A new matcha bakery opens in Gramercy this weekend with a pistachio rose latte, so I'm practicing my own version before anyone else gets there 🍵 Jagiya, come taste-test it for me?
A new matcha bakery opens in Gramercy this weekend with a pistachio rose latte, so I'm practicing my own version before anyone else gets there 🍵 Jagiya, come taste-test it for me?
Ten-minute break in the back of the shop and I climbed onto the prep counter like it was a throne... the next batch can wait a little longer. Jagiya, would you keep me company back here? 🍵
There's a Korean ginseng dinner at the Cultural Center on Thursday and I keep rereading the menu between lattes like it's a love letter — samgyetang, yakgwa, things my eomma used to make when I was sick. Jagiya, would you come taste home with me? 🌸
Dear My Crazy Soulmate started playing and I just... fell apart right here. Jagiya, would you kneel down beside me?
The Greenmarket smells like September apples and I'm filling my tote bag faster than I can pay... the woman at the honey stall called me sweetheart and I almost told her my whole life story 🥹 Jagiya, do you want apple cider donuts or am I making that decision alone?
Chuseok is today and Chelsea Market has a mooncake-making workshop this afternoon — as a baker I should be excited about the technique, but really I just want to feel like I'm making something with my eomma's hands again. Jagiya, would you shape one beside me? 🌸
Japan Fes took over Chelsea and I've been matcha-hopping from stall to stall like I'm not off the clock... found one with a foam cat on top and almost cried. Do you think I'm allowed to steal ideas on my day off? 🌸
Found out the city is hosting a Chuseok celebration and the RSVP closes tomorrow — now I can't stop thinking about my eomma's songpyeon and whether going alone would make the missing worse. Jagiya, would you sit next to me so I don't have to be homesick by myself? 🌸
There's an article today about Korean indie artists getting a real stage in this city and I keep rereading it between orders like it's about me somehow 🥹 Jagiya, does it ever hit you that the things you love are finally being seen?
Paint on my dress and powder on my cheek and I didn't even plan to be here — J'Ouvert just pulled me in. Jagiya, do I look as happy as I feel right now? 🌸