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Saw this house on Palms towards Lincoln. It's a trip how the Michelin man / Bibendum plays a role on the outside of the house. Why is that? Bib is a great characters and all, but on the outside of your house? Either way, maybe we'll be seeing more of this as the character generation grows up and starts buying homes. Frankly, do I want to put a KAWS Companion on my house... I doubt it, but maybe if...
Saw this house on Palms towards Lincoln. It’s a trip how the Michelin man / Bibendum plays a role on the outside of the house. Why is that? Bib is a great characters and all, but on the outside of your house? Either way, maybe we’ll be seeing more of this as the character generation grows up and starts buying homes. Frankly, do I want to put a KAWS Companion on my house… I doubt it, but maybe if he painted it. On Abbott Kinney, there’s a Smart House for the Smart Car, pretty cool concept, and it’s one of those loss leader type of situations. Pay to play! I’ve seen this dude around. I don’t know the first thing about his bike, and how to ride it, but he asked if I wanted to try it out. I balked. The dude was a bit cocky, but if you’re going to ride that, what the heck, why not? Praxis, happy 14th birthday
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Hope the Rat year is filled with lots of cheese for everybody. Spent the Chinese New Year in Beijing hanging out with Cousin Martin and some old friends. On New Year’s eve, we went out to a friends house in the out skirts of Beijing, very close to where I shot The Banquet. We went out on the frozen river to shoot off fireworks. I didn’t know you could buy fireworks this big. It was insane. Since we were a bunch of naughty guys, there was no order to lighting them off. Midnight came and everyone went crazy. There were so many going off at once it felt like a war or something. Now that I think about it, it was kind of dangerous, but when the hell are fireworks ever safe? Anyway, it was a fun and exciting ten minutes of chaos and I’m happy to have made it out alive and with all my fingers. Check out the video I shot above.Also went to check out the famous “Bird’s Nest” Olympic stadium as well as the Aquatics building. Pretty amazing and beautiful structures. Didn’t get a shot of the Aquatics building because they shut down the lights just as I was getting my camera. But I must say it looks awesome as a giant glowing blue block at night.
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Iphone pics might not give this enough props... the salmon was sooo good. Although I know that gr/eats can get trampled in the mix of the many restaurants in the area, I swear it's good food, and for the regulars who come in because they know it's a pretty solid choice, I'm glad they're conscious of it all. gr/eats isn't supposed to change the world, it's just supposed to be part of the bigger...
Iphone pics might not give this enough props… the salmon was sooo good. Although I know that gr/eats can get trampled in the mix of the many restaurants in the area, I swear it’s good food, and for the regulars who come in because they know it’s a pretty solid choice, I’m glad they’re conscious of it all. gr/eats isn’t supposed to change the world, it’s just supposed to be part of the bigger picture. The sashimi works too. That wasabi stings powerfully. The lotus root in the middle rocks. Almond pudding dessert. A nice touch.
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