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Forest For The Trees & Beyond

For the past few years, I’ve been lucky to witnesses first hand the growth of Pow Wow Hawaii from a local neighborhood event on Oahu to now adding color and life to walls internationally in various events throughout America and Asia. Coinciding with our move from Hawaii to Portland, I asked Jasper and Amy if…

The Liks

The last major holiday before summer ends and it was the liks. #FirstFridays in the Town, mandatory brunch with the gyals, and finally, the Bay’s own hip hop holiday. #HieroDay  Scroll down for how I spent #PlayborDay. It’s the liks baby…it’s the liks. ‘Til next year! #HieroDay P.S. #Staycool Yay Area

SEPTEMBER FOR SURFAID

SurfAid’s core mission is to save the lives of women and children in remote areas of Indonesia – areas connected to us by surfing. Current programs are in the Mentawai, Nias, Sumba and Sumbawa. Billabong has recently announced a partnership with SurfAid’s flagship program in Indonesia. SurfAid focuses on women and children in impoverished neighborhoods…

“Reinventing the Turntable”

Work…sometimes it feels like “a case of the Mondays” but stories like this keep me excited about where I work and the limitless potential of future technology! So how is this relevant to this audience? Four syllables…D, J, Q, Bert! 😀 “Meet Thud Rumble – DJ’s, innovators, and makers. They’re on a mission to reinvent…

INSIDE: ISLAMIC ART NOW

After hitting Known Gallery, we went for a change of pace. No hype, no fashion, no bloggers with better cameras than mine, just art. It was unfamiliar art. Art that is compelling and mysterious. And forces you to think about the world outside your own. Now on view at LACMA is “Islamic Art Now: Contemporary…