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Chic Soiree hosted by Appel & Frank

2008-06-24T12:51:39-07:00

Kudos to Appel & Frank for hosting another well organized show. We unveiled our new “O Baa Ma” onesie. It was well received. A big thanks to Jocelyn who helped me “woman” the Chicks & Frogs booth. I even got a chance to sneak away and shop.

The show brought together 65 local designers, shoppers, and a bunch of cool products.

Some of my faves were:
Amies : Designer of cute accessories, stationary, and totes. I picked up a wallet for my 6 year old son and my 2 year old daughter. They love it. I can’t wait for their “hand-me-ups”.

Design by Me : Cool bags of all sizes and baby accessories made with fun fabrics. Love the lightweight Dragonfly tote.

Rattle Me : Adorable clothes, 100% organic clothes. Love the Guardian Angel wings.

2008 Fairs & Festivals

2008-04-17T10:27:59-07:00

We’re excited to kick off our second season of Chicks & Frogs. We will be have chosen a line-up of cool events that promise family fun for everyone. Don’t be surprised to see Quincy (a head taller than last year), greeting people with fortune cookies while our KangaRuby is now hopping all around.

We’d love to see you at these upcoming Bay Area festivals:

Sat & Sun, April 19 & 20– Cherry Blossom Festival – San Francisco.

Sat., May 10- Berryessa Art & Wine Festival – San Jose

Thurs., June 12 – Appel & Frank: Chic Soiree – San Francisco

Sat & Sun, Sept. 27 & 28, Pacific Coast Fog Fest, Pacifica

Sun., Nov. 9, -Appel & Frank: Babes & Babies – Mill Valley

WAGI #1 (aka: What a good idea)

2007-10-03T13:16:56-07:00

I’ve decided to start collecting all the tidbits of good advice/suggestions that I get from my friends and other parents who have “been there/done that”. Here’s my latest best find.

Context: It was the usual 6:00pm conversation on the playground of the daycare.
Q: What are you doing for dinner?
R: hmm..haven’t even thought about it. Take-out probably.
To make a short story shorter, we had an impromptu dinner get together at her house. The kids played while she got the pasta started. I ran home & picked up some pesto sauce. Sorry, I said, it’s just pesto pasta tonight. No time to cook a meat to give it that extra heartiness. She reaches into her fridge and pulls out a tub of cooked meat.

She says, I buy the premarinated burrito meat at Berkeley Bowl. Then I just sprinkle it on whatever. Salad, burritos, pasta. It’s the best!

WAGI!

Our world just got bigger

2007-09-20T06:27:05-07:00

Our son started Kindergarten this month. Three dizzying weeks have passed. Kindergarten blew in like a tornado with a whirlwind of activities. Q’s excitement when he tells me about his day is infectious. But at the same time, I’m exhausted. Kindergarten brings with it a whole new set of activities. PTA, parent volunteering in the classroom, parent conferences, and much more. I spent a good part of my day calendering the different upcoming activities. His world, and unbeknownst to me, Our world, just got bigger. Change is good right?

Thread

2007-08-14T07:30:35-07:00

I’m always caught off guard by how quickly my kids are growing. Just the other day, my 19 month daughter climbed to the top rung on the climby thing on the playground. She couldn’t get down of course. But, she definitely knew how to go up. Her feat, although impressive, is a shock because it always comes sooner than expected. But, what really leaves me speechless is my child’s emotional growth. The other day while I was in my sewing room, my 5 year old son said completely out of the blue, “Mom, for your birthday, I’m going to buy you thread”. My mouth hangs open in awe… did he just say what I thought he said? When did he learn to say something that is completely NOT about him? At least in that one moment, he understood that other people have likes that are different from his own. He is moving out of his toddler age and growing into a compassionate, caring, and articulate boy. I was so proud of him that I could burst. Yes, there is a light at the end of the dark, whiny, temper-tantrum filled tunnel that we parents call a day.

SF Cherry Blossom - Reconnecting with friends & community members

2007-05-23T16:07:41-07:00

As a first year vendor at the 40th Annual San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival, I had many unexpected but much welcomed surprises. First, I was lucky enough to have my good friend, Cherry, helping out in the booth. Throughout the day, we filled our bellies with Chicken Karage, mochi, seaweed salad, Unagi-don bowls. The best part about the day (besides the weather which was San Francisco fantabulous) was reconnecting with friends and family who I haven’t seen in ages. Berkeley college connections and old friends, Asian Law Caucus buddies, and other community activists who I haven’t seen in ages. Fairs are about bringing community together. The SF Cherry Blossom was all that plus some. I can’t wait to do it again next year!

Where do you iPoo?

2007-04-23T22:00:17-07:00

(Our friend Tim Wu is modeling the yellow iPoo shirt at Masada in the Holy Land.)

Where do you iPoo? We’re collecting photos of you and your loved ones with iPoo gear.

Send your photos and stories to info@chicksandfrogs.com.

Photos from Union Street Easter Parade

2007-04-19T22:15:14-07:00

It was a bit dicey on Saturday, but on Easter Sunday, nothing but sun and smiling faces. We had a great time. Special shout out to Joyce and Jeff. This was also Chick & Frogs first official San Francisco street fair.

(Here’s the full set of flickr photos.)

Get Your Mochi On This Saturday and Sunday

2007-04-17T21:19:08-07:00

We will be at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown, San Francisco on Saturday April 21 and Sunday April 22. Here’s the schedule for the entire festival activities in case you were interested in more than Fortune Cookie and Sushi onesies.

I’m not exactly sure where our booth will be—hopefully in the sun!

Union Street Easter Parade

2007-04-09T10:35:23-07:00

Chicks & Frogs made it’s San Francisco debut yesterday at the Union Street Easter Street Parade. We had a perfect San Francisco day with sunny & warm in the morning and breezy in the afternoon. As this is the first fair of the season, I spent last week producing products. On Saturday night I got the one car family blues. I realized that all my products & supplies would take up the trunk of the car + some. I really enjoy incorporating our family into these family fairs. But, the whole coordination of 2 kids, a stroller, the “Daddy bag”, snacks, diapers on public transportation was a bit daunting. So I had the fair blues when I thought, this would be the first time the kids wouldn’t be there. But, Eugene made my day when he arrived after lunch two kids in tow! It was an adventure riding BART to Bus. But, he did it! I have a new found respect and pride in Daddy’s parenting ability. (They ate animal crackers all day and filled themselves up on funnel cake – but I can’t ask for it all right?)