On occasion. when we expect a guest to come over to our house. I like to serve nice sweets and coffee for our guest. Where do I go to get nice desserts? Chicalicious! They have really nice and special Dessert bar in the East village...

In Japan, we don't make nigiri sushi often at home. But when a group of people get together, we do hand roll sushi party. Hand roll sushi is the easiest type of sushi to make and you can fill it how ever and with whatever you like. One day, we had a sushi party at home in NYC. The challenge is where to get sashimi fish from? I go to the Lobster Place in the Chelsea Market for sashimi quality fish...

One day, I was walking on East 2nd street in The East Village with my son. He stopped in front of a little store called Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks and he really wanted to go in. A lady in the store saw us and invited us to come into the store. When I stepped into the store, I was surprised at how nice and in good taste the store is. The store is full of well selected vintage kitchen items and books...

I love tea, especially green tea. Many of you may know that green tea is good for you. Green tea extract is approximately twice more antioxidant-active than vitamin c (I got this info from Wikipedia Green tea extract)  If you like green tea, have you heard of matcha? ...

Hello! New York has so many famous restaurants. One popular place that is casual is The Shake Shack. Now, there are many Shake Shacks across America, but they started as a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park in 2001...

I like New York City during the summer time. There are less people than usual and many fun summer events are every where in the city. One of my favorite parks is Madison Square Park. It is right by the famous Flat Iron Building. A nice compact size City park with lots of green and a kid's play ground...

Hi everyone! What kind of alcohol do you like to drink? Me? I like sake, shochu and beer. You can find sake at many wine shops in NYC, but If you like sake, don't you want to try a more premium sake? Don't know where to go or what to get? Today, I would like to introduce my favorite sake shop called SAKAYA...

Today, I will show you the appearance of some of the areas in the East Village including Tompkins square park. In the next blog post, I will take you to a store I like in the East Village. Stay tuned! ...

Manhattan is a small island and one of the great things about NYC is that you can walk everywhere. When you walk around in NYC you will see different vibes in each area. Each New Yorker has their own favorite area in NYC and my favorite area is East Village...

I started to go to beauty school in 2000 and since then, I always love what I do. Doing hair is my true calling! Currently, I work at Self Salon, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Self Salon was founded by Maria Barca in 2004...

If you are visiting NYC, you would like to try a trendy restaurant or cafe right? Trendy tasty places are everywhere in NYC. Do you want to walk around in the freezing cold in NYC to get a famous cup cake on the West side, and then go to the East side to get a famous Hamburger? There is a place that you can get many famous restaurant food all in one spot. And it's part of a beautiful train station...

My last blog topic was about my son who made his original batik design bag at Hiho Batik in Brooklyn. This post is a follow up about their retail space. Hiho Batik has a cute retail store in the front of the design studio. The products are all batik designs, and each one is made by hand in the design studio...