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More Orla Kiely goodness.  This EVOKE Mio radio designed by Orla Kiely will be available in John Lewis in the UK in November and then at other selected retailers starting in March 2011.

Do you like spicy food?

I'm Cantonese, so hot spicy peppers and sauces were not very prevalent in the food I ate growing up.  In fact, out of all of my friends, I'm probably one of the wimpiest when it comes to spicy food.  Until about 2 years ago, I would always shy away from the heat and often wondered why people would ruin perfectly good ingredients by making it painful to eat.  I'm not really sure what has changed, but I find myself enjoying some tasty spicy Chinese dishes.  Maybe I killed off a sufficient amount of taste buds at Spices II.

{Photo by Telstar Logistics}

Spices II specializes in Szechuanese and Taiwanese style Chinese food.  The food is pretty consistent, though once in a while a little on the salty side.  The dry braised string beans and the deep fried fish with chili peppers (la zi yu) are amazing!  Another one of my favorites is the iron pot of tofu which includes four different types of tofu in a brown and slightly spicy sauce.  They're also known for stinky tofu if that's your thing.  We do ask them to bring the spice down a notch for some of the dishes so that I can try everything.  Some items on the menu are just TOO intense.

Spices II is located on 6th Avenue near Clement in the Richmond district.  There is another Spices on 8th Avenue which has a different menu.  We definitely prefer this location.

Bold Wallpaper

I've been seeing bold wallpaper patterns in a few places recently.  They look great in the photos, but I'm not sure how long it would take before I would start to find that it's either too bold or outdated.

Mod Green Pod

{via Design Sponge}

{via Apartment Therapy}

I've also seen blog posts about framing patterned wallpaper to make an "art" piece or adhering it to the inside of shelves and cupboards.  That's a less permanent way to dress up a wall or accent a room...less messing with all that water and glue too.

{via The Zhush}

{Orla Kiely via La Maison Boheme}

Multilingual Christmas Cards

I just posted these Christmas cards in the Chunky Pineapple Etsy shop over the weekend.  I created the image of a Christmas tree with different languages and different fonts.  How many of the languages can you identify?

On Cranes Lettra paper

On matte white paper

Winter Wonderland Craft Bazaar

I just found out today that Chunky Pineapple has been accepted to participate in the Winter Wonderland Craft Bazaar on December 4 at Urban Bazaar in the Inner Sunset.  The fair will feature handmade goods (with a holiday focus) created by members of the SF Etsy team.  More details will follow as the date of the event grows closer, but I just wanted to share the happy news and get it on some of your calendars early.  Yay!

Christmas Gift Cards

They're finally ready!  I'm excited to show you the Christmas gift cards that I designed and printed and have just added to our Etsy shop.

I used six different colors to print this card, five of which are shimmery metallic inks making these extra festive.
These cards are too small to be sent through the mail as Christmas cards, but they are perfect for attaching to gifts as gift tags.

Friday Wishlist

In high school, I had pair of black lace up oxford style heels.  That menswear-inspired look, though updated, has made a comeback and seems to be in all the stores now.  Sigh...my teenage styles are being recycled already. 

Two things that I didn't have back then though....nike air technology in a pair of heels and the smarts to know that I should look for wider width shoes to save my feet from all kinds of suffering.  These stylish Cole Haan Air Violet Oxford Pumps are available in C Width.

Update:  This popped up today...20% off of these lovelies if you donate to Common Cents.  Sounds like a good deal to me.

Details are here.