rough trade X uni-glo mash-up

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

my face lit up as i walked past thisĀ UT (Uniglo Tees) store in the heart of Harajuku. it was brimming with awesome-ness!! i guess you could call this a concept store? fashionistas pick and choose t-shirts much like you would a chocolate bar or a bag of crisps through a vending machine style purchasing system. [...]

skate-”tokyo”-pia

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Tokyo is a strange and wonderful world tucked away, unaffected and untouched by invading powers. a breed of unique skaters are allowed to grow and unfurl into their own. every morning, i awake in my hotel room with eyes and heart wide open, impatient to acquaint myself with brethren skaters and mind numbing sessions to [...]

fuji-san restaurant

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Happy Birthday B!!!!! we had Japanese last night and it was gooooood. this is the first time we’ve broken our “no-life-diet” routine and actually went OUT for dinner. i forgot how fun it was!! B had a hearty serve of ‘shabu-shabu’, while i had the freshest serve of sashimi with a side of salad. we [...]

the ghetto

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

i have got to blog about this wikkid place between Shinjuku and Shin-Okubo-cho called “the ghetto”. there was no way for me to find this spot on my own. thank jah for my new found skater friends!! the history behind ‘the ghetto’ is that it used to be a “love hotel”. the proprietor’s crazy son, [...]

how to get your ass whooped part #1

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

step #1: take a secret screen shot of your bestie in her “mud-masked” glory on Skype step #2: post “said” photo on your blog step #3: wait………. the ass whooping will follow. aHahahaha!! ooohmigosh!! talking to my bestie is the best thing ever!! oouuwww… my jaw still hurts from all that laughing. we chatted for [...]