Girls' Day at My Place

Today was fabulous with two consecutive visitors to my new apartment. First Jessica came over for lunch. We didn't do bento, I ran out of time, but we did have some lovely little dishes we picked up down the street. Then we chatted for hours and hours.

Dinner was with Hisun who brought over fresh heirloom tomatoes, basil and buffalo mozzarella. She prepared a beautiful salad. We chatted for hours and hours while shopping in my closet and then watching youtube videos.

All these guests! I've been a hermit for the past 13 months with barely a visitor to my last place. Now that I'm in my own apartment and have a fantastic setup the friends are visiting and we're having tons of quality time together.

Lovely.

Adventures in Bento Making

I've had an inspiration, after reading an article in the New York Times called Bento Boxes Win Lunch Fans, to make a bento lunch this weekend. My friend Jess is coming over for lunch on Sunday and she is my first dining guest in the new apartment. Unpacking my stuff from storage, I realized that I have tons of Japanese bowls and plates - perfect for a bento meal. Also many cute cookie cutters for shaping veg.

I am further inspired by the blog Adventure in Bento www.aibento.net.

Also found this fantastic website called I Love Bento for Bento supplies.

Stay tuned for photos of the meal and the apartment.

Photo from Adventures in Bento. Don't those rice guys look like peeps!