https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/press daily 0.75 2016-11-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/582ab9768419c2a107c636e8/1479195033195/Shouju+1+%282%29.JPG Fake Press Here's a detail of yuzen artwork from a tomesode we once owned. Its a group of shoujo, Japanese water spirits. Sorry, it's a bit blurry. If I ever sell my book about elves, I will buy this kimono back. Shoujo can tiptoe across the water. They're very great drinkers, and they make a magical sake that can cure all ailments. They have red hair and they drink the sake out of cups the size of satellite dishes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/582abadc414fb5702a793ba0/1479195400654/ Fake Press Here is an ad that my daughter Isabella put together for my wife's store in Healdsburg. Isabella is editor of her high school newspaper and was the inspiration for all three Silver sisters in my book, Hearts & Other Body Parts. I suppose it got mentioned somewhere or other on this website. It's really a fantastic store, and Healdsburg is right in the middle of wine country in Sonoma County, where some of the best pinot noir in the world is made. There are also a bunch of really fine restaurants. I can't recommend the town, or the store, highly enough. Seriously. I'm not getting rich in the book business, so far, so go to Healdsburg for the wine tasting, shopping and food. If you're going to drink, don't shop. If you're going to shop, don't drink. If you really feel compelled to drink and shop, do it at our store. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/582aaf84725e25f5d0086c5c/1479193316650/This+is+a+very+cool+haori+we+collected.+It+has+good+length%2C+like+a+Taisho+Piece%2C+except+the+condition+is+just+too+good.+As+the+Japanese+dealers+would+say%3A+%22sen-zen%2C+sen-go.%22+Basically%2C+before+or+after+the+war.+Sorry+if+that%27s+vague.+There%27s+a+brilliant+hand+embroidered+phoenix+in+colors+that+invoke+for+me+a+Hokusai+crane+I+saw+at+a+museum+once.+The+self+is+unique%3A+I%27ve+handled+literally+tens+of+thousands+of+haoris%2C+but+I%27ve+never+seen+one+like+this.+It%27s+oatched+together+of+various+kimono+silks%2C+mostly+jacquards%2C+with+a+ton+of+artwork+including+shibori+and+yuzen.+The+textiles+are+joined+seemlessly%2C+with+embroidery+all+over+the+so+it+all+looks+like+one+textile.+Not+for+sale%2C+sorry. Fake Press https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/about daily 0.75 2016-11-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/5790e29603596ea40a36ecac/1469112988420/ About https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/hearts daily 0.75 2016-11-10 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/5790ea0ee4fcb51acf3af111/1469114901306/hearts_jacket1.jpg The Book https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/5790ec3415d5dbcc832a89ee/1469115453846/hearts_jacket1.jpg The Book https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/contact daily 0.75 2016-11-08 https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/newsletter daily 0.75 2017-04-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58eb09d9d1758e676a71d211/1491798540398/garden+spider.jpg Newsletter https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/home-1 daily 1.0 2016-11-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58224f651b631b21490f1ddc/1478643784555/ — Ira Bloom is a writer https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58224f2d46c3c4fdf3dfad9a/1478643507542/hearts_jacket1.jpg — Ira Bloom is a writer https://www.irabloomauthorized.com/the-blog daily 0.75 2017-03-20 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58cf63221b631bf52d339803/1489986338950/Eggs.JPG The Blog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58cf6fd4d482e9f3c6c42542/1489989685415/ The Blog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58cf709bbebafb2e39b79fd7/1489989799235/ The Blog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58cf5c7de6f2e19aff95d341/1489984668259/ZZZZZ.jpg The Blog https://static1.squarespace.com/static/578ea1376b8f5bd64689189c/t/58cf5e31e3df28b242b2de31/1489985074063/Totoro.jpg The Blog