Little Tokyo a.k.a. LIT TOKYO a.k.a. home to #ILLESTLA, I just ask you to press play. No questions, please. Carrying on… Wsup y’all, reporting live with an Iced Cubano from Coffee Commissary (they didn’t pay me to say that, however, I hope they will), this is Ferrariartie bringing you a special bittersweet farewell dedicated to…
Last night I attended the soft opening of Seoul Sausage‘s second location in Little Tokyo. The invitation came abruptly, in the form of a DM, on the same day. The guys – Yong, Ted, and Chris – had been dealing with permit issues and quickly got the green light. So just like that, the soft opening…
“It’s the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us! It’s the hard knock life, for us! “ Listen to the instrumental while you read my words, JUST DOOO IT! (X) Thank you HOVA, The 45 King, & DJ Kid Capri for making this anthem we still #KNOCKAROUND! If you didn’t comprehend what I just said, get your…
The 75th Annual Nisei Festival and Parade was the #ILLEST! Unlike most of what we experience for the first time, this Nisei Festival was actually both entertaining and a pleasure to be a part of! Nisei Fest consists of musical performances, cultural dance showcases, exclusive Nisei-only eats, car-show and my personal favorite; Parade!…
Wsup to all the Freshest, Realest, and #ILLEST! I am proudly the Illest Brand Marketing Manager! My government name is Art, my family calls me Artie, and the internet knows me as Ferrariartie. You however, can call me handsome. I’m just kidding…but really. Just a tad bout myself, you could either catch me shooting bricks on…
After taking down the artwork from the BRANDALISM show at illest LA, Antonio, Shelly, and I walked the two blocks to the Nike SNKRS Air Max Box. It was the last of the three-day pop up event that celebrated Air Max in a larger than life digital shoe box in the center of the Little Tokyo Arts District. The inside…
Coming from Hawaii, Christmas in California feels like the North Pole…those are some serious life issues! But nothing a trip to Disneyland can’t resolve 🙂 Wifey was pretty bummed that we missed Hello Kitty Con 2014 earlier this year (check out Tricia’s post here https://fatlace.com/2014/10/hello-kitty-con/), so we sacrificed some family time during this trip to…
To round out my Hello Kitty night, I went over to the Jason Markk store to celebrate his latest collab with the cultural icon. They came together to collaboratively brand the premium cleaning product. As I mentioned in my Hello Kitty Con recap, this damn cat (or not really a cat?) has huge cultural impact.…