Twinning Meet-up

A twinning meet-up was held at the beginning of August at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Lolitas found each other by listing their wardrobes in a google spreadsheet that was accessible on facebook and meetup.com.  I was getting nervous as the date approached because I hadn't found anyone to twin with, but one week before the meet-up several different girls contacted me and I ended up having to choose just one.  I twinned Melty Mermaid with two other girls, Jeanine and Giovanna.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

I wore the OP in black x purple, Giovanna wore the skirt in black x purple, and Jeanine wore the JSK in navy.  We took one shot in front of the fountain because there are air bubbles and water in the mermaid print on our dresses. ^^

I accessorized with a canotier and purple roses in my hair, lace gloves, AP wrist cuffs, black tights with gold bubbles from BTSSB, and Steve Madden shoes.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Jeanine took some awesome photos of me standing next to the pillars adjacent to the stage area. 

Photo by Jeanine Lewis 

There was a huge turn-out, about 30 lolitas (tons of food!).  Most were twins or triplets, but a few came solo just to be there.  We took our group photo in a heart shape (above) and made hearts with our hands. ^^

Our event was so popular that we drew a crowd.  Rowena and I took a picture posing like tourists in front of the crowd!  Rowena wore Pony in Sweet Dreams from BTSSB with a bonnet.  She coordinated with Converse for a more casual style.

And for some of the twinning coordinates...

AaTP - Trick Hat, Pricked Heart

AP - Honey Cake

AaTP - Poison de l'amour

These four coordinated together to make a super cute group!  Wendy and Chen wore Poison de l'amour, and Bri and Shaf coordinated boy style with each other and the color with their partners.

Chen and Shaf

And what is a meet-up without a jumping photo?

I split off from the group after a few hours and went to Japantown for purikura with some friends, but a small group went to the Japanese Gardens.  The theme was a hit and everyone is talking about doing another in the near future!

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Tea Time in Santana Row

Last weekend I attended a tea party at Lisa's Tea Treasures in Santana Row followed by window shopping along the strip and at the Westfield Mall.  This was probably one of the more enjoyable meet-ups I have been to.  I met numerous fun and exciting girls and was able to meet up with a few that I already knew and really like.  In addition, it was a reason to take a day off work. \(^o^)/

I wore my new BTSSB Twinkle Constellation and the Stars of Confeito JSK.  I coordinated it with the matching OTKs and navy star bows from Angelic Pretty.  One of my favorite accessories is the necklace- it's a spoon with silicone frosting, bunnies and cute stuff in the spoon.  My sister is wearing an Angelic Pretty replica from Kidsyoyo (polka dot bunny JSK).

We started out at the tea house.  Almost everyone was late (although I was early for once ^^;).  It was my first time having tea at Lisa's Tea Treasures, although I've been in the gift shop lots of times.  The girl on my left, Paisley, was lively and read our tea leaves.  Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pictures at the tea house.

Afterwards, we lingered around Santana Row for a period of time.  We took pictures at the larger than life chessboard.

Throwing coins into the well.

I love the coordinate of the girl next to me! Milky Planet! <3

We stopped at Maido (Japanese paper store) where I found a Nyanpaia keychain!  I couldn't decide between the cat with bat wings or bat with cat ears, so I got one for my sister and one for me. ^^

Finally, we went in search of the Betsy Johnson store at the mall, but it's already closed. (T_T)  We ended up shopping at Lush, where the shopkeepers were excited about our dresses and took lots of pictures.  

Lush sells glittery lotions bars that can be rubbed directly onto the skin.  It's not visible in the picture, but my sister's cheeks are covered!

Twinsies!

Lush Lolitas (^_^)

Happy Hollow Meet-Up

For International Lolita Day, I met up with a group of local lolitas at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose.  Like usual I came late because I was working in the morning, so I missed the picnic but arrived after the walk in the Japanese Gardens had started.

I was eager to wear a BTSSB bonnet that I found at FanimeCon last weekend.  It's a little off-white and doesn't match perfectly with anything I own, so I used the extra bow for my Miracle Candy skirt and attached it to the bonnet to balance the coordinate.  This is my first bonnet, I love it!

Several of the girls were interested in how to make a good bodice for a dress, so Allegra gave a little tutorial at a picnic table.  I didn't pay too much attention since I lack the patience for this amazing skill.

After entering Happy Hollow, we took a ride on the carousel (no photos ^^;) and then walked around the zoo. In these photos everyone is looking at the monkeys.  They were just as curious about us as we were about them!

Next we took a ride on Danny the Dragon.  This is part of our group waiting in line.

Our group took up more than the front half of the dragon.

Finally, we went to the petting zoo.  Wendy was particularly excited about petting the animals! ^^

Afterwards, the majority of the group headed to Japantown for dinner.  An even smaller group stayed for desert at Banana Crepe and drinks at Bamboo7.

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