Writer/model/actor by day, English teacher by night. When she’s not stalking beauty trends or giving model advice on her blog, she can usually be found in the Shimokita thrift shops or eating more than a reasonable amount of green tea Galbo minis.
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- Tokyo’s Beauty Billboard Top 10: RanKing RanQueen
- October 25th, 2013Category: Shopping
- With so many beauty-girl products on the shelves, it’s easy for the foreign lady to get her brain scrambled trying to figure out what’s what. Apparently, the same applies to the local girls—hence the ranking of the bestest in beauty at RanKing RanQueen. (See what they d ... » Continue Reading
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- Kai Azabu Juban: The BBQ SPAM incident
- October 20th, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- I was ready to review White Smoke in Azabu Juban, because I’d heard the BBQ is magical and authentic and will touch your soul in deep and meaningful ways. So I grabbed Anthony Joh, and we headed to Azabu to eat sticky stuff with our hands. You can imagine how sad we wer ... » Continue Reading
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- CrossFit in Daikanyama: Lazy Girl Rehab
- October 18th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- Truth: I’m lazy. Or at least, I’ve been lazy since moving here when it comes to working out. When people ask me what I “do” to stay in shape, I talk about what I “did” when I was back home because I’m a big fat liar. The truth is, my workouts have been sporadic at best, ... » Continue Reading
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- Modeling 101: Portfolio Building for Fun and Profit
- October 9th, 2013Category: Work Tips
- Recently, I’ve gotten email from girls asking about how to put a portfolio together: what kinds of photos you need, how many, and who to get them from. This is sort of an oblique follow-up to my Guy With Camera piece (which, BTW, if you’re a new or aspiring model—pl ... » Continue Reading
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- Nihongo On-the-Go: Japanese Language App Review
- October 4th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- A while ago, I wrote about some of the unlikely things you should know before you move to Tokyo, and number one for me was all the time you spend on the train. I spend about ten hours a week on the train, and have dedicated a chunk of my daily commute to learning Japan ... » Continue Reading
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- Sumo Dreams Do Come True
- October 2nd, 2013Category: Culture
- Can I tell you something? I had absolutely no desire to see sumo. Nothing against it, it just never occurred to me to want to go, and that lack of desire was fortified after talking to a few of my Japanese students. Their comments included: “You’re going to sumo? (long ... » Continue Reading
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- Harajuku Thrift: Not Your Grandma’s Vintage… oh wait.
- September 27th, 2013Category: Living in Japan
- If you’re coming to Tokyo, you’re going to shop. It’s part of the Tokyo experience. I recently stepped out to film a Tokyo Minute segment on vintage shopping in Harajuku, which was super fun even in the sweltering Tokyo summer heat. Here are a few places we checked ... » Continue Reading
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- Hey Did You Feel That? Emergency Prep Tips from an Expert
- September 26th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- My first week in my new apartment in Japan a sizeable rocker-style earthquake woke me up — not a big one, but enough to make me realize I have nothing prepared if I need to evacuate my place. And to be honest, I don’t even know what I’d really need. Or where to go? Or h ... » Continue Reading
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- Hi. I’m New Here. Tips on Overcoming Foreigner Isolation
- September 19th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- You just got here. You’re learning the basics to do your life. You’re working. You’re drinking. You’re doing your thing. But you also find yourself not wanting to hang out with your new coworkers, or meet new people at the local izakaya, or deal with the alarmist Skype ... » Continue Reading
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- Creepus Pervertialis: Facts and Practical Tips for Dealing with Stalking
- September 13th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- Not long ago, I was talking to a guy, whose girlfriend came to visit him in Tokyo. One night, she went out around midnight to get ice cream at the conbini and didn’t come back for four hours. Completely freaked out, he asked where she was. She told him, “I just walked a ... » Continue Reading
