It was my birthday when I was down there and we met up with my dad, step-mom, and sisters at the beach. They were all hanging out at this beach called Denny Park that was right down the street from the house I grew up in. I hadn’t been to that park in years, but it definitely brought back crazy memories. I spent so many days hanging out there in the summer and we’d always go watch the boats with the Christmas lights and stuff in the winter. It really got me thinking how much fun it was to be a kid.

So, like I said before, I was my b-day and Michaela hooked up some amazing gifts!! New clear(ish) Nom De Guerre X Oliver Peoples glasses. I have the black ones, but the clear are so hot! (Andrew McMullen shot that photo on the Burrard bridge the other day)

And then she followed those up with a Tolomeo desk lamp! Now my desk is super official!

So, since I’ve been twittering a bunch, I’ve been slacking on my blog. I’ve really been thinking about twitter vs my blog and I think I’ve got it figured out. Twitter is for random crap that happens throughout the day that doesn’t really matter… and sharing links and stuff that I might not post on Defgrip. But my blog should be where I document the important stuff… or more like a summary of what I’ve been up to… like my journal. It’s so rad to go back through old blog posts and look at old photos, but I’ve had twitter for over a year and not once, have I gone though my old posts and looked back on life. We’ll see if i follow through with it, but I’m going to try to step up my blog posts on here a bit.

One of my presents to Michaela was a 09 Stendig Calendar.

New stack of Moleskine Plain Journals, big and small.

The Jean-Michel Basquiat show.

i-D Magazine’s Fashion Now.

Logitech Anywhere Speakers… The sound isn’t bad, I was pleasantly surprised. They’ll be good for hotel rooms.

First pair of Common Projects. These definitely live up to the hype.

Hit the J. Crew outlet on the drive from Seattle to Vancouver. Got a bunch of good stuff and only spent $32.

I’ve had this wallet for a while… It was just sitting next to me as I was taking photos and I thought it would be cool to snap a pic of it. It’s funny how blue it’s turned from my denim. The leather is aging amazingly though. I love this wallet!

Last week Michaela and I went down to Seattle to hang out with everyone and so I could get a suit for our wedding… We are getting married in January… Coming up soooo fast!! We went to Barney’s with Josh, Shanti, and Chris Martindale… We took over the whole dressing room and had a blast. I ended up getting a suit form this brand called Spurr… I guess it’s some dude who used to work at Doir. Psyched none the less… It’s my first suit and it was 40% off!! Now I just need some shoes, and shirt and a tie… Maybe even a pocket square.

Other than that, we chilled at Chris and Casey’s and played some poker, helped my mom move into a new art space she’s renting, so she can start painting more. Then Sunday night, we went to my dad’s and got wrapped into a heavy game of Monopoly that lasted four hours!! haha… Here’s some photos.

Some new Clarks Desert Boots!

My sisters and Michaela at my Dad’s.

Chris and Josh holding down the poker table.

Burly and Casey… Nice hat.

Chris and Casey’s new dog.

Everyone at Barneys

Darcy’s computer taking a shit.

The Office.

Rad poster collage.

Oh, the Defgrip X Lotek Nightwolfs are out now. I’m psyched on how they turned out. I guess they were pretty much sold out before they even shipped… Pretty rad!

I picked up a pair of Adidas’ the other day… I had a random pair that I found at Nordstrom’s Rack a while back, but other than that, this is my first pair of Adidas’ since I had Sambas in elementary school. I guess this shoe is part of a series called “the clean pack” or something like that. It’s a super basic shoe with basically no branding on it. It’s based off the Rod Laver, but with a vulcanized sole rather than a cup sole. I can only imagine that Adidas saw the sucess of the simple shoe that brands like Common Projects were releasing and decided to come out with their own. I’ve always been into Common Proejects, but have hesitated to pick up a pair because of the $300+ pricetag. These Adidas were around $100 and I definitely don’t think they will be my only pair… I need to find some all white high-tops next.