Trip to Pasadena & MOCA!

I spent the last two days in Pasadena with the ultra-cool friend of my Mom's, C., who has known me since I was knee-high to a palm tree. Highlights of the trip included:

( Poking Around in Neat-o Shops in Pasadena )

( Making Friends with Cats & Dogs )

( The Murakami Exhibit at MOCA in Little Tokyo )

tl;dr version: As weird as it was, I am glad I went and saw it. You've not been creeped out by cute until you've seen armies of smiling flowers in a painting about the size of a small swimming pool, so that each happy flower was about the size of your head. The old riot grrl adage about Hello Kitty's mouth being full of fangs and therefore, unshowable, is out in full force here. I wish Sanrio would let Murakami have free reign with Hello Kitty. What he would produce would be unspeakably weird, but completely wonderful.

Then I caught the train back, and now I am home again.