Month: November 2003

In case you’re wondering why the main index page is taking such a long time to load, the reason seems to be because Jesper’s site (teefactory.com) is down right now, so the images that are linked in his posts aren’t loading. Also, let me give a huge thanks to Jesper for being the great guest…

I apologize for the lack of posts over the past 2 days, but this is post number 900, and I thought it would be fitting for the launch of version 3.0 of the site. If there are things that don’t work, or sudden weirdnesses, I’d appreciate if you could let me know. As far as…

There’s a very excentric little cafe that opened just down the street from my place a few months ago, and I’ve been intensely curious about it. I’ve walked in front of it countless times, but because of the strange windows that barely let you see inside, the inside remained sort of a mystery. From the…

I was checking out the latest issue of art magazine LUCA last night, and found an ad for a new collaboration between Nescafe and cool furniture design shop Franc Franc. I then went to the Franc Franc shop in Ikebukuro’s Parco to see exactly what it was (and I made a Tokyo Boy entry). It’s…

It’s been a busy week for me and my friend Ola [pic 12]. Shorly after FutureDesignDays we took a flight [pic 1] to the royal capital of Sweden, the lovely city of Stockholm [pic 5], to celebrate the 25th birthday of a mutual friend, also named Ola [pic 6]. We were suppose to take a…

Just as we’re talking about the late, great Scala-za in a comment thread, I find the following at the DAILY YOMIURI site this morning: A much-loved cafe in the Kabukicho entertainment district in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, that was known for its classical music, but was closed down at the end of last year, has been…

Oh, and I forgot to mention that in one the magazines there was a mention that Tomoyuki Tanaka, AKA Fantastic Plastic Machine, will be opening a shop. I don’t quite know what it is he’ll be selling, but music is a good guess. They had a few small pics of the shop under construction, so…

I was at Junkudo earlier, checking out the latest issues of BRUTUS and CASA BRUTUS, and I found myself getting too excited while leafing through them. It happens to me, I turn the pages, and I’m just so into all the stuff that’s there, and then the next page just gets better, and then I…