Saturday, March 29, 2014

INSTALIFE











FEBRUARY & MARCH .

1 ll Tim Keller + Coffee + Pen       2 ll Breakfast gone bad
3 ll Friday night lights       4 ll Nostalgia
5 ll Soft Tree       6 ll Sunday Night
7 ll Florals + Granny Pants       8 ll Chasing Pavements
9 ll Saturday Lunch       10 ll Du lock
11 ll When Life gets Busy       12 ll Be you Bravely
13 ll TIP Crew's Opening       14 ll Starbucks disappointments
15 ll Gifted       16 ll Homemade Breakfast
17 ll Addictive and Spicy       18 ll Hongdae


Tuesday, March 4, 2014

COBALT SUEDE



Stepping foot in Zara during the months of January/February is forever exciting. Last week I took a chance to peep into Hongdae's Zara with the little extra time I had to see if sales were still rampant. Realistically speaking, the likelihood of finding decent items by late feb? The struggle becomes real. Still yet, the inner lady prompted me, and I found these cobalt blue pumps on big-time markdowns (19,000 won, approx. $18). Now if spring would come a little sooner, I'd wear these cool blues with a slouchy tee and a pair of distressed boyfriend jeans. Come quickly please.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

TIP STUDIO


TIP crew officially opened up their new studio today, and the celebrations went off with a bang. If you're ever in Hongdae, you gotta check it out. Beautiful space with an innovative design. Congrats!

Monday, February 24, 2014

PARIS CROISSANT





Paris Croissant is a bakery in Korea. You can think of it as a level-up of "Paris Baguette," which, I personally really, really, dislike. (Poor quality, bland concepts, and horrendous americanos — a last resort of all resorts when it comes to pastries, coffees and last minute quick-bites). Paris Croissant on the other hand is a classier venue with fairly decent sandwiches and cafe lattes that are intriguingly on par for taste.

 A make-shift Paris? Definitely, probably, and most certainly not. I'd like to fantasize that the cafes in France are far more breathe-taking than cafes in Korea that remorsefully use "Paris" in their name. However, I am a sucker for classy spaces both visually attractive and cozy. I laid eyes on the marble tables and dusty purple textiles and I just couldn't help myself! With that, tonight's experience was surprisingly pleasant. I wouldn't insist anybody to visit, but I thought camping out at Hang-gang-jin's Paris Croissant was a blog-worthy event. Or, maybe I'm finding excuses to procrastinate. Maybe. Blogging really should be the last thing on my mind —ah, priorities! — back to work I go.