Sorry for the slow blogging these last few days! Do you ever have those vacations where you come back more tired and grumpy than before?

I was so excited about our trip to our old home-state (Maryland! Crabs! Family! Friends!), but I managed to give Cath and Matt a stomach flu. If you had any doubts before, stomach flu and 14-hour road trips do not mix well. Between the three of us being sick I think we had 4 good days sans nausea – so we had to make the most of it.

Look, here is Cath (pre-stomach flu) looking so cute, prepping for Maryland crabs and cold beer (nom!):

Once you get outside of the trashier bits of Ocean City (I use the descriptor “trashy” fondly), there are some great gems like roadside farm stands:

. and wild ponies/horses on Assateague Island:

Ooo and crab cakes, sweet corn and Boardwalk fries (again pre-stomach flu):

Watching clouds that look like jelly fishies! Does that only happen by the ocean?

Running away from dinosaurs:

Then hiding from them:

Cloudy beaches:

Yummy fruity drinks (that would have been alcoholic if I hadn’t just gotten over the stomach flu):

I apologize if I just said “stomach flu” like three million times in one post. I find it funny though, if you just look at these pics, it looks like we had a perfect vacay and I should be feeling nicely tanned and perfectly refreshed.  I didn’t take any photos of me gripping a plastic bag around my face and shivering in the front seat of the car. I wouldn’t want to inflict that on any of our lovely readers, but that’s kind of what I think of when someone asks “How was your vacation?!” “My wahh-huh?”

And we missed you guys! We’ll be back to regular blogging (sans mention of beach or flu) shortly!

Have you guys noticed in past posts what nutters we are for Scotland? Cath and I studied abroad in Edinburgh in 2004 and then Matt (Monsieur Mustachio) and I visited last year – which actually began this whole moving thing.

Since studying abroad, Cath and I have always said if the we could move to Scotland we would in a heartbeat. Once again, we have no idea where all this Celtic love crept in. We have no Scottish ancestry (German, yup. French, check. Irish, English, Danish, check, check, check. Chinese – but not Scottish). Studying in Edinburgh was a bit of a whim (I wasn’t even sure exactly where Scotland was located in the UK before we went there — file that under “things you shouldn’t admit in public,” please). But Scotland wrapped us in its green, peaty, woolly bear hug, and we couldn’t wait to go back at the first chance.

Now I have a chance to move there with the man of my dreams (that’s you again, Mr. Mustachio), and I’m really, truly excited, but the excitement is very strongly tempered with a heavy dose of *&%!-I-Won’t-See-My-Twinie-For-6-Months-At-A-Time!!! I’m so not okay with that. I don’t think Cath is either. In fact, we haven’t really discussed it, have we, Kitcath?

So that’s where you come in, AsianCajun readers. We’ll be morphing this blog to be a bit like a twin love letter to keep in touch with each other and you. Cath will tell me everything she is up to in the big peachy ATL, and I’ll tell her everything I do stomping around in my rain boots in Edinburgh.

These changes will happen at the end of the summer (I’ll be moving in September), but I just wanted to give you guys a heads up.

p.s. That photo above obviously has nothing to do with Scotland, but my expression is kind of how I feel: wistful, bittersweet. (Actually, that’s what I look like when I wear too many clothes on a hot humid Atlanta afternoon, and I start grimacing because I can feel another fat drop of sweat roll down my back).

Hiya Lovelies!

So I updated our About Us page. I figured it was time (4 years and counting). Also, we figured if Mr. Sartorialist himself didn’t know what “Cajun” meant, others might wonder too. Add the “Asian” in front of the “Cajun” and then you’ve got people really confused.

I’m not sure if anyone actually checks out our “About Us” page, but if you do/did, are there other things we haven’t answered? Seriously, ask away! We’ll do a post with some of the questions and answers, and post all of the Q and A up on our “About Us” page – flesh it out a bit.

In the meantime, here’s a collage of weekend pics to keep your eyes occupied while you think of some questions:

Two weeks ago my friend, Lena, and I threw a surprise engagement party for Lar and Matt. We tricked them into thinking they were coming to Lena’s housewarming party. Little did they know. . . . .

This was the first time I ever got to throw a surprise party for Lar and it was so much fun. She had no idea and couldn’t believe that I kept the secret for so long. It’s definitely not easy keeping a secret from your twin sister!

Before the party, I took two photos of Matt and Lar and had them blown up at Kinkos. Then I printed out some paper rings and mustaches so everyone could play Pin the Ring on Lar and Pin the ‘stache on Matt.

We also set up a photobooth using my Mac and some dollar store props. It wasn’t until the end of the night that I realized Lar and Matt didn’t make it over to the photo booth together. Whoops. Party planning fail.

Not including the photobooth images, our friend Dexin took all the party photos. She’s in the last photobooth row in the red coat above.

The best part about the party was all the delicious food that everyone brought. Lena’s bf made Ritz crackers with Parmesan cheese wrapped in bacon. My friend Meredith made an amazing cake, another friend made Kahlua brownies  and my mom made the best homemade whoopie pies ever! All in all a great night.

And the official countdown is on. Only 13 more days until the wedding! I took some photos of the decorations we’ve been working on and will post those sometime later this week.

Hope all of you have a great start to the week!

Thank you all for the sweet comments! Cath and I are safely moved (to our separate apartments), and my pneumonia is slowly but surely ebbing away. Our new branding is still in the works- just a few more tweaks from my code monkey and you’ll see our new site- woohoo!

In the meantime, this has been the AsianCajun world the last two weeks:

We live and die by Scoutmob’s daily local deals (non-locals, Scoutmob is going nationwide- check it out here). Today they featured our favorite jewelry designer June Shin, and she and the witty Scoutmobbers gave a nod to the AsianCajuns. Huzzah!

Saturday: the day of moving. We had six of the most wonderful people help us move- and they got it done in less than seven hours. They even did acrobatics for us (i.e. my bf and friends struggling to take down our long curtains, while I helpfully. take photos):

We’ve been trapped under boxes for the last week, so Cath and I have yet to see the latest S&TC movie. In the meantime we’ve talked about how SJP looks absolutely ravishing in her Halston Heritage– and we wish to gawd we could afford it (and travel to Abu Dhabi).

We’ve been listening to NPR’s The Moth Radio Hour. Our favorite so far? Vogue editor Joan Juliet Buck’s ghost story about her haunted Left Bank palace of an apartment. That’s her below wearing Yves Saint Laurent in the 80s. I’m against smoking, but I kind of want to just so I can keep one hand gloved. Listen to her story here.

This is not super-new news, but we are tres excited that Madewell is finally available on line. Bits and pieces taunted us at Shopbop, but now everything is available without schlepping to the mall. I’m also pleased as punch that they are little more diverse in their model selection. Even though we are supposedly living through an age of salads and melting-pots, the fashion industry (and many others) are still predominantly bland and un-melted.

And last, but not least. the most exciting news for me this past weekend. my bf bought me my first piece of art! As much as I really like shoes and clothes and food, I would give a lot of that up for real art. I am definitely not in the financial position to start collecting- or so I thought (leather platforms and fancy mac & cheese I can afford), but this weekend we stopped by the Decatur Fine Arts Exhibition. I’d been eying this painting for months (I’m the chair person for the show, so I got a little preview), and at $125, my bf swept me off my feet.

What do you guys think? She’s by Mary Pousner, and it’s entitled My Sweet Aberration.

I love her expression and the eyes in the sweet potato (or watermelon).

Is that enough babbling for one night? I hope you guys had a wonderful weekend! I feel like summer has really started. What have you guys been up to? What are your summer plans?! Do tell (I have to live semi-vicariously through you all until my pneumonia is all gone- drat you, lungs!).