Recent Trip to Sun Exposure

Just had Spring Break, can't remember the last time I was this excited to go home. Good food, great weather, just driving under the bright sun with the moonroof open, it was the perfect storm for a relaxing vacation. Packed up my bags with my buddy Jimmy and we made our way down to LA.

We did a roadtrip down from the Bay Area to LA. First stop was at San Luis Obispo and Pismo Beach.
The beautiful scenery and farm lands of California. Interlaced with wineries and rolling hills with mountains the backdrop - why did I ever leave this place?
Stopped by Firestone's in Cal Poly to have some Tri-Tip BBQ Sandwiches with some old high school friends that I haven't seen in a hot minute. I miss these folks, and I hope I can see them more often than not in the future. Home is always home, no matter how long or how far you go.
Next stop, Pismo Beach to go do some beaching and hanging out. Jimmy went out to ride some of the waves.

Not a bad deal if you ask me.
Crashed at my friend Queena's place for the night. Thank you thank you thank you for your hospitality.

Ate In n Out three times that week.... so bad.

EpicHello Laguna Beach.
Nice - driving along the California Coast line. The theme of this roadtrip.
Nice little lookout point we faced as we ate our burritos.
Friends
Crashed a night at my buddy Derik's. Good to see the brova again.
And the theme of SoCal, why it sucks. Traffic, traffic, traffic. Took me 4 hours to get out of there. The same distance in norcal I covered in 2 hrs 20.

Overall, nearly 1k miles of driving consisting of 16 hours. Phew, tired, but well worth it.

Precurser to Greatness

So if you haven't already, download the new Crossroads EP from Green Street Records. The new EP is absolutely fire. Definitely something worth checking out, the long wait was so worth it. I'm going to set up a photoshoot with these guys soon, so stay tuned for pics.

  

The third track of the album "The Come Up" has a bar from A-live.
Know where it came about? Check out the video below




Skip to 3:30. Green Street TV Bringing you previews always to what comes.

Brunch with Slo

On a fresh and sunny Saturday where temperatures have hit 50 degrees for the first time since the fall, I have to break my entire routine and enjoy the weather. Had a great time enjoying brunch at Five Points with Steph Lo aka Slo aka Bro. You can check out her blog for more about the food (which was awesome, get the Fennel-Pork sausage and Poached eggs) and especially grab yourself a Bloody Mary (which packs a punch - exactly how I like mine).


Eggs perfectly poached, just a bit runny and a bit undercooked to have that perfect ooey-ness (yes thats a word). Sausage was unbelievable, tomato sauce on the bottom perfect compliment to the dryness of the meet and eggs, and my god when you put all those components together you get a tasty treat.



Fantastic day today, and went it looks like it does below then you know you gotta spend some time outside and enjoy the sun.
Hope you guys are staying warm wherever you are, and if you're in New York, go grab yourself a weekend brunch. It can never go wrong - even if you were hoping to get fried chicken at Five Points but they don't serve it on Saturdays.

Cheers,
K

Crossroads coming your Way

The boys at Green Street Records are getting close to the new release of their EP "Crossroads". Check their blog within the next two weeks to see when the release drops. There stuff is real ridiculous right now, got a sneak peek at the tracks while at the lab today:


I mean if this track didn't make it to the EP: you know when this drops its going to be fire.

Lately I've been Running on Faith

To the very, very few who still read this blog and are upset with the lack of updates - I thank you for your patience and here you go.

It's been a surprisingly hectic last semester as a senior. I don't know how, as I'm only taking two classes - Drawing and Black/White Photography. On top of my part time and continuous recruiting for a full-time, I guess that makes up the majority of my week. But Tuesdays are great - because I get the day off and and just catch up on any loose work that I have.

Just listening to Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" album while trying to sort out some administrative work for the weeks ahead. Its a tough time, I love this city so much and I can see the days winding down as a college student. It's quite nuts to think that its almost been four years since I graduated high school and was on the path to becoming "independent". I still feel the same though - dependent on the parent's stipend and still living under the parents' roof. Same stuff, different place. Which is why I really missed the summer of 2009. I was the closest to being independent as I could be: paying my own rent, spending my own money, guilty-free recklessness on my own terms. I'm hoping I can attain that again, I am still looking to stay in the city - still looking to keep the story here in New York going as there are so many things I have yet to do.

However, on happier terms - I've fallen in love with photography. Not digital, I mean back to old school the essence hunker down and do everything manually photography. Its an absolute trip - I spend hours on end in the photolabs and darkrooms just playing around with stuff. Once I have some awesome pictures and negatives to show, they will definitely go up on here. In the meantime, I had some free time so I took pictures of some plants that lie in my apartment. Cheers and until next time - hopefully I'll have some cracking news for you.

I apologize

Have been super busy - haven't found time to really update this. Will do for sure once things get settled and I have some time on my hands.


In the mean time check out my boys at www.greenstreetrecords.blogspot.com and watch out for their new EP "Crossroads" coming out soon.

Recollection of time in Hong Kong

Phew, now that the recovery is nearly complete, looks like its time to write about my trips to Hong Kong. Finals was over like nothing and after hanging around the city with my best friend Derik Kumagai, it was time to return home for a quick pitstop before heading over to Hong Kong.

Here is what I got for Christmas:


Excited to play this game on the 7.1 once I get home, but my parents threw the audible and gave me this:


Super fun, and saved me on the flight to Hong Kong because of the dude who blew up fireworks on the plane. Therefore, 14 hours, no TV, no movies. The NDS saved me. Kingdom Hearts FTW.


To save the trouble of writing a humungo long post, as well as saving your time from reading it all, I will try to give you the Sparknotes of my trip:



Thanks to my cousin Alex for supplying the good photos in this post:



My beautiful godmother


Party people - these guys rock.


Asia is MAD CROWDED

My great aunt and godmother just politicking while they knit together


Family


Eating everything I could have imagined (twitpics on my twitter). Eating at Michelin Star restaurants, hole in the walls, just bomb Chinese food. Partying with Aussies, Americans, Asians, beautiful people inside and out. Bought enough electronics and games to last me the next year. I always enjoy going back, I was so excited to go back this time and it definitely did not disappoint. That city has got me by the horns, and it wasn't for the fact that the somg there gave me a horrendous cough, I would go back in a heartbeat. Only regret is that I wish I took more pictures, but that required way too much effort.

Thank you again, for every person and part of the Hong Kong experience that made it just a fantastic time, and until next time I go back, stay classy and maybe clean up the air a bit. For the people, I'll see you when I see you.