I took another extended hiatus, my apologies. I’ve been living in Nanjing since the summer and I recently took a short vacation to my beautiful hometown, San Francisco. It was refreshing to breathe the clear smog-less air and eat home-cooked meals. I return to Nanjing tomorrow and I’m happy to say that I’ve been completely rejuvenated and I’m ready to surface all my ideas to you guys!
前天我跟一个以前的工作同事去了一个旧金山很有名的博物馆叫De Young。先我们吃了泰国菜和聊天。我告诉她关于中国的事。我们的菜都好吃极了，她吃了烤鸭的米饭，我吃了烤鸭的汤。吃完了以后我们向博物馆散步走去。她有很好照相机，她的爱好是照照片，所以我们照了很多照片。De Young 在又有名又漂亮的公园内。这个公园叫Golden Gate公园不但风景很漂亮而且是旧金山的最大的公园。 我们看了Jean Paul Gaultier 的展览。他是一个特别时尚的设计师从法国来。他在20世纪80年代开始设计了。我非常喜欢这个展览，但是我的时尚比他的时尚有点儿保守。
The other day, my good friend/former coworker, Rona and I went to one of San Francisco’s most famous museums, the De Young. First we ate Thai food and chatted all about my experiences in China. Our food was très délicieux! She had the roasted duck rice and I had the roasted duck soup. Who would’ve known the animal I fear the most would taste so good!? Pigeon must taste like fresh oven baked chocolate chip cookies, but I’ll never know because I’ll never eat the things! After we ate, we walked down to the museum. Rona has a fabulous camera and photography is her avid hobby. So we took so many pictures! The De Young is located in Golden Park which not only has a scenery beautiful but also this park is the biggest in the city. We saw the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit. Gaultier is an amazing French designer who hit it big in the 80s. I really loved the exhibit, even though my style is a bit more conservative than his designs.
I’m very sorry that I took such a long hiatus! There’s no excuse but if this justifies it any, wordpress is banned in China. But don’t fret I solved the problem and Keijing will resume just as before. I just got back to San Fran and I’m happy to say that I’m going back to Beijing in September! Visiting home is amazing, everyday I eat fabulous meals and get to spend time with people who I love and care about.
But anyway, today I went to have breakfast with my father and one of my best friends, Ongell. We ate delicious Belgium waffles and black bean omelets. After breakfast, we rode on over to Haight street and did some vintage shopping. I forgot how beautiful San Francisco is, it’s such an original city! Especially comparing it to Beijing, besides from tourist spots like the Great Wall and Forbidden City, all of the houses and people look the same. In a city like San Francisco, you see people with all kinds of versatility, from styles to ethnicities. You see everything, and that’s what I love about the city I was born and raised in!
I found tons of fabulous pieces, but settled on buying a black satin cape for $6! I think it was from a cheap halloween costume, but I put it on over my cream turtleneck sweater and grey harem pants that was paired with vintage gold mesh Stuart Weitzman pumps. I got a few compliments and I’ve been wanting to bring the 1950s trend of capes back.
Ongell and I had a beautiful afternoon, she found an angora sweater and called me Professor Snape the whole time! We frolicked and painted all of Haight and Ashbury!
So the sun was out yesterday, does that mean the groundhog saw his shadow and spring’s begun? Anyway I went to walk Honey and got a bite to eat..
I wore a vintage silk peplum blouse purchased at the Painted Bird in San Francisco, American Apparel Riding Pants that I found at a thrift store for $15, and Keys flats.
I briefly mentioned something in the video about traveling which I’m going to expand on.
Delicious Spider Roll
Nefertiti Earrings from Piedmont, $6
Faux-ty Dollar Fur
Here’s that coat I bought on Haight Street.. I plan to wear it in that harsh Beijing winter, belted or with jeans or sneakers, with dresses or heels, with black or green.. It’s very versatile!
Mural in Cafe International on Haight and Fillmore, 2/1/12
My Fabulous Aunt, Kemba, in Japantown. 2/1/12
She and I went all over the city the other. Started downtown then made our way to Japantown and then Haight and Ashbury. She’s the greatest, she designs beautiful eclectic jewelry which she’s working on launching for purchase..
