free if you order 2 of them, so I ordered “ Ohh Shelly ” and “ The Solanah ” . There are one more kind “ The Sylvie ”, it is also very pretty.

First attempt, I obviously didn’t know what I was doing, and looked like Darth Vader... Fail!

I put it deeper, and tied it tighter. Much better.

And then moved it a little bit backward. Hey Nozomy, it’s a bonnet, so wear as it is!!

BCBGMAXAZRIA Leopard Long Dress

I bought this from Hustle Vintage which is a vintage clothes store on Instagram. It’s a modern dress but it was too good a deal to miss.

It’s still with the tag, size 2... it is actually a little bit loose, and long. I might need to have it altered.

Acorn Necklace and Horse Brooch from HuronValleyVintage

It was in a priority mail box, so I though It would be very simple, but then I opened the box, there was an another box with a lovely red ribbon.

  Inside was all padded and my new jewelries were perfectly secured. I didn’t really realize until I opened the box but the color of the horse and the acorns are matching and I really like the fact!

The red horse, they had 4 colors; black, brown, red brown and red. I picked a red one because it goes with from dark to light colors.

The acorn necklace, this is Bakelite reproduction. The leaves are plastic but the acorns are made of wood! It actually makes the necklace much better than just plastic; the warmth and the gloss of wood would suit for autumn and winter wonderfully. 

Yes... I have already done autumn shopping... Oh no...

Anyway, can’t wait for the autumn to come!!

Red Cherry Necklace by  Anita, MelodyODesigns

This was actually one of my very first Etsy purchases which arrived first yesterday. Etsy is wonderful; I got a notification right after the package arrived in my mail box!! I lost my package the other day and I was very anxious, so I was so moved by this little thing which happened to me.

The package was so lovely, the butterfly is not just a print or stamp, but it’s cut out from a paper and glued!

The necklace was in a green tin can with a handwriting thank you memo.

This is 40′s vintage Bakelite inspired necklace. I don’t mind to won reproduces or something inspired by the vintage goods as long as it is in a fantastic quality. And this is one which is amazing, definitely eye catching and great for summer!! 

I am so in love with this necklace. I’m wearing it as writing this post ;)

Red Lentil Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurant

I am Japanese and I won’t be freaked out of no-meat meal at all, but I am not vegetarian or vegan either.

This Indian vegetarian/vegan restaurant is very close to my house, and has a lot of good reviews, so decided to try it out.

It was a cold night, ordered Red Lentil Soup and Roasted Beets and Walnut Salad as appetizer.

Nirvana Delight. Grilled Tandoori-marinated tofu was very good.

Shepherd’s Pie. It was more like, potato pie. Mushed potato base, sweet mushed potato on top!

Beautiful finds at Cur.io Vintage

Cur.io Vintage is one of my favorite vintage clothing stores in Waltham. Their selection is always in a terrific condition, clean and beautiful. Sadly they are taking a break from their business for a while but the owner said that they’d open in summer with a big sale. I am looking forward to it truly.

This 60′s fur collar suit is just fantastic. Whenever I wear it, always I get a complement. My husband is not a big fun of animal pattern, but I am so glad I bought this one.

This is my husband’s find. 

Rummage at Waltham, MA

Moody St. in Waltham is a good place for antique/vintage shopping.

It was last year for the first time I visited an antique store, Downstairs at Felton Antiques. They have a lot of jewelries, teacups, crystal glasses etc. A fun place to spend some time.

I bought 2 teacups and one Christmas wreath brooch.

These teacup are all Aynsley England. I researched about their logo also their current website, and found out that the yellow one is a modern one, but still beautiful and it was a good price. 

Boston Marathon weekend date.

We happen to be around the finish line last weekend, and of course we took photos of us there.

Before that, we went to MFA to do some research for my husbands school work. The marble heads are from Roman Imperial period, they were priestesses  who served for goddess, and the characteristic hair style, which is called “melon hairstyle”,  was for those young girls. 

At the Japanese garden; spring has come to MA!!

Sushi dinner at Douzo.

#techstyle at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

3D printers are just amazing but I wasn’t really interested in owning one in the future. However, after exploring this fashion exhibition, I thought it would be one of those things that I need in my life.

The red kinematics petal dress inspired by petals, feathers and scales, was “printed” by 3D printer. the designer is Jessica Rosenkrantz who is not only creating dresses but also accessories. She lives in Cambridge, and runs a Somerville based business herself. 

The program can print anything which fits you perfect, and I thought it would be great for those who have a lot of idea but never have learned sewing, like me. I always have wanted to make my own clothes as I wished by myself, and it seems like it might be happening in the future where you can create your own clothes all by yourself!!

3D printed Harmonograph dress by fitchwork,  threeasfour and  stratasys 

Laser-cut metallic leather with Swarovski crystals designed by Giles Deacon

Tried out 40's vintage lace glove pattern.

The pattern has originally published  as “ Crochet These gloves for Summer “ in The Australian Women's Weekly, Saturday 15 September 1945 .

Faux Flower Earrings and Brooch Set from Bobby From Boston.

This store is very cool, and well-known vintage clothing store in Boston. My husband loves it because they have more men’s clothes than women’s.

A guy at the store said “ I think it belonged to Bobby’s mother. ” 

At work, one customer pointed out my earrings saying “ Spring has come to your ears :) ”

Made in Germany, I assume...