Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
There's that X... for collaborations. Does it apply to marriage? I suppose so. That's Gabe Ritter and Jen Pak. Gabe's written a bunch of articles for Giant Robot beginning with Ai Yamaguchi cover and interview. They've been dating since high school, and it's a very rare occurrence that they're going strong nearly a decade later. We were at Koehler wineryin Los Olivos, CA. It's a nice looking...
There’s that X… for collaborations. Does it apply to marriage? I suppose so. That’s Gabe Ritter and Jen Pak. Gabe’s written a bunch of articles for Giant Robot beginning with Ai Yamaguchi cover and interview. They’ve been dating since high school, and it’s a very rare occurrence that they’re going strong nearly a decade later. We were at Koehler winery in Los Olivos, CA. It’s a nice looking place, and if you look at the next photos in the upper left, you can see an expanse of grape vines, almost as far as you can see. That’s Ai Yamaguchi and Shingo Hayashi and Rei. He’s 2 1/2 years old and like to take arty photos. Look at those curls! Cupcakes taken to a new level. That’s Gabe. We knew him when he was a kid, but he’s grown up now. Can’t stop taking pics of food, sorry. The beef which was grilled onsite (you could see them grilling) was good. Potatoes rocked, chicken got a bit firm, and the beans were smokin’! Definitely a good meal and a pleasant wedding, especially when it began to cool down. Weddings are tough, I guess I can’t say I’m into them, but seeing people happy in their maybe once in a lifetime day is alright.
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Yard Sale! Some people look at a Yard Sale and wonder why people are digging through other people's discarded shit. It's not people with the true need for "stuff" who go to these, it's bargain hunters, antiquers, and ebayers. I fit in the latter for sure, and while the folks at the WLA Buddhist temple wonder why would a guy who own shops filled with "stuff" would be looking around, my answer to...
Yard Sale! Some people look at a Yard Sale and wonder why people are digging through other people’s discarded shit. It’s not people with the true need for “stuff” who go to these, it’s bargain hunters, antiquers, and ebayers. I fit in the latter for sure, and while the folks at the WLA Buddhist temple wonder why would a guy who own shops filled with “stuff” would be looking around, my answer to that is: it’s because I look around that I own shops filled with “stuff”. Lines form 2 hours early. I went to one maybe five years ago, and it was actually larger than they’ve become. It’s still cool and there’s plenty of great things, but they get swapped up in moments, literally. I didn’t wait in line, and just walked in when everyone else was in. One woman showed up and tried to cut in, I didn’t understand why she’s say it was unfair that she had a wait for everyone else to go in before she did. Some people are just ridiculous. I’m glad they didn’t let her in because she raised a stink. People (yes both men and women) can’t get awarded for being bitchy. See the Chinese checkers set in the bottom right corner? That’s now mine. I particularly like seeing the fishing gear. It’s very Japanese American for a yard sale to have this. It made me laugh that while, book, toys, clothing were in sections and fairly haphazard, this got it’s own “table cloth” and table. If it were anywhere else, all this would be shoved in a box with the poles pointing towards the sky. This means a lot to me for some reason. Indoors, it’s Japanese stuff. Kimonos, pottery, cups and more. Again, this is something you’d only see at a Buddhist Temple yard sale in LA. This bike was small. I hope he bought it for himself. If I could do the voice of that woman… “Wicker baskets! I love these. Easter’s almost here.” There was a time, when I’d want all of those suitcases in the background. I refrained. The cool thing is there’s plenty of people to help out. Everywhere you looks there’s a volunteer. The covered section up front has the nicer stuff like jewelry. There was always a crowd of people there. It’s a nice hot saturday in Southern California and it’s officially yard sale season.
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LA Times blog L.A. Now linked my post of Watermelon Agua Fresca. It's hot in Southern California, we're in a heat wave, and perhaps this is a perfect way to keep cool. The blog post is called, Stars sans stylists, a taco truck in Tokyo and a time-travel dome — it's last links!