A spicy shirt for a hot day!

Yes sir, we agree, Honeydew Bubble Tea is the way to go! 🙂

A blast from the past

My old friends came to visit me last night. Thanks Khang & Sammy for making me laugh so hard, I felt like I was sixteen again haha! Miss you guys very much. 🙂

xoxo
Helen

La Vuelta – What a cool yerba maté packaging!

Santo, a Buenos Aires and London based design firm sends in the beautiful packaging for their latest project:

"“La Vuelta” is a ‘mate’ herb, an infusion that is drunk in southern Latinamerica.  In order to drink it, the herb is placed in a receptacle (the mate) where water is added and one drinks it with a special metal straw (bombilla).  It’s a very old custom which consists of everyone drinking from the same receptacle.  One person drinks it at a time, and then passes it on to the next person.  This action of drinking and then passing the mate along in a circle is called “la vuelta del mate” (“the mate round”). The packs were designed using as reference the fabrics worn by the ‘gauchos’ (Latinamerican cowboys) as ponchos.

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Great shirt!

Anthony who works at Google came in today wearing a great shirt. He likes our Strawberry Shortcake bubble tea. Thanks for being awesome Anthony!

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Myphoneisoff.com

Our good friend Ingrid Zweifel who is graduating from Parsons this year has finally completed her senior thesis project! It's called "My Phone Is Off For You". Way to go Ingrid! 😀

Happy Earth Day

We’ll pour your tea directly into your mouth for earth day. Either that or you can bring your own cup and get a half priced 16oz jasmine iced tea for only .99c

 Have a great Earth Day

🙂

Moses Josiah and His Musical Saw

Last Sunday when I was leaving the Union Square station to go to work, an amusing sound caught my ear. I turned to look and found Moses Josiah playing a musical saw. I had to stop and take a video to share with you because how often do you get to hear a musical saw live?! Hahah… luckily when I asked, Moses told me that he's there every Sunday whenever we want to stop by and enjoy a little bit of his musical talent. He told me he has been playing the instrument since 1947, when he was a teenager. How impressive! 🙂

The first time I fell in love with the musical saw was during "Delicatessen," the first feature film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet who also directed Amélie ten years later. There is something magical about the instrument that just makes me smile every time I hear it. Here is a clip of the movie, I hope you enjoy it as well. 🙂

-Helen

Because of an iPhone commercial…

I found out who “She & Him” is. And I found out Zooey Deschanel is in the band. And I love Zooey Deschanel’s voice! Now I can listen to her beautiful singing any time I want and not just in Elf. Yay! Thanks iPhone commercial! 🙂

-Helen

Look at him still talking when there’s Science to do

Jason has been working on gene therapy for the past year, but this Tuesday he is off to California to join a group of scientists to work on Artificially Intelligence. Goodbye Jason, we’ll miss you!

Here is a song for you, enjoy. 🙂

Susan & her dog “Ping” loves Bubble Tea

Susan has an adorable pug named "Ping". Ping is 11-years-old and loves rolling over for some treats! Thank you both for stopping by today. We love you both. ❤