What better use of my 2,000th post than to blog about one of the highlights of my west coast trip? :D

After a long morning and afternoon of shopping through the Fashion District in LA for cheap fabric and clothing, I stopped by a coffee shop to relax and make plans for the evening. I was lucky enough to come across an awesome event on facebook that was happening later that evening: the COMBO ATTACK: 25 Years of Street Fighter Art Show opening reception held by Iam8bit. :]]

I met up with Yume Ninja, her boyfriend Alcuin and Michelle (photo below thanks to Nic), and also I met a ton of cool new people too!~

The gallery was full of awesome, Street Fighter themed artwork and installations (wish I had taken more photos of it, sorry!). They also had a really unique photobooth set up with the pixelated background and hadouken props, which is where we took the first photo in this post~ From left to right are: Yume, me, Jamie from JapanLA, and Michelle.

Afterwards a bunch of us went to Das Bunker. This was only my second experience at an industrial goth club (my firse being Death Guild at DNA Lounge in San Francisco only the week before) so I still was unsure of what to expect.

I ended up really enjoying it though. ;p From what I’ve experienced so far, the people at industrial goth clubs seem to be very friendly and nonjudgemental, and the music isn’t bad either~

Below is a photo their photographer snapped of our group (Yume and Alcuin were missing though :o ). Everybody was so sweet and fashionable laa~ From right to left are Elissa, Nic, Julie Doll, me and Elissa’s friend. :]

And to end the night we went to IOTA bakery for some late night treats. c; It was a really cute bakery/coffee shop that had k-pop videos playing constantly, and it stays open very late. Thank you for introducing it to me guys! Here’s what we ordered..

It was such a great evening in LA, it was a blast hanging out with all of you and seeing so much of LA! c;

Now that I’m back from vacation I can finally share some photos of all the fun I had. ;p

A couple weeks ago I turned 21 (whoo!) and got to celebrate with one of my closests friends Eva. c; Normally she doesn’t wear heels out but she did that night just for me, haha. We were posing on her boyfriend’s car…

Our shoes matched! $4 thrifted pointed heels and $15 litas from New York~

After eating dinner a bunch of us went out to Capitol Hill in Seattle. The first bar we went to was Unicorn. The name wasn’t the only reason I wanted to go there; the inside is circus themed and also has a newer, lower level called the Narwhal! All around it was the best bar I could imagine to celebrate my 21st. :]

I instagrammed this photo of Eva and me that evening~ I’m so lucky to be friends with such a funny, creative person like Eva. ♥

And here’s one last photo Eva took of me in front of the Tron arcade game (there were tons of games and pinball machines in the basement). I’ve been obsessed with the movies ever since I got my new tattoo~

As for my favorite birthday gift.. Michael called me in the morning from China with the news that it turns out he is not going to Washington D.C. for the semester! Originally he was only going to be back for only a couple weeks before leaving again.

Thanks so much to everyone who helped make my birthday a blast! ♥ ♥ ♥

yumeninja:

Oh look!!! @szmoon is on town!!! Fuck yeah!! #yumeninja #szmoon #iam8bit #comboattack (Taken with Instagram)

Such a fun night! <3

These guys know what’s up. Taken in San Francisco

Hey everyone! I’m currently on vacation again. :] This time it’s a semi-tour of the west coast and visiting my friends that live there~

I payed for this trip largely using the tax-refund from my last job, kind of a 21st birthday present to myself (and a much needed chance to get out and relax!).

Below is the basic route I’m taking in the next couple of weeks. If you have any suggestions of where I should visit or what events are going on, I’d love to hear them! I’m still rather new to these cities so any advice is appreciated. :]

-Seattle: july 24-28
-San Francisco: july 28 - august 2 
-LA: august 2 - august 7

I took this photo in Eva’s workspace in her Seattle apartment (because she wouldn’t let me take a photo of her :c . So many posters.. Also, I apologize if I don’t reply to your messages and comments right away! I did borrow my dad’s tablet for this trip, but I don’t get the chance to sit down and use it very much~ Bye for now! n_n

This week my DREAM CAME TRUE; I got to visit Spandex World.

Almost exactly one year ago (on July 15, 2011) I posted a photo I found on tumblr of Spandex World’s store front. I looked it up, found out it was in New York and added it to my “to visit” list.

And this past week on July 19th, my mother, Christine and I visited New York’s garment district to find this very store. :]

It was filled with every single spandex print/hologram/texture imaginable! When I visited LA’s garment district I never found a store that was JUST spandex (though there may very well be one).

I was overwhelmed, as evidenced by the photo Christine snapped below. ;p

At least I was able to control myself and we only visited a few fabric and trim stores before I begged Christine and my mother to leave the garment district (I’m not made of money and fabric can cost a lot of it, haha). I ended up purchasing only 3 fabrics on our trip, all of them from Spandex World. Below is a not so good quality instagram photo of it.

As you may have guessed, I am now back from New York. :] I’ll be blogging more photos from the trip over the next few days before I head off to Seattle to visit Eva~ And I’ll also be posting the result of my latest giveaway tomorrow! ♥