The anniversary was a cool night with family and friends. Mara and Aiden were at the store in the beginning =). Cindy, Mark, Brook, Nelson, Lorelei, Felix, Donna, Kristine, Dan, Max, Kenny and Leslee were some of the early birds. I’d like to thank everyone who came out. Some flew in from NY and Japan. I’ve known some people for years. Some I just met. Glad finally got to meet some of my tweeps! Got to chill w/ the Fatlace fam while Ant-1, $ir Tipp, Philly, and Yusai held down the ones and two’s. Philly asked if I wanted to mix but I declined, since I haven’t mixed in years. Come to think of it, I should have! We all used to have skratch sessions when the WNKK were still kids at Eastmoor. Good times! The Wing Chun crew canceled practice to make it, now that’s love. Thanks y’all!

“three tomatoes are walking down the street- a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. baby tomato starts lagging behind. poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him… and says, ketchup!” – Mia Wallace [Uma Thurman] – Pulp Fiction

It’s been a hectic and rewarding two weeks since my last update. Here it is in a nutshell. I saw Phil and Kana who just picked up a flsuh scion. Had iced blue Bottle coffee. Helped move Blacktop the other Saturday from the place Meccagraphics/Fatlace started. Checked out the Ernie Cortez Memorial Show with Powerhouse, Doomsday Device and Alcatraz. Getting new product to the right places for shoots and merchandising. Then dinner with Mark, José, Endo and Kenta. Stay tuned for the Anniversary Party and Hellaflush recaps.

Only die hard Aquateen Hunger Force fans can probably figure out the inspiration for my jack-o-lantern. I used a knuckehead pumpkin for the bumpy meat look. Never again will I carve a knucklehead, it was like sawing wood! Reminded me of the good ol’ days carving foam in ID, minus the dust, haha. I even broke a knife! Wack ass pumpkin carving tools.

Here are a few clips of Meatwad, if you haven’t seen ATHF yet.

Here’s a shot of Bryan’s Jetta. The body is modified to fit his polished custom BBS mesh wheels. Check out that lip. A lot of attention to detail and time has been put into this car from the bumpers, Alcantara interior, super rare mirrors and the list goes on. He drives it with German plates. How the heck he gets away with it… I don’t know.

We had a chat about modified cars, racing and flushness. He wants to go to a show and be able to mash on the way home without any adjustments. I’m supposed to get better photos. I’ll post them up when he sends them to me.

I took this shot with the iPhone and edited with the Photoshop app. Not bad, but I wish there were a selection tool and blur/sharp/pixelate filters.

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After checking out the Monterey Aquarium a few weeks ago, the plan was to have some Mexican food. There were a few spots at the Row, but Yelp said that the best one was off the main strip called Lopez Restaurante y Cantina. It was a 5 minute drive, but worth it. I didn’t expect to taste some authentic tasting Mexican food at Monterey. A few years ago I got a taste of my friend’s mom’s homemade enchiladas. They were the best enchiladas I’ve ever tasted. This restaurant comes close. If anyone knows somewhere in SF where I can get this kind of flavor let me know. We had a stack of Nachos, Chile Relleno and a Chicken Enchilada. I’m coming back to try out some other dishes for sure.

I hope this guy didn’t pay for this racing stripe, it’s crooked. Can’t even drive straight. I’m guessing it was a DIY Racing Stripe kit, haha.

Last Friday I took a day off to go to Monterey with Mara and Aiden to celebrate our wedding anniversary. I love sea life and fishing, so this is one of my favorite places to visit. Last time we were here it was a spur of the moment trip and we had an hour to check everything out. Not enough time. You need at least three hours.

We started at the jelly fish area. Some of them remind me of the ones that bug Sponge Bob. The popular ones are the bright, lit orange ones. I brought a 50mm lens to capture all the action. Next stop was the Sea Horse exhibit. The magical music was hella annoying. Cool to see the sea horses though. Weird fish I gotta say. Checked out some sharks, tuna, anchovies and I finally saw an octopus moving quick! They’re smart, they are given jars and puzzles with food inside to keep them busy. The scuba dude was entertaining. He had a contract with the sharks that said “as long as you feed us, we won’t eat you”. I saw a lingcod face to face. One of these bad boys forced me to get a lifetime fishing license. Long story, I’ll get to that in another blog. Then we saw the sea otters. You otter go to Monterey!

I don’t ask for much. Just want my phone to be able to make calls… one of the most basic functions of a “phone”. I used to be with Verizon. Yes, dropped calls happened and every carrier has dead zones. My dropped call count was about 2-3 a month with Verizon. Switched to AT&T for the iPhone, now my dropped calls are 2-3 a day. 3G is rarely available in the middle of the city and we don’t have SMS, a feature my candy bar phone had at 2000. I’m not sure how AT&T will be able to keep it’s customers. The iPhone isn’t enough for me to stay after my two year contract is up. I always wanted an iTouch. Now I have one that can sometimes make phone calls.

Tag of the day, originally uploaded by Reign One.

is Paeday… I’ve also seen some cool throwies by Paeday randomly around the City. Cool stuff. Good style.