Kiwano

   I love shopping Whole Foods produce for their unique selection. This is a kiwano. It's spiky and dangerous. Eat it before it eats you!!! And how much does Mr. Kiwano look like the Eyezon plush I created for the Max Toy show???

Random Hallmark Moments: Gifts

   Peanut butter & choco cupcake almost too big to fit in my hand?
I love you, Kim Brown. (And Cupcakes ala Mode, too.)

   And to pass along the good will, I asked Azusa to try to find　いたずらパンダ (this cute panda bank) on her recent trip to Japan, and she just returned, bank in hand. I wanted to get it for Maria, our resident panda freak.　どうもありがとうございました、あずささん！ (Maureen likes her  タカラ／トーミついまる, too.) This is Twimal's Twitter feed.

Max Toy Photos

Design Festa, Tokyo, Japan

My guys are on the little shelf on the back wall

Double Punch, San Francisco, California

Mark plays with the toy... Uh... I mean "sets up the show"

Mark & his son, I presume? (He's getting big!)

All photos by Mark Nagata

Max Toy + Max Luck!

   My plush are back from their Tokyo vacation... Looks like Lady Maxx and Eyezon sold, but Captain Maxx is still available. Mark Nagata, who created the characters for his Max Toy Company, wrote some great posts about the shows. Wish I could have been there for the opening, but given the timing with the catastrophic earthquakes and the tsunami, it's better that I hadn't planned on it. 

About my work  /  About the show

   And by some crazy stroke of luck, I'll be in SF in time to see the show in person!

   And if that wasn't weird enough, get this: tonight I was shopping for a new business suit to wear to the meetings in SF later this week. They're kind of important, so I wanted to look really sharp. While I was in Banana Republic, I got both an email and a phone call informing me that Diddy Dirty Money had cancelled. I've had this ticket for weeks and was really excited to see them for the first time.

   I made a mental note to come home & check their tour dates to see if I could catch another show, like Chicago or St. Louis. I looked. And they will be playing in SAN FRANCISCO one of the nights I'm there, and tickets ARE available! I got mine. The venue is walking distance from my hotel. And my other ticket will be refunded—minus service charges, because as we all know, Ticketmaster is evil. And I'm Even Steven!

Max Toy's 5th Anniversary Show

    The opening of the show is approaching, and here's a blog post on my plush, a post on the show, and a nice preview of the work...