2 subway rides, 1 hour long walk and a very exhausted but worthy trip to see the Hello Kitty statue! Sebastian Masuda is the artist behind the translucent larger than life sized Hello Kitty. Right around the corner was also Nishida Sho-ten, a highly recommended ramen restaurant. I ordered the ramen with the dumpling soup and it was amazing. Ramen and Hello Kitty in NYC made me feel like a little part of what my heaven would look like. The Hello Kitty installation is located on 47th and Second Ave until September 13. 

For Hello Kitty Con, The LINE Hotel hosted guests as the "official" HK theme. Sean Knibb designed the hotel and he was asked to design the suite to celebrate Kitty. The room couldn't be slept in, it was an exclusive gallery to the LINE guests. The bed itself, seen here, was created and represented everything Hello Kitty stands for. Not a corner was overlooked in the suite, every detail was decorated, even the ceiling. The man pictured below is Wayne, he was the man who made Sean's creativity come to life. There are over 18,000 rolls of Hello Kitty toilet paper that covered one room to mention one detail of the room. That's crazy. Does Costco sell this Hello Kitty tp? If anyone tp'd my house, please be sure to use the Hello Kitty kind. 

The food was just as cute at Hello Kitty Con as it was delicious. Hello Kitty Cafe, rumored to be in OC next year, served cute food and the LINE hotel, served spam sushi musubi, and we had Hello Kitty rosé wine to end a long day. 

And after you were done, be sure not to litter! 

I used the new ABM Lightroom presets. Personally, I love Lightroom over Photoshop and while I love the ABM presets, I can't help but favor the new ones. I can't wait to edit more HK Con photos! 

"...I love the design of Hello Kitty. Her face is nothing but a few lines and dots, yet it's instantly recognizable and utterly iconic. The creators have broken down the essence of a character to the barest minimum and that's what's made her one of the best known characters in the world."- James Turner

Hello Kitty is 40 today! I had such a fun time at Hello Kitty Con, I can't wait to go back next year. It made me appreciate what the characters symbolizes and a great community that believes in happiness through a cartoon. I had a chance to be interviewed on BBC, according to them, I'm a "super fan" ha! You can listen here. I'll be sorting out through the hundreds of photos I took, I can't believe I didn't go overboard on Instagram. I have no idea how I'm going to be cutting back on such cuteness overload, not a bad problem to have. This is artist Sean Knibb for The LINE Hotel (the "official" Hello Kitty hotel for the convention). These plushes were dip-dyed in a lavender and hand sewn to the comforter. Amazing! 

It was only last year we began decorating for Halloween. I never thought I had the "right" home for Halloween- pink just isn't spooky and ghoulish, unless you are absolutely terrified of the color. I didn't want color to determine whether or not I should celebrate, so why not! Let's make it a kawaii (cute!) Halloween! 

Halloween details- Pink Jack-o-lantern’s from Daiso, Hello Kitty inflatable (alternative here), bat vinyl sticker from walltowalldecals, Jack-o-lantern vinyl sticker from supervinyldecal, pink faux pumpkins from a craft store, pink candle from Candelles, mantel banner from Angela BianchiCuts, fresh fall flowers flowers from The Bouqs (thanks, Aline!)

I'm looking forward to what else I'll be adding this month.