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Celebrate Bar Pa Tea One Year Anniversary With Lulu’s Art
To commemorate its first anniversary, Bar Pa Tea is collaborating with artist Yueming Lulu Qu on an art series titled “Celebrate.” Inspired by Bar Pa Tea and its home city, the pieces feature New York’s diverse personalities through its distinct inhabitants and iconic landmarks, unified by their shared penchant for constant reinvention and, of course, bubble tea.
Here are some photos of the One Year Anniversary Celebration Night at July 26th!
ABOUT YUEMING LULU QU
Art, fashion, passion, love, food, multi-cultural melting pot…this is how we often describe our city, no? Our city has millions of stories going on within every block every day. Don’t you agree we are so lucky to live in an amazing city that brings so many inspirations? I do.
Four years ago, I moved from Beijing for graduate study at Fashion Institute of Technology; this accounts for my second MFA – if there were such a thing as a PHD in Illustration I would pursue it. My first was an MFA in traditional Chinese Painting from Central Academy of Fine Arts. For Chinese painting, I use ink, gouache and soft brushes, which I still use in my current illustrations. Similar to how America brings all cultures together, I use traditional Chinese painting methods to illustrate New York City’s modern topics; predominantly fashion lifestyles and our beloved city landscapes. I think of fashion lifestyle as not only about high fashion during certain weeks, but more importantly about anyone who loves their life with a sense of pride. They are positive, they are kind, they are beautiful inside out, they are bravely chasing their dreams, and of course they have their own unique fashion styles.
Education:
Fashion Institute of Technology
The Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing, China)
Minzu University of China
Website:
Instagram
@qululululu
ABOUT BAR PA TEA
Patrick showcases flavor over sweetness at Bar Pa Tea, creating a more healthful alternative to the original beverage without compromising the distinct taste and experience of traditional bubble tea. The recipes feature tapioca pearls that are free of additives and drinks sweetened with pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup.
Bar Pa Tea provides a menu of highly customizable drinks, allowing the customer to adjust sweetness in increments and choose whether they would prefer it hot or cold. Bar Pa Tea even offers alternatives to the traditional tapioca pearls, most notably their signature “miniature bubbles.”
The selected menu showcases the flagship’s favorite and most popular items, creating a uniquely refined bubble tea experience.
Those who share Patrick’s love for both the nostalgia of bubble tea and the goal of a healthful lifestyle will find true satisfaction in the choices that Bar Pa Tea offers.
Location: 85 KENMARE ST, NEW YORK, NY 10012
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First Day of New York Restaurant Week at Momofuku Nish
Restaurant week is here, I made a long list to try! My first destination is Momofuku Nish at the very first day of New York Restaurant Week.
Here’s Momofuku Nishi’s Restaurant Week menu.
LUNCH
July 23 – August 17
Monday – Friday only
$26 per personPRIMI
Choice of:
Gem Lettuce – dates, sunflower seeds, pecorino
Ricotta Toast – radishes, coriander vinaigrette
Black Bass – meyer lemon, green chili
–SECONDI
Choice of:
Lumache – pomodoro, chili, breadcrumb
Smoked Brisket – tomato, brassicas
Skate Wing – salsa verde, pea shoots
–DOLCE
Choice of:
Frozen Vanilla Mousse – black lime, amaro
Olive Oil Cake – strawberry, buttermilkMy choice
Black Bass – meyer lemon, green chili
Lumache – pomodoro, chili, breadcrumb
Frozen Vanilla Mousse – black lime, amaro
A very nice meal, I will say I can give them 4.5 stars!
After the meal, I went to the Milk Bar of course.
What a wonderful day!
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Lulu’s Solo Exhibition at Matted LIC, New York
Tonight on July 19th, Lulu had her first Solo show at Matted LIC Gallery, curated by the owner of gallery Donna Drimer.
It was a blasting night. Lulu has her more than 20 original artworks on display and many more prints to sell. She also made some hand-crafted magnets of the New York fashion girls.
A lot of local people from Long Island City stop by the gallery and check out the show opening and of course, they purchased the prints and even the original artworks!
Lulu still remembers the first time she met Donna Drimer at Matted LIC over a year ago. It is all because her illustration of Long Island City Gantry Park.
Donna loves this drawing and she decided to have Lulu’s artwork at her gallery. And now she threw a solo show for Lulu to display a lot of Lulu’s New York sketches, landscapes and fashion illustrations.
Exhibition is all open to public.
Exhibition Opening: 6pm-8:30pm, July 19th 2018
Exhibition Closing Event: 12pm, September 16th 2018
Location: Matted LIC, 46-36 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York 11101
Come by to see the illustrations and enjoy the beautiful life in New York.
For more information, you can check out https://mattedlic.com/ or https://Qululululu.com/.
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Perfect Wedding Gift – A Box Full Of Happiness
Summer is definitely a wedding season! I have three wedding events on my calendar through the Summer and Fall – two are girl friends’ and one from the family. About the wedding gift, I never want to send a gift card – because everyone will choose the easiest way to buy a gift card. But I am not saying gift card isn’t good, your friends just need something more unique and they can remember your sweetness afterwards.
For June 23rd, my girl friend Miss L’s wedding, I have prepared a great gift for her and I am a hundred percent confident about this lovely gift that she would love love love it. But now, let me talk about Miss L first. She is an American girl grew up in Long Island. She is very beautiful with long blonde hair, she’s tall, skinny… When the first time I met her through our common friend, I made my mind to make friends with her. The most wonderful thing is she speaks perfect Mandarin since she lived in China for work for a couple of years. She knows I come from China and we talked a lot in Mandarin! Not only about the language, she also knows very well about Chinese culture.
So in her wedding, I will surprise her with the perfect gift – A Box Full Of Happiness from RITUALS. This box is from the collection named Happy Buddha.
What is Happy Buddha?
Inspired by the ancient monk whose legendary smile brought happiness wherever he went, The Ritual of Happy Buddha collection was created to boost body and soul with a burst of positivity. Infused with Sweet Orange and Cedar Wood, every product in the relaunched home and body collection puts a radiant smile on your face. Discover this uplifting collection and spread joy wherever you go and whatever you do.
Every Chinese people should have a big influence by Laughing Buddha, at least my generation. I remember when I grew up, every single my family member’s home has a statue or painting of this culture symbol. We believe he can bring the good luck, happiness and healthiness to our lives. We really believe in this and it has been a long history in Eastern culture for thousands of years.
I am so surprise to see RITUALS has this lovely collection and it means a lot to the people who love oriental cultures.
The reason it can be a perfect wedding gift is because the knot on the package is a sign of marriage in China. It combines two same words together to be a new non-existing word. The two words is in Mandarin meaning happiness. So the new word is double happiness. Isn’t it so cute?
Let’s see what are inside the box?
THE RITUAL OF LAUGHING BUDDHA – REVITALIZING COLLECTION
$65.00
foaming shower gel 200ml, body scrub 125 gr, body cream 200ml, bed & body mist 50ml
This wonderful gift pack is the perfect present for a friend or family member or for treating yourself!
- Contains a shower foam, body scrub, body cream, and bed and body spray
- With these fresh and revitalising products you will create a moment of happiness every day
- Give the gift box a second lease of life by keeping photographs, letters, or other items in it
- Free re-usable luxury storage box
There is another choice for the gift box as a much lower cost.
THE RITUAL OF LAUGHING BUDDHA – REVITALIZING TREAT$28.00
foaming shower gel 50ml, shower oil 75ml, body scrub 70ml, body cream 70ml
This wonderful gift pack is the perfect present for a friend or family member or for treating yourself!
- Contains shower foam, shower oil, body scrub, and body cream
- With these fresh and revitalising products you will create a moment of happiness every day
- Give the gift box a second lease of life by keeping photographs, letters, or other items in it
- Free re-usable luxury storage box
If you would love to have something to explore by yourself
or make your own gift box,
there are so many choices from RITUALS online shop.
THE RITUAL OF HAPPY BUDDHA BODY CREAM REFILL$29.00
rich and nourishing body cream
- Body cream refill pack specially developed for The Ritual of Happy Buddha body cream jar
- Save 70% in CO2 emissions, 65% in energy and use 45% less water by using the new eco-chic refill concept
- The natural ingredients Sweet Orange and Cedar Wood provide a wonderfully warm fragrance
- Buy the refill pack and reuse the luxury pot
- Refill for the Ritual of Happy Buddha Body Cream
A light tap on the bottom of the luxurious The Ritual of Happy Buddha body cream pot helps you replace your empty refill jar.
THE RITUAL OF HAPPY BUDDHA USA FRAGRANCE STICKS$39.00
home fragrance sticks
- Fragrance sticks based on Sweet Orange and Cedar Wood
- A natural and stylish way to beautifully fragrance your home. Works for around three months
- Give your interior a refined fragrant accent with Cedar Wood and the refreshing aroma of Sweet Orange
- Perfect for use anywhere in the home: from living room to bathroom, kitchen and toilet
- Tip: to continue the fragrance experience, you can combine the fragrance sticks with The Ritual of Happy Buddha scented candle
Place the elegant, natural sticks in the perfume-filled bottle. This formula does not require the sticks to be turned. If you would like an extra fragrance experience, turn the sticks whenever you like. Wash your hands with soap and water afterwards. NB: if you turn the sticks often, they may last less than 3 months.
There are still more products from Happy Buddha I want to introduce to you. You can check out everything on RITUALS’s website. I can’t wait to bring this box full of happiness to my friend and wish her a happy marriage to a happy life!
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Welcome To The Egg House
This is the last month The Egg House stay in New York. Let us grab the last chance to check this very cool place out!
What is The Egg House?
The world’s beloved breakfast food found a new home in New York City! When his friends ask him why NYC, Ellis replies, “I have a dream that I could be a part of something greater here.” He has opened up his humble home in the Lower East Side, where together we get to interact with his hopes and dreams in a place called The Egg House.
Embark On A Journey with an ambitious egg living in the Lower East Side. As a new eggling arriving to New York City, Ellis hits the concrete jungle and visits the bright lights in Times Square. With little money, Ellis goes window shopping in Soho and visits the Met. On nights and weekends, Ellis works at a modest restaurant to keep the big dream alive of becoming a part of something greater.
New York City is the playground to find yourself but coming to a new place with dreams sometimes can feel lonely. The Egg House is a place where we can come together and celebrate our dreams & aspirations and see what great things New York City has in store.
The Egg House starts when Ellis lays down to rest and the magic begins!
THE FOYER
Interact with the background to find a delight sunny surprise.
THE KITCHEN
Nest up with your friends to find a cozy spot together.
THE GARDEN
Come play together! We swing when we play!
THE POOL
Life isn’t always caviar and candy but when it is…last one in is a rotten egg.
SECRET ROOM
Another word for “speakeasy”. You really think we would tell you 😉
Let’s go for an Eggventure with me!
So many cool people come to have fun, including the Victoria Secret models! What are you waiting for? Let us have a fantasy dream together in Ellis’s dream.
Eggloo and The Egg Shop are collaboration with The Egg House, providing some special foods at there.
The cutest soap – Come Clean is selling at the Egg House! People are crazy about this super cute and fun soap!
Youji x LULU’s NYC series postcards are available at The Egg House.
The Egg House’s special event – Illustrator LULU was invited to be The Egg House drawing live portraits for the guests.
This is the last month for this wonderful adventure! Because next month, The Egg House is going to be in Shanghai! I believe the people in Shanghai will love this beautiful pop up show too. Come to have the last chance to join in Ellis’ adventure. Here is the link to get the ticket.
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Featuring Yueming Qu’s “Young and Beautiful – Something About New York” Project
The graduates in illustration MFA Program at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) will be presenting their works in Gallery FIT located in the Museum at FIT on Seventh Avenue at 27th Street in New York City. The exhibition runs from June 13th to the end of the month. The Museum is open from Tuesday to Friday, 12pm to 8pm, and Saturday, 10am to 5pm.The exhibition is titled “Thirteen Stories”, as there are thirteen students in this class. Fashion artist Yueming Qu will be showing her artworks from her book, titled:” Young and Beautiful – Something About New York”.
“Young and Beautiful – Something About New York” is a guide book of New York City using illustrations from some young girls’ perspectives. They are seventeen girls who live in New York City, whose age range from twenty to early thirties. The girls came from different countries, working in different fields, and looking extremely different, but now, all of them are living in the same city – New York. Yueming gathered these seventeen girls by friends’ introducing, Craigslist, Instagram, and even in the subway. All the girls are young, and beautiful no matter outside and inside. Yueming found the attractive points of these girls and interviewed with them. She asked questions about these girls’ lives in New York, and let them to introduce some good spots in the city, such as their favorite restaurants and the best nightlife places. Then Yueming would go to the spots to check out and illustrate them. At the exhibition, Yueming makes her work an interactive work. She printed her illustrations on nice paper and handcrafted them into magnets which the people attending the exhibit can interact with.
“New York is the most international city in the world. People here are comimg to chase their dreams from every corner of the earth, of course including these young girls. They are young, ambitious, hard working, but sometimes they feel tired of busy New York lives. I interviewed with them and get to know the real lives in this city, what they answered is what I drew on the paper. It is all real.” Yueming stated, “I know there are already thousands of guide books about this city, but the one I make is just from these young female New Yorkers’ perspectives.” Yueming loves doing live location sketches in the city because she thinks New York is the city that keeps changing but at the same time has a timeless beauty. Watercolor, gouache, ink and pen, she uses these materials to illustrate these fashionable girls with their suggestions about the city.
The two things make Yueming’s art style impressive are she originally came from China and majored in Chinese painting. She graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and got a Master of Art degree. Three years ago, she came to New York to be a fashion illustrator. Her artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally and published in many magazines such as Interiors + Sources magazine and Woman’s Day magazine. She was invited to draw live sketches in New York Fashion Week every season.
Yueming still keeps using traditional Asian brushes to draw the color, and she uses pen to make fine lines. She says fashion illustration is not only about pretty girls, and it can go deeper than surface appearance. For more information contact Yueming Qu at quyueminglulu@gmail.com.
