BIBLIOTHECA GAZETTE ~ April 2025
- Bay Area Kei
- May 2
- 2 min read
Updated: May 7

Thinking fondly back to days in Japan and the deafening whine of the electric chalkboard eraser cleaners...
Current Theme: Clean Slate
Luna by the Lake with Cake - Time is going by way too fast
And this is why one should always have a massive free table at swap meets
PointyWitchShoes - Top Five Lolita Items Iād Buy Again
āNever talk to me or my 47 antique beasT headdresses again.ā Obsixwi is this you?

Avina-kei
Stay to the end for a surprise!

Cupcakes & Unicorns
The drillā¦will be known (I feel like I used this variation alreadyā¦)
A shedload, ehā¦
Fun fact: structured social hours are perennially popular at Ursa Major! People love a mixer.
Three (3) pockets? In this economy?

Dearie Dawn
Butter miso ramenā¦

Hello Lizzie Bee
ā¦Kelp should prolly take her lunch break before she is subjected to further food photosā¦
I made the right call.
I always forget there can be someone like, dressed up as the Easter Bunny at these deals
Even in California, thereās no shortage of slightly stuffy tea salonsā¦

Josine Maaike
Youāve heard of Atelier Boz, get ready for Lola Boo Gauze- no?
Tired: shoe clips with bows, Wired: little horns

kelp
Youāll laugh (maybe), you wonāt cry (hopefully), and you wonāt replicate this burg (probably)

Luna by the Lake with Cake
This inspired me to look up the first known appearance of ākayfabeā in print, and itās 1988(*)?? Someone can do better than that, surely.

PointyWitchShoes
Me here trying to imagine āpetrichor and cheeriosā
Remember that trend of skirts with a waistband that was just a giant piece of uncovered elastic? I hope that ended sooner rather than later.
This Californian cannot help but reflexively think ānot gonna help the droughtā whenever rain is mentioned (itās a running joke at this point)

R.R. Memorandum
Took me way too long to realize The King's Trust is like, the actual King's.

Sweet Dreams
Can never go wrong with animal print!