Happiness is writing about Hello Kitty travel

This Hello Kitty travel article for The Frisky is one of my favorite things I've ever written. Hopefully someone will want my report on the Hello Kitty Cafe in South Korea I plan to check out this summer. A little bright spot amidst moving mania.

Hello Kitty and NSFW stickers on my new MacBook Pro

Bought the Hello Kitty sticker last night in the Sanrio store in Japanese Village, where I also snapped the $300 stuffed animal below! The NSFW sticker was given to me by Violet Blue at our reading at Booksmith!





And while I'm Hello Kitty geeking out, check out some other things I saw there:


Hello Kitty press-on nails


Hello Kitty hair dryers and curling iron

Hello Kitty Adhesive Roller - oh, okay

I'm not quite sure how I found this at Sanrio.com and I definitely know I'd never need one (I'm catsitting at the moment, but won't be tomorrow). At first I thought it was a paint roller and got very excited; shame of 2010 is that I did not get a chance to paint anyone's apartment. Must fix in the new year; dear world, I am available for my stellar apartment painting skills (and enthusiasm!), and I have references. I will do it for free, and if you're one of my very close friends, in my underwear even. Because I'm pretty easy to please; just stick a paint roller in my hand, put the tape on the walls (yes, you do the hard/boring parts), and I'm happy.

Hello Kitty Johnny Cupcakes limited edition t-shirt coming in December

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I am a major Hello Kitty and Sanrio fan, and right now they are doing a popup tour (I saw a very cute limited edition Hello Kitty iPhone case at CupcakeCamp LA!). I’m getting to the cupcake connection, I promise…

Johnny Cupcakes, who is in the process of opening up his London (UK) store in 2011, will be launching a limited edition Hello Kitty t-shirt next month, an item that is shooting straight to the top of my holiday wishlist! How fun. Stay tuned to johnnycupcakes.com and his blog (scroll down for photos from Sanrio's 50th anniversary), as well as Twitter and Facebook (where over 70,000 people are fans!), for ordering information. via Nitrolicious




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for the guys: Cupcakes and Crossbones Mesh Johnny Cupcakes shorts


Dice will be randomly placed in Johnny Cupcakes orders!

Three words: Hello Kitty Ramen

Six more words: Hello Kitty Hell. New Favorite Blog.



Okay, I need more words (this is not Twitter, after all): I am a huge Hello Kitty fan, though not as huge as this guy's wife. !!! LOVE IT.

Update: p.s. It's not every day (or probably ever up to this point) that I write a subject line consisting of "White girls represent" and yet I was compelled to in response to Jessica Cutler's assertion that the Hello Kitty Hell wife is probably Asian. I'm not so sure about that; I know plenty of white girls who'd kill for Hello Kitty (hi, Lisa Loeb). Okay, maybe not kill, but close enough.

Well, whatever her ethnicity, I admire her obsession. I have a toaster, two pillows, and a Hello Kitty/Marilyn Monroe bobbly head desk toy. I think the trick is to find a guy who at least tolerates HK, though I think the blog is totally adorable. Then again, I'm dating someone who bought a Hello Kitty Easter egg kit. He is not Asian, if that makes any difference. Come to my book party and we can all debate - and if someone dressed as a kinky Hello Kitty you would get all the prizes I can possibly come up with and as many free drinks as you want.

p.p.s. A Hello Kitty crock pot! (Yes, I'm sure this could go on forever, and I don't mind.)