Thursday, July 9, 2009

THE ALL NEW IF AND CO!!!! AKA ICEE FRESH

we are finally finished! so I took pics... but our god damn electricity went out! so the shine isn't as strong, but since our diamonds are so bright, we didn't need it to show you what the facelift looks like!
totally different than before!







later, I'll show pics of the wall displays, basic diamond chains, francos, cubans, etc...

btw, we're open every single day even xmas!
10am to 7pm
closed on the last tuesday of every month
(323)565-3435

god bless!

VISUALLY HEARD RAEKWON

Monday, July 6, 2009

I hate the monday after a holiday!

anyways.... I been bullshitting lately a lot! I've been lightweight nervous and overly stressed... I don't think it's the wedding that got me buggin, but it's just a combination of a lot of shit that does!
Driving home from the OC didn't help. I also hate that everything in orange county closes at 10pm or even earlier... hate that farmer shit! so 1st thing I've been avoiding is getting a parking permit for my place. I should just renewed via mail, but who goes to the post office anymore? unless you live in west hollywood, any LA county or beverly hills residents have to goto the same fucking place! ugggh... had a good sit down and heart to heart with my man Mark Sudack and after that, we caught up on mad shit from business to relationships to whats good with the team in NYC.... he agrees to come with me to the parking violations bureau.... and it's a fucking movie inside!
OWNED!

don't sleep, it took the employees behind the glass wall at least 10 minute per person easy!

anyways... on a positive note... we're finishing up a few pieces and ICEE FRESH OPENED IT'S NEW DOORS TODAY! WITH THE FULLY REVAMPED AND REMODELED STORE FRONT!

come peep us out if you're in the hood!
1600 w. Slauson Ave. booth b-2
LA, CA 90047
(323) 565-3435

I'll take pics of the final look later.... but it looks great

also, on a better note, todays me and Sasha's anniversary! ;)
I love you babe
til death do us part!

4th of July.... and the weekend wrap

well, after the FM show, my week needed some simmering down....
we started out the weekend by hitting up Boiling Crab just because.... Sasha went nuts on 2.5lbs of dungeness crab and clams and catfish and chicken wings and apple cider, lol....


after that, we hit this chinese market that had a variety of everything from facial soaps and plates to candy to jewelry to womens clothes TO JUST EVERYTHING! this shit is so BAWSE!!!!!!! had to cop 1.... travel case of Veuve Rose'! wow!


after the food coma and time in the SGV, we laid up for a little bit and she was getting paid to make an appearance at Minx nightclub in Glendale with her bff Christine Mendoza and if you know glendale/burbank... they are right along side the sheriffs in weho and THEY LOVE TO FUCK WITH ANYONE WITH A NICE CAR! so I drove wifey's car to keep it safe.... kept it low key... so we get there and it's an 18 and over party???? wtf? wow. whatever... they paid my fiance and comped us a bottle of goose and bottle of brut champagne, so I can't be mad.... it was easy work for her and Christine. at around 11pm or so the club turned on all the lights and had to kick out anyone under 18 years of age with a stamp on their hand. they turned the music off and this shit took like 20 minutes or more... I was like wow! I'm just to drive and support my lady, but again. WOW! lol. I could be these kids fathers easy! smh, but after that, the night was fun...
we took some pics of course ;)









DAMN FOR ASIANS WITH DIGI CAMS! LOL
well after leaving there were SOOO MANY PIGS ALL OVER THE ROAD, SO THANK GOD I DIDN'T DRIVE MY WHIP.... the CHP's and Glendale police look for Platinum Motorsport plates to harrass and fuck with them.... it's a known fact... we hit up fatburger and then watched the notebook til we passed out....

the 4th!
was supposed to wake and be out of the house by 2pm to hit up this bel air mansion party with free premium liquor and food and massages and all types of shit hosted by the owners of MyHouse and we just couldn't make it because I really wanted to get a good seat at Chase park in Marina Del Rey for the fireworks... but Sasha's from that area, grew up going to see the fireworks there since she was a baby and told me by 2pm it'll be impossible to find parking....
so being hardheaded, I decided to drive there anyways.... we hit up this OG mafia style family owned Italian Market to get the BOMBEST FOOD EVER! and a bottle of Pinot Noir and headed straight for the marina.... once we got there, yup, parkin was a wrap. it was like 3pm! jesus.... so we decided to hit up this pool party @ the new custom hotel in westchester to meet up with her brother.... party wasn't my scene at all, but anytime Sasha's around her family, she always has fun. I by sooooo random coincidence ran into some REAL OG HOMEY'S OF MINE. like 15 + years in the game at least! my homey David Faustino (yes bud bundy) who we used to do a legendary club called Ballistyx back in the day and my other OG buddy who's also an actor Corky Nemeck who I haven't seen in almost 10 years! then my homey Marv Mack was there and I don't know why, but my boy Nick Diamond was there. lol.

my baby was wearing a juicy sweatsuit and pulled this outfit out of her trunk!

me, sasha and her brother

my future bro in law


damn Dave and he was with some stunnas! (girls, not the shades)

me and @nickydiamonds


sasha and her bro in FAB mode....

gotta do the G pose to let fools know!

so we decided to leave cuz it was getting a little cold and Sasha took me to this restaurant not far away called Lares and it's a fucking dope spot! this is the spot you take a girl to on a first date! wow.... great mexican food and it's dark, intimate and they of course have drinks! we left there and she said that we could watch the fireworks from this one spot she knew of and we made an immediate B line there.... it was a culdesac that looked over the entire beach from playa vista to marina del rey to a little of santa monica..... I didn't take pics of the fireworks, only video and the vids are too large to upload, BUT the actual view we had was the best view for the show period... when we got there, there were 4 people there. right before the firework show started there were around 75 people there! and this is a small corner! so it was crazy...

it might not look like much, but like I said, we saw everything perfectly!
after that we were so exhausted, we went home, I wanted to hit up my boy Rob Dyrdek's party @ my house, but I was too tired and my baby had to pack for her trip for vegas.
woke up sunday cranky and with a bad headache... my baby was leaving for vegas for 2 days for a poker tournament modeling gig and I was packing to hit the OC and hang with my bro Jonas....
okay, this is where it gets crazy... both me and my fiance' started to drink in 2 different states/cities around the same time.... I got trashed, she got trashed! neither 1 of us called each other until around 11pm (thats around the time both of us woke up) she got kicked out of Tao and I got kicked out of Monarch Beach Hotel.... both of us for being belligerent! lol. I guess we were meant to be huh? jesus... I don't even remember anything damn

Friday, July 3, 2009

SOME NEW SUPRA SHIT

thanks Ashley for the delivery! and thank you Angel and all the Supra fam always for lacing me properly! I got some Army Blue Skytop's and some Burgundy Patent Vaider High's.... sorry for the shitty pics, but my cams at work, I had to use my gf's camera.... but the Burgundy Vaiders come out in October

vaiders with flash taken


these shits are crazy! crack! I'm rocking these tonite!
the pics just do justice and they look amazing in the pics!


Thursday, July 2, 2009

FAR EAST MOVEMENT @ THE ROXY THEATER!

so last night was legendary if you read my earlier post this morning..... I'm still uncertain about how I feel like just odd but in a good way, like "DAMN, DID THEY REALLY REALLY COME OUT BANGING LIKE THAT NO HOMO?" my boys FM were the 1st asian band to headline a show at the world famous roxy theater.... a place where everyone from cheech and chong to the rolling stones to james brown to donald byrd to run dmc had headlined. well last night we made history because FM rocked the house like I've never ever seen them before. that shit was high energy and they came out bustin like desert eagles.... it's not so much about being anti anything outside of the asian culture... it's just nice to see my lil bros break stereotypes and there's nothing wrong with me reppin PRO Asian.

well, I had a great time, but I was so fucking nervous.... as I mentioned previously, that was my 1st time back at the roxy in 10 years.... last time I was there I loaned the legendary hall of fame hip hop god Jam Master Jay my vestax 05 for a RUN DMC show. Rest In Peace....... the Roxy was also 1 of my 1st ever places of employment in hollywood. I owe a lot of thanks to rock and roll/hollywood icon/god Lou Adler(who's like my godfather) and his son my old best friend and right hand man Nic Adler..... 10 years later, never in a million years did I think I'd see an Asian Hip Hop Group smash an audience like FM did. well I don't have the video yet of me saying what I said, but it obviously touched a lot of folks last night and pumped the crowd the fuck up. real talk.... shout out to everyone who showed up, mad love and I'm glad the show was a success. All that matters was that everyone had fun and that it was a sold out event! I'm very proud of my boys FM. thank you to my fiance' for showing up and showing support.... she's been supporting for so many years and has always shown love to them. shout out to my man Izreal cuz he's just a muthafuckin gangpeh who makes me wanna do dirt.
THE TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL JACKSON WAS SO FUCKING FRESH... MANNNNNN! JSpliff, I didn't know you had dance moves like that! LOLOLOL! that shit was dope... the whole show was something I want to see at the Staples center 1 day!
anyways..... I can't wait to see the vids or pics....

thank you all again,
god bless.

p.s. I saw some real old familiar faces last night... wow.... Segal, Kevy Kev, Brando, Kev from Mannish, Adrian Miller, Ben & Bobby Hundreds, Mickey Avalon.... always a pleasure!

now some pics:
this is what wifey was wearing last night. lol..... so vicious!


as soon as we got there, this was waiting for us... didn't even know. THANK YOU NIC!


chillin with my fiance' & the homey IZ before the show...



ME INTRODUCING FM THE RIGHT WAY... I ALMOST SHED A TEAR FROM SO MUCH EMOTION! REAL TALK!






FM KILLING IT TO A PACKED ASS HOUSE!





almost at the end of the show... after too many drinks.....
btw, that black shit on my face is mascara and makeup from making out with Sasha. lol


much love y'all

*EDIT* SOME AMAZING FUCKING PHOTOS OF EVERYTHING FROM LAST NIGHT!
SHOUT OUT TO SHINOBI STUDIOS! CLICK HERE

here's a short video that Dru cockstar army recorded:

SOME LEGENDARY SHIT WENT DOWN LAST NIGHT

I haven't really slept at all, went to bed at around 4:17am exhausted and woke up by a call from my cousin, I wanted to kill him.... read a text from my boy James aka Proh-gress from FM and it said "Man I just saw the replay..Thank you again man. you scarred me for life with that one"

real shit, i'll post a blog up later today if I can about last nights performance....
but for anyone in attendance, I hope you felt what I had to say when I got on that stage last night.... it's been 10 years since I been to the world famous roxy and the last time I was up there was to see RUN DMC rock the stage.... and to let hip hop legend/hall of famer Jam Master Jay use my mixer for the show..... never in a million years did I think a decade later that an Asian Hip Hop group would be rocking a sold out headline show there.

I'll post more later.... but damn... shits still on my mind.

god bless

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

FAR EAST MOVEMENT'S 1ST HEADLINE SHOW!
AT THE WORLD FAMOUS ROXY THEATER!


FAR EAST MOVEMENT HEADLINING THE ROXY ON JULY 1st, 2009

Wow, only a moments away from their first ever headlining concert at the famous Roxy in Hollywood… unlike all of the club shows and past performances, this will be a full concert show from the FAR EAST MOVEMENT… performing songs off our Animal Album, surprise guests and giveaways and promotions on 97.1 AMP Radio. The awesome thing about this show… ITS ALL AGES. So for the fam that can’t make it to the 21 n over club gigs.. This will be the show to come see!

We really wanna pack this place with our family and FAR EAST MOVEMENT REPS.. so please spread the word and get your fam and anyone you know that bumps our music to come out! THANK YOU TEAM.

SHOW INFO:
Date: July 1st, 2009


Venue: Roxy Theater


Address: 9009 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90069


ALL AGES SHOW


Doors open: 8:30pm

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE SHOW ONLINE AT TICKETMASTER:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/090042ACE43E7842?artistid=1324761&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

p.s. The owner of the Roxy theater is 1 of my oldest closest friends on earth... his father, the original owner and founder was like a godfather to me and both of them co-signed my life, so I have to show the utmost respect to them! BUT THIS IS ABOUT MY BOYS FM!
come thru and please show support and I'm pullin the race cards out, if you're Asian and you're down for the cause and you DON'T SHOW UP? man.... I'll be disgusted! holla

Monday, June 29, 2009

FACELIFT DAY 2..... IF AND CO!


all new display cases are going up as well.....
I might have to break out the Cali piece.
no disrespect to those cats with BIG ASS CHAINS! but come with invisibly set princess cuts ;)
lol.... much love to Zahir & Mo

BET AWARDS 2009
FABOLOUS AKA LOSO

so this year I really didn't hit the parties up, I guess the wedding planning and remodeling of our store and so much other shit has taken over.... but friday night, I hit up my man Loso who was staying across the street from my house and I hit up the DEF JAM party with him the Street Fam crew. I get to the hotel to bump into my homey and client Adrienne Bailon... she's randomly by total coincidence hits me to tell me she needs 3 more earrings because she lost the button backs on 1 of them and she wants some backups just in case... so I run into the lobby to meet up with Fab and I see her haha..... anyways, I got you Adrienne!
so we head off to the Def Jam party @ Avalon convoy deep, 2 escalade ESV's & a bentley.... driving up La Cienega not even barely a mile away from the telly, we get rear ended by some dumb ass girl! Fab's already late for the performance..... cats is stressing and the police show up...... this girl tells the cops... "sorry but I think I've had too many to drink tonite?" WTF????? had that been me or fabolous, we'd be in cuffs and on our way to jail, end of story.... the punk ass bitch ass police were actually nice to her, catering to her needs, etc... asking her ?'s all gentley wtf???? I mean SHE IS THE ONE WHO RAN INTO US AND CAUSED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE! anyways..... I took a twit pic of us pulled over here
(felt like a racist act to me, just MY OPINION... yes she was a white girl)
so we leave 1 of the drivers to stay there and get her info and head off to the show.... we get there, hit the red carpet, I see my man DJ Skee in the building and we hit backstage.... as we're back there, the reps from Cuervo Tequilla are there to show Fab a limited edtion 1800 tequilla they made for him and his new album releaes for "Loso's Way".... shit was type fresh!
anyways, Fab gets on stage and does his thing with my OG homey DJ45.... he did like a 30 min set and then we jetted back to the telly for an after party jump off in the hills.







shout out to the whole fam who showed love and I rolled out with: Shaggy Brown, Kayla Collins, FSAS Kaitlin, DJ Clue, Cain, Killa Kev, Chayo, D-Crooks
I shook to the pad to add to what I drank this whole week:


the next morn, Fab had a 7am call time for his new video feat. Ryan Leslie & Amerie... but I got hit with an emergency at around 5am, so I got stuck dealing with that until 3pm which made it too late to make it to the video for a cameo and to help him out with some jewels..... rest of the weekend, I really laid up and relaxed. I sold/made some new watches and got some CRAZY pieces coming soon... I'll post pics in min of all of them. meanwhile my man Ahmad copped this crazy military edition quadruple black g-shock



of course we tattoo'd the back ;) because we have just too many imitators running around claiming they doin this shit like we do.... NNNOOTTTTTTTTTT!



peace and god bless.... it's monday, go get that money!