Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
One of the best kept secrets on Sawtelle is Tempura House. I’ve written about them before, but this time, I have more pics. It’s up a bit from the shops, but it’s a good reason to hit that little strip of market, video store, and Tempura House. The Bento is now 5.50 and you actually get rice too. They make this everyday, and it’s different just a bit from time to time. The folks there are nice, older, and run it. The lady is funny, she just sits there, and you walk in, and she might not even get up if she doesn’t have to, and she shouldn’t. They had special new years prep food. For the Japanese ex-pats, this is the place to pick stuff up and have a party. You can get curry and tons of other foods, they have daily specials posted on the wall. I’m less into that, but people love it. That’s her, she’d be pissed that I took her pic, but I swear, she’s the charm of the place. That’s what it looks like. Tempura House is on the far left.
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I swear I thought this was a Jon Burgerman drawing. It's not quite, but definitely similar. I'm not sure if you buy this, if the art is meant to be kept, or do you throw it out and put your own art in. But Ikea is always interesting, and since they're the ubiquitous home furnishing place, it's fun to look around since there are some weird things there.
This is a kids rug or something like that....
I swear I thought this was a Jon Burgerman drawing. It’s not quite, but definitely similar. I’m not sure if you buy this, if the art is meant to be kept, or do you throw it out and put your own art in. But Ikea is always interesting, and since they’re the ubiquitous home furnishing place, it’s fun to look around since there are some weird things there. This is a kids rug or something like that. It’s influenced by illustration art, from a lot of folks we know. J Otto, Emberley, Salazar, and so on. I’ll bet they got someone to turn this out quick in that style. Looks like dead people. This is an odd bed spread. Dead people holding hands? I guess they’re not dead… the pillow has their heart rate monitor. I thought this was odd. These lights are weird. Would you call someone a hoser, if they had this at their place? This is digital katakana font. I’m not sure how many people know that it’s actually Japanese, but it’s disguised as a digital barcode -ish looking design. Simple in design and cute, this box of crackers is perfect. The colors of the box are great.
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You know the man from Giant Robot. If not, you know him through comics. James Jean is in NYC installing his exhibition Kindling. It's at Jonathan Levine January 10th this saturday. So shop at GR store, then go to the art exhibition and say hello. He's a shy guy, so you'll have to step up.
You know the man from Giant Robot. If not, you know him through comics. James Jean is in NYC installing his exhibition Kindling. It’s at Jonathan Levine January 10th this saturday. So shop at GR store, then go to the art exhibition and say hello. He’s a shy guy, so you’ll have to step up.
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