Monthly Archives: July 2010

In this metal fabrication shop in Carson…

Above the airport security X-Ray equipment…

Behind the custom made BBQ grilles…

There is a studio that specializes in making denim.

This shop is owned and operated by Matias, the most talented designer you’ve never heard of. I think he kinda looks like Jack Black here.

This day I was brought by Steven Diller who is working on launching his new brand Kleider. Mr Diller is a commercial director and a born entrepreneur. You may have heard of his very first stab at fashion, he started a men’s undergarment line for fun out of his parents house, he sold the line to someone that wanted to buy it.  The name of that line was Joe Boxer. But that was like 20 years ago when my girlfriend was just turning 21.

Matias helps Steven develop the line, we’re here to make changes to samples and talk about next steps.

Here is the only peek anyone is getting at this line so far.

Did you know Rolex watches go up in price $1,200 every year? Well they do.  So if you were thinking of holding off to get one till next year the cheapest will cost you like $15,400… cuz now they are like $14,200.

Matias’ showroom has more models than Max Hardcore’s yellow couch!

Did you hear the pants on the ground guy died?

So much to come out of these two in the very near future.  I’m not at liberty to say, but one project rhymes with Scott Langton, and another with Abbot Kinny… wait…

Then Paul Wall and Josh from Rebel 8 had a party.

If you travel down to Fairfax almost to the top, you’ll come across the diamond store and need to stop.  If your lucky, on special days, deep inside, you might possibly run into the Joey Hafner.  Joey isn’t the typical boutique manager. He is more like Randy Moss, or Gary Carter.  The person you call in when you actually want to win and not just play for fun.

Eli stopped bye just to say “Copley Square” and then left.

Keys open doors, and Joey has had a lot of door keys. His first retail gig was at the GAP as soon as he moved to S.F. (where he earned the nickname GAP Joey) He joined the FTC family in ’94 then opened Stussy SF, TRUE Sole, HUF SF, and NORT SF.

This is Joey’s first try at Los Angeles and he seems to be doing all-right.  He moved here to be closer to his daughter (who is also named Joey!) He can’t wait to use L.A. for all it has to offer, he’s already had a few designs produced by Proper and other brands.  I’m trying to get him into advertising.. shhhh don’t tell Nick.

Hey Lani Lee Photography, what are you doing here?

Oh… that’s what your doing.. sorry for disturbing you.

So there you have it. My favorite store manager This side of the fault line.  Oh, and no matter what you hear I am NOT on steroids. LASER SHOW.

Oh, and if you love the Do OVER with all its mystery guest DJ’s during Sunday afternoons, and you live in Portland… you’re in luck.  The Do OVER is gonna be there on Sundays. What’s up now?!

I was so excited to run home and write an amazing update on Brock Pierce, the child actor turned millionaire internet mogul… until I started googling to get my links and facts straight. Well, it starts off that Brock was awesome before any of were allowed to watch Jurassic Park.

He was in the original Mighty Ducks and I don’t think I even have to mention First Kid, after that came out I heard he got every girl in his high school pregnant, and he was only in 7th grade.  But they mysteriously were aborted by a strange white powder…

He founded the IGE, which is like if you find a sword in Everquest and you don’t need it you can sell it on his site.  It’s like eBay for stuff that doesn’t exist.  Lame right?  Is the $500 million he made last year lame?  He is on his way to make a Billion next year. He calls it “Gold Farming”. A good quote he said was “People act the same way in the digital world as they do in the analog world.” He kept calling the real world “analog” anyway he meant it like people will pay money to be cooler, faster, skinnier, younger, less herbish, online just like they do out here. I was stoked that the kid from mighty ducks was borning all this science on me…

… Until I found out he was a skinner. Some articles get removed and replaced by a cute kitten… some just get shredded by lawyers.

Then I went to therapy.

I spent the rest of the weekend in Malibu.

I’m getting some major plastic surgery done this week, say good bye webbed toes!

Baby Columbian Mammoth was visibly distraught over the loss of its mother.  At the exact same instant step Dad Mammoth was starting to  realize his weekends were totally fucked.

Some Giant Ground Sloths were so big, and so black scientists called them “Precious”.

Did you say you wanted to see the pregnant girl get beat down in an Oakland Parking lot?

MASTADON!

Dire Wolfs, clearly not Michael Phelps of the tar swimmers.

License plate says “I DIG 91″

I shudder to call this an “exclusive” but I have never seen anyone feature this shop on any site anywhere. (huh? Bobby posted it a year ago? whatever, I didn’t see it) So I present to you, And Still. Located deep on La Brea Blvd, sharing a wall with UNDFTD actually, And Still is an uncensored view at 1989… and a little before and after.

Jeremy and Kirk have a seemingly endless collection of vintage sportswear.  You’ll also find some hilarious pop culture pieces mixed in as well as original old concert tee’s.  Black Bart, California Raisins, Big Head… I just called Kirk to try and get some of the legit slang terms but he didn’t answer… so I’ll just make my own up.

Original Magic Johnson tee’s, yes that Magic Johnson… he got in the streetwear game early.

Vuarnet France was the best thing to come out of France since Snow. Vuarnet’s  reign of terror began at the LA olympics of 1984 till the last non homeless weirdo sporting for real in 1998. Vuarnet was to the East coast what Town and Country Surf tee’s were to the West.

Even old advertising shirts are curated into the space.

and i dont stop i got rocks in rings
you know the same size as a boxing ring!

You can recreate your bedroom with all the posters you had before your dad ripped them down, trashed your room, took your TV, set your turtle free and grounded you in this squalor indefinitely for getting kicked off the bus in 6th grade.

This is the kit fat kids should be wearing. Why struggle with your muffin tops on your fixie when you can be as comfortable as Chris Penn in a matching all over print Zubaz jammy.

Dios Mio! ’88 Donruss wax packs! I can complete my Wally Backman collection! Just kidding I wanted an excuse to link the greatest Wally vid ever… I’m Jose Canseco till I die.

I miss the days when athletes could hold Uzi’s in front of Countach’s like nothing.

I’ve never been to Vegas without someone else paying for it, or during a tradeshow.  Now that I live less than 4 hours away I can spend money like Pac Man Jones every weekend.

The Situation was celebrating his birthday at Rehab for July 4th. I was sober the whole time, I’ve never seen vegas and not been in pain.

Skybar pool. Not as flattering as you would think.

Fruition is celebrating it’s 5th year!  Can you believe that? It seems like yesterday Neek got his license. And not to long ago Chris Julian was spotted on South Park. Here’s Samantha making everyone look like amateurs when it comes to getting dressed.

Here’s an MCM laptop bag.  How could they foresee that personal computers could be that size and need a protective case?

Vintage Polo still going strong.

The other side of this jersey says: “My nose is so big it makes the Great Sphynx look like Joan Rivers!” well… before that whole Napoleon thing.

It was great to see everyone again.  They have so much going on beyond the store that everyone will see in the year to come.  Thanks Chris and Samantha for a truly blessed experience.

So I wanted to go to the French Laundry but I found out it was 7 hours away in Napa Valley. But then Ryan Seacrest told me that Thomas Keller had another restaurant in town called Bouchon, that he was part owner of.

I was also told it’s impossible to get into and super expensive. That’s all you had to say. This is the melon salad.

Also when your ex-girlfriend talks cash shit about you to a soon to be head chef that she swears she never had sex with you have to represent. If you name drop aforementioned head chef you might get a tour of the kitchen, usually reserved for celebrities, accomplished chefs, and bitter ex boyfriends.

Melissa praying I will only have one martini. Can’t wait to see what @sarahmorrison says about this.

I was having so much fun I forgot to take pictures of the Scottish Salmon I ordered.  Nothing is more boring than when bloggers take photos of their food like they did something. No herb, all you did was eat it, that’s not anything anyone cares to read. Well I’ll be conceited and say unless you get your shit together this will be the only time you ever see this food, so enjoy!

Cheap date.

If I wasn’t writing this drunk I would have cool facts like out of 1700 sq feet of the place, 60% is kitchen and 40% is dining. But I’m trying to come up with jokes about my ex girlfriend and her affair with the guy that works here that is now getting me a tour of the facility.

“Hey, thanks for dinner!” would be a nice thing to say to all these hard working chefs. That flat screen is a live feed to the Yountville Bouchon location.

I really wished I paid attention because there was a ton of interesting things happening in this space-lab esq kitchen.

Did you know Mr. Keller was an integral asset to this movie? (I really apologize for that last sentence, I don’t talk that way, I’m not even sure if that’s a proper use of integral. Isn’t “integral” like a 9 sided polygon?)

Something else happened here, but I couldn’t pay attention because I spotted another BIRKIN BAG!!!!

And that is the freezer where the Spanish food is kept.

They bake the awesome bread here fresh every day in these ovens…. That reminds me of something, I just finished reading the diary of Anne Frank, it was incredible, it moved me, she is a tremendous author… has she written anything else?

Seriously, it was great food. If you want to adapt to the upper echelon of society and indulge all of your taste levels take someone that can appreciate it to Bouchon.

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