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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- 60 Second Stories: Ladies Tell Us Your Story!
- June 13th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- Expat Ladies. We want you. Quick math: Foreigners in Japan make up about two percent of the population. The Western percentage makes up about half of that two percent. The female population of that Western figure is about thirty percent of that one percent, which m ... » Continue Reading
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- Expat Chat: Chelsea the Western Lolita
- June 11th, 2013Category: Culture
- You can’t stop staring at Chelsea Bell. She’s part of the slim demographic that is the North American Female in Japan, but what’s more, she’s a Western Lolita. I met Chelsea at the Kashiwa Station for lunch before strolling through the insanely pretty gardens at the Ho ... » Continue Reading
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- ¥100 Beauty: Mani-fique
- June 6th, 2013Category: Shopping
- By far, the physical feature I’m most insecure about are my hands. They’re bony and veiny. My fingers are shaped like skinny cigars. For years, this affliction has kept me having almost weekly manicures. I don’t know where you’re from but in San Francisco that means $10 ... » Continue Reading
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- The Five Salarymen You Meet in Heaven. (And by Heaven, I mean just wherever…)
- May 20th, 2013Category: Culture, Play, Work
- Sal-a-ry-man (サラリーマン) 1) a person whose income is salary-based; a white-collar businessman 2) that un-genki dude on the train, dressed in black, reeking of Chu-hi and low-level distain. I didn’t know what a salaryman was when I came to Japan, but it didn’t take long ... » Continue Reading
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- Donuts, Drunk Texts, and Downton: 5 iOS Apps Every Expat Girl Needs
- May 10th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Food & Dining, Shopping
- Handy, funny, and cute! Here are five awesome apps for the lady ex-p on the go. Foodspotting: This app is amazing! It geocodes your location (anywhere in the world) and tells you exactly where the yummy is, gives you a map, and how far said yummy is from your mouth. ... » Continue Reading
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- Eat, Pray… oh shut up and pack
- May 2nd, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- My students ask me everyday. When I meet new people, it’s the first question out of their heads. When I Skype my Dad, he still asks me. Every. Single. Time. Why here. Why now. You’re finding yourself, right. Like that book with the movie with Julia Roberts... (T ... » Continue Reading
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- Five Things I Like About Expat Guys
- April 25th, 2013Category: Uncategorized
- Eccentric, zombie-loving, nerdy: a few things I ♥ about expat dudes in Japan. 1) They’re weird. Expat guys have a lot of the qualities I look for: complicated, geeky, and slightly dark. They tend to be way into computers, sci-fi, and play first-person Zombie s ... » Continue Reading
