What’s good in Union Square?

Seen on the Artifaktori blog: a snapshot of Julie and I after trying on some of the sweetest secondhand I’ve ever found. While I was rockin’ like Blossom, Julie was feeling at least as awesome as this dude. 

On Saturday, Julie, myself, and EmVee, featured with Snuggie below, met up at Sew-What, a DIY fashion event in Union Square that I found through an Urban Homesteader’s Meetup group. My first stop was the swap table, where I traded some clothes for two pairs of pants, both huge and high-wasted. Wearing them, I morphed into a winning combination of a) Subway Jared b) an old cat lady. Hott.

After playing around, we roamed the area, stopping to watch a hula hooper who made hula hoops look sexy (not something I’ve ever seen before) and stopping by a vintage shop where I bought white and gold leather earrings. Later, it would join a white lace top and some leather sandals to complete my transition back to the late 80s/early 90s look.

Although I’ve ridden past it several times, I had never stopped by Ricky’s Flower Market - probably the only plant shop in a gutted gas station - so we took a gander. It’s gorgeous! Really a cornucopia (cornucopia!!) of beautiful flowers, interesting succulents, effing huge sweet basil plants, even Christmas trees and berry plants. 

We balanced out that wholesome experience by going to Target next. As a kid who grew up in the suburbs, I consider walking around Target to be an important, formative part of my youth, really, part of who I am as a person. I mean, you can see why. 

By then we were starving and thirsting, so I took them to Buk-Kyung, my favorite Korean place in the area. I like Wuchon House too, which is next door, but I think it’s more expensive. Anyways, don’t pay too much attention to the mediocre rating from white vegetarians on Yelp - If you want to try Buk-Kyung, go with a Korean person (practically everyone eating in Buk-Kyung is Korean), remember that “vegetarian” means little to nothing to the Korean people (my grandparents would persistently hand meat to my sister, despite her protestations that she was a vegetarian) and enjoy! We shared 2 dishes (jajang-myun, noodles with black bean sauce, and kimchi chigae, kimchi stew with soft tofu) and dumplings, and when we split the price it was only $10 each. A steal. 

Yup, it was pretty much a perfect day. I’m hoping to have one of those again real soon.