march

• scored a pair of black vintage bally leather boots and white calfskin by far boots (the same ones hayley williams wore during her tour)
• went on a girls trip with my bestie but my alone times were my favorite: pretending to be a street photographer in dadaocheng, also getting my photo taken by a street photographer, a free tea ceremony with an ayí, meeting a friend who had to translate for a nainai manning a paper lantern store, getting book recommendations from a lady running a cafe bookstore, meeting up with a longtime taiwanese friend and having tremella almond milk desserts, etc. etc. etc.
• times with the bestie were ok too: going to the zoo, taking the gondola to maokong (a tea mountain haven), singing under the rain, seeing cherry blossoms on her birthday, going to a tea-based cocktail speakeasy and meeting a new friend, going to ichiko aoba's intimate concert and meeting another friend, etc. etc. etc.
• my qing dynasty antique teacup from dadaocheng
• songs: bouquet by ichiko aoba being our frolicking song in taipei, pet rock by tomcbumpz
• my cabbages eco bag taking all the attention

april

• when life gives you tangerines making me cry cry cry
• scored the melody soundtrack and cobalt hour by yumi arai on vinyl for dirt cheap
• enjoying springtime flowers with the husby
• foodrelic's substack but especially this on rhizomes
• shimon hoshino's playlists inspired by fragrance
• in the forest album by takatoshi naitoh
• cabbages, we keep eating cabbages
• getting the pilita corrales tattoo i've always wanted
• this letterboxd review by umama on when life gives you tangerines making me weep all over again