First off, Im absolutely knackered. Sorry for the delay on the SD Recap. If I could sum up the weekend in a couple of words it would be: Eat. Sleep. Drink. Drive. And Mondays.
Thursday
DJ Rygar and myself were stuck with a delayed flight for an hour and a half. NOT COOL. What was cool was that we were able to catch the LRG after Party at LAX (we went from LAX to LAX, HA!). Very chill, very streetwear.
Friday
My good friend Ben (who basically was my guide to SoCal the whole weekend, thanks friend) took me, Melissa and some friends to his store BLENDS Costa Mesa. The store itself is very minimal with signature freezer doors. It has a self serve atmosphere with its wide open space thus the beautiful SoCal weather to flow into the store. Niiiiice.
Commissary Retail Space neighbors BLENDS
Then off to SD. We met with fellow bloggers HBW (hustlinbackwards.com), and TK (tkofthewildboyz.com) at Neighborhood (good for burgers, but I order salad). Homeboy Tony was on crutches because he hurt both of his ankles! He's a riot, check the iDR photo gallery for more of his purple cast and the HBW crew.
Tony and his crutches host DJ Rygar, HBW & iDR at Decos. It was a fun nite saved by bottle service. DJ Rygar delivered good tunes. Got everyone all hot and sweaty!
Saturday
Is it me or is downtown SD slooooooow? I could hear my heartbeat as I cross the street. It was that silent, too silent for me. Maybe Im used to the hustle of NY. Anyhow we end up eating brunch and went shopping for the boys- Blends SD, Commissary, In4mation Pop Up, 5&10. No shopping for me and Melissa, booo! lol
In4mation pop up store
We drive back up to Long Beach. Ended up at a lofty but cozy place in Santa Ana called Crosby. If you were in Chelsea/MPD (NY) at a hipster chill party that would be it or in the Mission District (SF) but a little cleaner that would it was well. What I really liked this place was that it wasn’t packed with underage, barely legal hoochie mamas. It was edgy like NY but with the chill attitude of SF, and with out all the over pretentiousness of the typical OC desperate housewives or barbies of LA. Music was on point by these kids-Free the Robots.
Sunday
Felt like forever. I was anxious to get back and get into the groove of things. The highlight of the day was exploring a side of LA I’ve never really seen. The grimer side. I took these while meandering the streets.
A juxtaposition yes? Beautiful objects in the most unexpected places. Vibrant colors in a very cement centric enviroment. The emotion across peoples faces are fascinating. Their expressions seem to be the most genuine because they live a life that isn’t about having the nicest things. The opposite of the superficial, materialistic, OC/LA stereo type.
One of my favorite things I ate all weekend was at MILK in LA. Melissa and I had Blue Velvet Cake and Toffee Ice cream. It was muy buen!
Monday
8:40 am flight back. Tee Gee= Thank Gawd!
The trip was cool. I wasn’t a big fan of SoCal at first but at the very least got me to like SoCal more AND got a chance to meet up with some cool folks. Helping support DJ Rygar is always fun! The best part-meeting up with Melissa of course! Good times. Be on the watch out as Wild 'N Krazy Kids and iDR hits up SoCal in May!
Check out the iDR photo gallery for all the pics!
