Just last week, I decided to solidify a trip I’ve been wanting to take. June was a very long month for me so this felt like the right time. My cousin, Ela (Rain City Slam), willingly accepted my impromptu request to visit the Pacific Northwest. Now here I am, blogging from Seattle. Although she couldn’t…
The newly refreshed Lexus CT 200h F Sport is a solid option for those looking for luxury, performance and technology in a compact hybrid. I recently spent a holiday weekend with the car on a road trip to the great outdoors and was able to test the vehicle out in real world situations of both…
Check out the homie Josh Barnett in this new video from Ray Ban’s, The Order of Never Hide. If he’s not in the cage fighting for the UFC he’s at home reading philosophy or the latest graphic novel. Just like any true martial artist, Josh believes in not only making sure his body is strong,…
(Intense) sunshine, (best of) friends, (faraway) family, (delicious) food and (bottomless) alcohol. Ingredients to a perfect vacay. We stayed off our phones… and just like part one of my fave indie trilogy, it was all about dialogue and staying up ’til… Before Sunrise. Mockingbird for the cumad’s bday. Then dessert and drinks at…OzumoHappy blessed birthday…
A new breed of cool has surfaced and it’s not in an industry you would have expected. The leaders of the new cool bring people together in dialogue, set trends in social media, and create content for our counterparts in the media world. Who has this much clout that you didn’t know about? It isn’t…
Zach Manago—a promising HPU student, baseball player, and cyclist—was killed in December 2010 during a bicycle ride around Oahu. Although he was riding his bicycle on the road shoulder with proper equipment and lights, he was fatally struck by a hit and run driver. Zach was passionate about safer bicycling facilities and wanted to make…
In the blink of an eye life passes you by. It’s an incredible feeling to be a parent and whats more incredible is watching them learn the same things you yourself did growing up as a kid. Just the other day Hunter said he wanted to ride a skateboard. I mentioned to him it would…
Illest has now teamed up with Kaba Modern to support their club and their on going passion for dance! If you don’t already know, Kaba Modern is a dance group out of UCI’s Filipino-American club, Kababayan. Kaba Modern has been competing in major dance competitions including MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and VIBE. You can now…