“Would you like a drink of water,” he seems to be saying, “out of this thing that looks like a urinal?” One of the odder sights at the farmers’ markets this summer has been the impromptu wa…
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NYC’s Department of Environmental Protection Flogs Its Own Drinking Water
In the current era, the persuasive powers of food are so immense, that they can be used to effectively sell other products, even when no food is present. This odd thought struck me as I wal…
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What Do Mucous Secretions and Fruit Have in Common? The Watermelon Kleenex Box
Kanpei Earth Marathon is a project by 61-year-old Japanese comedian Kanpei Hazama to run and sail around the world, with the aims to see and feel the earth with his whole body and soul, and to reach out to people who share the living on this planet. Kanpei began his journey eastward from Japan in December 2008 and has been moving almost everyday – about 8-10 hours daily (50km per day if running). He’s expected to complete the journey by March 2011, which will see him running 13,000 miles and sailing 10,000 miles.
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Korean Cosmopolitan magazine [ Kr ] has published its September issue in three different covers – featuring singer Lee Hyori, actress Kim Yun-jin and girl group SNSD respectively – to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Click image for bigger pic… Cosmopolitan Korea tri-cover for 10th anniversary from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Cosmopolitan Korea tri-cover for 10th anniversary
Commercial for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab , the company’s first tablet computer… The device operates on Google’s Android OS and is smaller than Apple’s iPad, the current market leader. There’s a few features which the Galaxy seems to outrun iPad, but it’s probably just a matter of time for Apple to match up with that. I have yet to be caught with the mobile gadgets frenzy, e.g
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Samsung Galaxy Tab commercial
In 2006, Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio wrote Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, a gorgeous book made up of portraits of families from all over the world pictured with the amount of food…
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What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio
Bangkok is voted by readers of Travel+Leisure magazine as 2010 World’s Best City. The votes were probably cast prior to the demonstrations and riots at the Thai capital earlier this year, but the result is pretty ironic nonetheless. The Top 10 World’s Best Cities – (1) Bangkok; (2) Chiang Mai, Thailand; (3) Florence, Italy; (4) San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; (5) Rome, Italy; (6) Sydney, Australia; (7) Buenos Aires, Argentina; (8) Oaxaca, Mexico; (9) Barcelona, Spain; (10) New York City, USA
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(No) thanks to James Cameron’s Avatar , everything is going 3D these days. Japan’s Panasonic has joined the 3D hype last month by introducing the world’s first consumer 3D camcorders – a special 3D lens to be precise… Panasonic introduces 3D camcorder from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Panasonic introduces 3D camcorder
Korean pop group Kara have released a Japanese version of their hit song Mister … The song was more known for its hip-swaying choreography than the music itself; and seems like the girls are going to hit that spot in their Japanese venture. The video managed to create plenty of hype among the non-Japanese fans as they didn’t release a Korean MV for the song despite its popularity.
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Kara – Mister Japanese music video
The undercaffeinated and the inquisitive, take heed: Italy’s 2008 barista champion, Giorgio Milos, is serving up free coffee and answers in front of At65 Café by the entrance to Alice Tul…
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Italian Barista Champion Wants to Serve You Free Espresso in Exchange for a Question–Any Question
There are wine bars that specialize in French wines, Italian wines, Spanish wines, even organic wines, but in all these cases the focus is usually red. Inez Bon wanted to create a wine bar …
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Vyne’s Inez Bon Talks Riesling Week, Seasonal Drinking & the Effing Merlot
Michael Batterberry, who with his wife, Ariane, founded Food & Wine and Food Arts magazines, died on Wednesday of complications relating to cancer. The New York Times is reporting that Bat…
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R.I.P. Michael Batterberry, Founder of Food & Wine, Food Arts Magazines
The latest addition to the ever-growing list of food recalls: frozen mice. MiceDirect, which provides mice as snake food for pet owners, is recalling millions of frozen mice due to potential…
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Purdue Calls for New Chicken Labels; Dairy Queen Seeks to Stop Blizzard Infringement
Chinese movie trailer for Love in Disguise , starring Wang Leehom , Liu Yifei and Joan Chen. The film is Wang’s directorial debut and Liu’s first movie since her act in Hollywood production Forbidden Kingdom … Old school romance-comedy where a pop star is disguising himself to win a girl’s heart.
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Love in Disguise (2010) movie trailer
Grub Street reported yesterday that Just Sweet, a new shaved ice dessert spot, had opened in the East Village, and today we dragged ourselves through the humid primordial soup outside to ch…
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Just Sweet: New Shaved Ice, Crepes, Bubble Tea, Ice Cream in the East Village
The village of Kandovan is located 60km southwest of Tabriz, in the province of East Azarbaijan, Iran. The place is famous for its unique architecture, where the cave-houses are carved off from huge rocks. Read the rest of this post » Kandovan Village, East Azarbaijan, Iran from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Kandovan Village, East Azarbaijan, Iran
Korean pop group Girls’ Generation – known as Shojo Jidai in Japan – is featured on August issue of Japanese Sky magazine… The girls are set to make their official J-pop debut next month, and they’ll not be the only Korean girl group to do so. Kara has already had a special gig in February, while 4minute has just kicked off their promotion in Japan
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Shojo Jidai, K-pop, Japan
Another big name is making her K-pop comeback. BoA – who has been busy venturing between Japan and USA for the past couple of years – will be releasing her first Korean album in five years. Game is the first promotional track from the album, titled Hurricane Venus , which is due to be released on August 2… Not bad
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BoA – Game music video
Korean pop singer Se7en is back with a mini-album Digital Bounce and has released an MV for the first promotional track Better Together … Se7en was among the very top of the K-pop chain before his company decided to throw him to the US in 2007 to open the new market. The venture failed rather miserably, but got to give them credits for teaching some lessons for other K-pop stars of what (not) to do when moving to the US market. His new album has just been released on July 21 and is already topping some less authoritative charts
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Se7en – Better Together music video
Miss Universe Japan 2010 Maiko Itai shows the costume that she will wear at the finals in Las Vegas next month. Intriguing stuff… The costume was designed by Yumi Katsura and styled by Ryoko Kishimoto; hair by Sunao for Toni & Guy Harajuku; make-up by Tomofumi Itokawa; and photo by Matsuki Kohei [via Japantoday ]. Miss Universe Japan 2010 costume from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Miss Universe Japan 2010 costume