October 22, 2007

Guest Columnist: Mike L. Previews Hong Kong's Bathing Ape Store

$350 shoes, $100 t-shirts... this shit is urban pimp for the limo set. The store is also mad cool. As you walk up the neon enhanced staircase into the showroom floor, there is a see-through plexi-glass floor, revealing a revolving track display of their latest kicks. Their newest gear is packaged in toy store packaging... think GI Joe figurine packs but larger. Awesome!

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December 05, 2006

Dropping the 8 on Real Estate

Oh good gosh. What a can of worms I open each time I happen to let slip that I'm in the market for, erm...a house. And a retail space. And considering I can't buy both, perhaps...er...a retail space I can live above?
Or just a shack, really.
My standards are low as long as it fits my ever-growing tanktop collection which, PS, at last count, rang in at 45. Will someone please stop me? And by someone, I mean Lance Corporal Old Navy.

Anys.
I'm going to check out this little girl at high noon:

I dub thee: perfection.

This will be followed by about 60 houses in various neighborhoods in this here square state. So, if you're looking for me, I'll be the one with the crap haircut and the digi-cam. Good bet I'll also have a coffee in hand and an air of sullen skepticism. Thank God I have sexy time (below) to look forward to!

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November 29, 2006

Vendor Lesson Numero Uno

Don't name your company a name that can't be easily Google-searched. Seems obvious, but after spending the last week or so Googling potential vendors for their contact information, I can't tell you how frustrating it is to try to find companies named "Cake" or "Cat's Dogs." Well...in actuality, it's not all that frustrating as I simply cross them off the list after about 30 seconds of effort. No skin off my nose. Or anywere else, but "jeez"...what a fatal error for a small manufacturer!

In other name news, The Scarlet Conservatory is a big hit with several of the vendors who've e-mailed me back. Way to go, J-Frox. As the semi-retarded mailroom guy at Penguin used to say, "You're a good person."
You're also a good store namer.
So put that in le pip.

UPDATE: Best Vendor Name of the Day - Established & Sons. Crikeys - leave it to the Brits to come up with something so achingly acerbic yet so jean genius. Now that's what I call a banger-up job.

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Who's the Man Now, Dog? Target-Slag Somewhat Justified

I am so durned ahead of the game (by at least 8 hours - give or take time change discrepancies), it's scary.

In other news, I have one of those bowls! Bought for posterity and posterity alone, seeing as I have more crap than the Great Lakes, it is nonetheless lovely to the point that the cashier rained compliment(s) with some effusiveness. In other, other news, cashiers have absolutely no interest in hearing about Target's innovative licensing agreement with a Dutch design powerhouse like Sir Boontje. <-- Cashier Boredom/Mute Panic in the Face of Engaging Customer Commentary = Sign #46A Target is Going DOWN.

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