gadget lust got the better of me again. i am now much lighter in the wallet thanks to a Canon T2i with a Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 lens. still getting the hang of it and can’t figure out if the crappy focus is user error or faulty lens. probably user error but i better figure it out before the exchange period is up…
jibber jabber 
a collection of run on sentences mostly about travel, fashion, technology, formula 1, design and anything else that this worker bee in the vancouver ad industry feels like rambling on about
patiently waiting
been on a cooking bent lately so on a whim i ordered us a Staub cocotte. can’t wait for it to arrive so i can try making rillette.
it’s all downhill
its pretty bad when my own RSS reader classifies my personal blog as a ‘dinosaur’ feed. i blame twitter. so what prompts me to go all jurassic park and resurrect this bitch from the dead? shit ass products and customer service.
i’m shot calling two suckers today.
1. Belkin. You suck and caused me serious heart palpitations today. I’ve been looking to use up an eight month old Future Shop gift card and decided to do so on a car charger/FM transmitter for my new iPhone 3GS. Selection at at FS was weak so I ended up with a Belkin Tunecast. I’m a tech geek so as
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CLEWI
What is CLEWI you might ask? I’ll give you a hint. It was created by Forbes. CLEWI stands for the Cost of Living Extremely Well Index. Its like the CPI (Consumer Price Index) except for really rich people. It measures how much a basket of luxury goods has increased in price over time. It includes things like a sable fur coat, a facelift, a championship race horse…you know all the things you need to survive in this cruel cruel world.
jackets
well since fall is just around the corner, i’ve been looking for a nice jacket. and its pretty damn hard. mostly due to lack of fundage.
this is a nice candidate though. black heavy wool nom de guerre. its a steal at $750 when you put it up against the dior jacket i saw at barneys but i think i’m going to have to lower my standards a bit more.
anybody going to nyc or japan mind doing some shopping at uniqlo for me?
i wonder what walmart’s got in store…
beyond means
i don’t know why i do it. we end up going to a lot of high-end fashion stores when shopping with the girlfriend and i always end up wandering into the guys section. i should really stop.
in seattle the other day, wandered into the new barney’s and of course fell in love with two different ridiculously out of reach pieces.
a dior homme jacket. kind of a car coat/military jacket in black of course. super nice fabric but more importantly a great cut and fit. $1295
a raf simons 3/4 length wool trench with some very unique very cool pocket openings. they were shaped kind of like amoeba, backed with a metallic lining. $1695
oh and i went to lay my grubby little paws upon an iphone. love it. want it. need it.
sneaker doldrums
there’s been a drought. perhaps not of biblical proportions but enough to leave me parched. i’ve almost given up on trying to find more sneakers. i blame it on the AF1. its stealing all the hype and creative juices. either that or i’m getting too damn old.
i mean let’s see… the AF1 comes in what, Classic, Premium, Supreme, probably a dozen collabos, original 6, city series, 360 outsole, its endless.
then there’s the endless Jordan reissues, Pigeon rehashes “inspired”.
i am however starting to back some of the adidas reissues though. we’ll see. i need those paul smith boots first though. oooh or maybe some timbalands, then i can be like X to the Z, Xzibit. what are those things in his hair anyway?
sharpest knife in the drawer
i’ve had this random fascination with japanese kitchen knives for a while. i don’t know why. i don’t cook that much but when i do, a good sharp knife is always handy. i never liked german blades, always felt too heavy and clunky for me.
i’ve managed to get a few global’s which are my favorite brand so far. nice and light, fits my hand well, sharp and good looking. however recently i’ve discovered some other japanese knives with something called a damascus steel which looks amazing. the craftsmanship and aesthetic is something else and i have no doubt that they’re sharp as hell.
window shopping
checked out the newly renovated Holt Renfrew today. damn nice store. huge. lots of different interior treatments and cool design details. leather covered tables. triangular skylights. etc. gave me lots of inspiration for the house. got dragged around some of the women’s stuff and i must say that balenciaga has got some cool ass trims. crazy metal buckles and snaps that are screwed together.
finally found a pair of g-star handcrafted denims. up until now they haven’t been available in canada so i was very stoked to see them live. so dope. black and silver rivets. whip stitching. the interior was completely finished. amazing detailing. however…$375. oeuf.
nice pair of paul smith boots. $695. just that right mix of worn looking yet new. nice layered leather outsole. don’t know what tops would go with it though.
the funniest part about the new holts? if you’re in the mall and you want to go to sport chek, you have to walk through holts. haha.
po-po
the police were in full effect at the richmond night market this past weekend. busting vendors left and right for counterfeit goods. however, the question is…how do they decide which vendors to bust? most of the vendors have some counterfeit/knock off wares available yet only one or two get busted. the particular instance i witnessed was for some fake coach handbags with their distinctive c pattern. yet no more than two stalls away were knock off billabong hats or puma bags. there wasn’t the copious amounts of LV, Fendi and Prada bags this past weekend due to the presence of the 5-O but i’m sure that the busts were just part of an early show of force and in a few weeks everything will be back to normal.