Emily!Duong

Just in China. You know… China.

Geoffrey Tetris and I went into the woods to find our friend Jeremy Mandog. He’s backpacking a total of 2174 miles.

Short in square miles, however the history is quite lengthy.

One of my daily reads, Anna the Red’s Bento Factory, is doing a series of food recreation from Hayao Miyazaki. It’s so adorable and clever. I always drooled over how bountiful and saturated the food in his movies look – especially the huge banquets in Spirited Away. I hope she recreates one of them!

I want to make these!

Inspired by the Slow Food movement, WWOOF, Michael Pollan and the likes, I knew I wanted some farming experience on my journey. Simplicity Gardens was my first, and certainly not last, encounter.

I’m not a big fan of the 5/$1 postcards in gift shops. Don’t get me wrong, I like it when my friends send me anything in the mail. However, me sending out glossy photos with WordArt on the front… they just don’t say “Emily!” So for a few dollars, I bought some blank note cards and vellum envelopes, printed some of my favorite photos that I took to a local drug store and made these post-note-cards (or note-post-card?).

A mini road trip from Seattle to Portland with my friend Francisco.

Inspiration is everywhere. These are some of my favorite art and design I encountered in these two cities.

A quick trip over the border and back.

Running amok in the Emerald City.

Day hike and urban hike.