Don Carlo Shwefert has his pilots license...

The Cat Shack

Inspiration? Everyone needs some, right? Rin Tanaka thought exactly that when he named his "first annual Kultural recycling & vintage clothing world gathering" Inspiration and dropped it right in my front yard (read: Barker Hannger, SM Airport) a few weeks ago. It was basically a cross between a highly edited Sunday at the Rose Bowl and an exclusive fashion trade show built for vintage collectors and collectors of vintage reproductions made so authentically that you can not tell if they are vintage or not. Or possibly an issue of Free & Easy with a Surf Theme. My favorite eye candy was Robbie Kegal's canvas "cool alter" with some pretty amazing board sprays and a band of followers that looked the part, but it was also cool to see Koji Toyoda's Palm Graphics on local soil too...I'm not a big fan of Mr. Freedom (too over designed) but there was some other domestic stuff like Rising Sun & RRL that was easy on the eyes...

Outer Sunset

Not sure why I have been so lazy on posts...oh yeah, I'm super busy. Duh. Anyway, chased the rain up to SF on Tuesday to see Serena & Mason's General Store and to catch up with Kyle. We always pick up where we left off. No time lost - just a lifetime of things to talk about. The General Store is unreal!!! Actually, excuse the claim, but absolutely everything in their store spoke directly to me. I could spend a lot of time in that shop and plan to be back soon. Speaking of living in shops, Kyle gave me a tour of his old "house" and current daily hangout...the original Mollusk. Well worth the pilgrimage to mecca - much bigger than our beloved Venice outpost. John, the proprietor, is a damn nice chap and there is plenty of nice things to see everywhere you look. I bought a couple of drawings by David Wilson. The Frames were really nice. Oh yeah, Outerlands is great food and Trouble Coffee was really no trouble at all. Kyle and I shared a romantic little room at the Ocean Park Motel and when it was time to leave 15 hours after I got there, Kyle just asked me to drop him off at the Beach and he walked away into the Dunes...Until next time! I will post more pics when I get around to it.

La Ritournelle...Sebastien Tellier, a "Sea Bell" and a Butterfly...no significant relationship, just three things that inspired me yesterday....

The Butterfly is for Lennon's upcoming 5th Birthday party...a national Holiday currently in the works...

Peruvian Sunset

Surfline posted this along with some other great pics, and for some reason this "electric sunset" really captured my thoughts. It's been a very long week...very, very, very long. I won't go into the details, but let's just say that I will allow this image to be the sun setting on everything that happened this week. It's behind me now. I get to sleep soundly (heavily dosed on pain killers and muscles relaxers) and TOMORROW IS A BRAND NEW DAY THAT I GET TO SPEND WITH THE THREE GREATEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD - HANNAH, LENNON & COSTA CAT. Next week is a new week filled with all sorts of opportunities and inspiration...

So as this sun is setting into the Peruvian coast, I will say goodnight and listen to the rain as it slowly takes me into the beautiful oblivion of my dreams...

Honestly Folks...

...stop being so high maintenance! It's been a long day... quote originally spoken by Vauvenargues, Marquis de quotes (French moralist and essayist, 1715-1747)

Babe, Let's escape to Tahiti again!

And I guess we can take the kids this time. Happy Valentines Day - our seventh!!! I love you...I promise we'll get some sleep soon!
XO

(Paper frames STOLEN from Rob Ryan)

Venice Pier, 1940

Thanks Jesse.

Alexander McQueen, RIP

on top of his game.

Tonight's sky...