The Diary of Barista Tourista Barbie

We saw these tiny little fish in a bag and were fascinated with them. How do you suppose you eat them? Like potato chips? The other bag was I think, squid, dried squid. Dried squid smells really repellent when people put it in their mouths and chew it with great relish in a hot van on a hot day on a hot field trip. She remembers driving international students on trips and a few too many squid moments several summers back. Glad my nose is plastic!
Here I am posing with the lovely oysters, Kuramotos in this 'pond' and tiny little Olympia's to the left. Wow! Are they ever expensive! I wonder if the Olympia's produce tiny Barbie sized pearls? Hmmmm. Here I am with my favorite paint brush and my inspiration. Mooch and his buddy doing a knock off of a Japanese wood cut.

After I was inspired we decided we were tired of being stuck in the studio so instead of mailing the poster art for the new festival poster we decided to deliver it. The Tman had his buddy Maverick along and I hopped in Her handbag along with the camera and we were off. The plan was to visit the coolest grocery store on the planet. Uwajimaya. It's in Seattle and it's like Safeway goes to Japan crossed with Pier One and a little Japanese Barnes and Noble thrown in around the edges. We love it as a sort of mini-escape and we always find the most beautiful--and odd vegetables and other Things that people Eat, or not.

posted by Rocket Davis @ 8:40 PM