It’s a strange thing – because I’ve always felt this connection to Chicago, the same way I feel about Vancouver and New York and pancakes and Jennifer Connelly. But...

Ever since we stepped foot in Cleveland, we felt like we were hearing more about Akron than the city we’d come to visit.  Granted, this was primarily coming from...

When I told people we’d be traveling to the Midwest this past week – in specific, Cleveland – everyone automatically assumed it was for business.  Why would anyone fly...

I always wondered why – of all places – the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was located in Cleveland, Ohio.  Aside from a local disc jockey actually coining...

Ben, Scotty, Johnny Smoke, and I in the Midwest this week as we head from Ohio to Chicago.  Our first stop was the new Xhibition store in...

If China taught us anything this week, it was in reminding us how vast and endless the planet is.  Especially as far as brand potential, there is an entire...

I guess I had an entirely different impression of Chinese retail.  Out of ignorance, I assumed it’d be Quiksilver flagships on every corner and scant multi-brand retailers.  And I...

If you can remember way back to the ’08 Olympics in China, you may recall the sensational fireworks show that accompanied the opening and closing ceremonies.  The pyrotechnics were...

Once upon a time, America was everything and the only thing.  I’m a by-product of the ’80s and ’90s, so as far as I...

Before the Internet, before the rise of television and popular media, poster propaganda led the people.  Throughout the 20th century, Chinese poster art catalyzed the movement behind Mao and...

Edison Chen curates Medicom Toy’s Bearbrick Worldwide Tour 2 for Yo’Hood in Shanghai, China.  Tonight, our crew got the first sneak peek at this gallery of hundreds of Bearbricks...

I don’t walk anywhere as much as I do in Hong Kong, but by train, plane, boat, or MTR subway, this city is literally always on the...