If your kids got some shiny new tech over the holidays, you probably want to protect their expensive playthings with something reliable, strong and sturdy. What could be better than Totoro? Ok, so maybe Hayao Miyazaki 's beloved animated…
Based on how well she takes care of her Nintendo DS, my tween's future electronics are going to need to grow some thick skins if they are going to survive living with her. So if you have a kid who has been handed a precious iPad for her …
If you have a thing for Japanese design (and really, doesn't everyone these days?) I think I have found Mecca. Or Mecca East. This shop not only carries everything and anything in doodads, gadgets, and awesome little need-to-haves, you c…
We have all been riveted by the aftermath of the Japan earthquake and tsunami, and struggled with how to discuss it with our children. And yet, from the greatest of adversity, also comes the promise of hope. And there is nothing more tou…
There are a quite a few phrases I never thought I'd utter in my lifetime. "Please don't put that in your sister's underwear" and "I'm unfollowing Charlie Sheen" top the list this week. Another to add to the list: "Designer flash drive." …
I come by my love all things kawaii starting with Hello Kitty back in the 1970s. And while I realize I'm too mature now (cough) to deck myself out entirely in Japanese pop-art accessories, a little cuteness keeps the stuffy out of being …
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