No, it’s not a hotdog. It’s not a white little kayak. It’s a bean and a grain of rice. 

Before coming up with antandnat.com, we laid in bed jokingly referring to ourselves as stereotypical objects that referenced our nationality. 

Burrito and Eggroll. Fork and Chopsticks. Tamale and Springroll. Brown Paper Sack and Chinese Take Out Box. Brown and Yellow. You get the point…

We ended up landing on Beans and Rice and had a kick laughing at ourselves. We thought it was pretty hilarious. Last Valentine’s Day, Anthony scoured the island to find me a card and stumbled upon a canister of buttons at a card store on 18th street. He decided to dig through and struck gold. He found a button with a bean and rice holding hands and immediately bought it. And, there you have it ladies and gentlemen. 

I was inspired by the illustration on the button and recreated it in Adobe Illustrator. 

I wish I could give credit to the original artist, but I have searched Google and all over. It is a genius idea. Unfortunately, there were no initials on the button or anything so I can’t give credit to where credit is due.