Guys,

Daniel and I think it's high time to make a BASK Field Trip to the venerable Kimono My House in Emeryville. It's the oldest running Japanese Toy Store in the United States and a really cool place to visit.

How about Sat, November 8th at Noon?

can we get some vik's chaat afterwards?

mmmm... vik's!

I love their pooris! Bigger than my head!

Thanks for doing the post. Folks out here PM me if you want to carpool.

Excellent idea. I've never been! is the suggestion that we meet up somewhere else first, or meet there? Seems kinda tough to get to on BART ... I gave my car to the SPCA last year.

FIELD TRIP!

Dean +1,

I've got two spots in my car. I can pick you +1 at the Glen Park BART station at 11:30am on Sat, Nov. 8th.

lemme know if that sounds good.

i'll take a spot in your ride

Ok, so for those of us in South Bay, my ride has 2-3 spots left.

There's Joe and me (akum6n) so far.

Tentatively, I think we should meet up at my place in Mountain View at 11 a.m.-ish on 11/8. People can park in our open lot in back. I'll PM you the address/directions if interested.

So it looks like we're probably going to meet up outside the KMH building. Arrival time will probably be about noon then?

Is there food near by?
Or should we bring a picnic!
And thanks for the ride D.

The place rhino suggested sounds good- Vik's?

http://www.vikdistributors.com/chaat/chaatMenu.html

That does look good.

that looks disgusting

what kind of stuff does the store sell? how far is emeryville from mountain view?

at least an hour from Mtn View.

http://toybotstudios.blogspot.com/2005/ ... no-my.html

Joe is a VERY picky eater. We might have to do the food court in Emeryville.

food court is cool with me. Vik's looks too far away anyways....

I eat anything. Either is fine with me.

Slack- KMH sells mostly robots and die-cast (vintage and modern). There was some vinyl there, but it is weighted more towards tokusatsu stuff than kaiju.

no don't change the plans because of me odds are I won't be able to make it anyway but if I do I'll find something...

save me a seat! I'm down, haven't been in years

If I dont work I will be there, parking sucks if its a weekday though.The food court is great, tons of stuff to choose from.

Crispy Fry in the front left entrance has the best Black Bean Chicken Chow Fun ever!

http://www.kimonomyhousetoys.com/shop.cgi

here's the website

i've always wanted to check that place out. but could never find the spot when in emeryville. hopefully, meet up u guys there

For the peeps heading down I have good news and bad news:

Bad news: Kimono my house is closing its doors for good.

Good news: It won't be closed until the ned of febuary.


more bad news: Joe bunny, Karen and I just ransacked the place yesterday!

Thanks Alex (but not for buying all the stuff!). ;P

This is actually the reason for the out-of-the-blue visit. I didn't want to say anything about the closing since KMH hasn't made the announcement publicly (i.e., on their website).