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[pics] woah Shake & Pop, woah GINZA!, woah CONTEMPORARY CAFE

May 19th, 2010 · 27 Comments

so i’m in chinatown (duh) last saturday for the film competition and the first thing i see is this.
duuude, check this out – wtfhawaii entered a film in showdown in chinatown and they made a MOVIE POSTER for it.

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Tags: I don't get it · all over the place · art · chinatown · food · hip hop · kalima rules · kicks · next door · nightlife · photos done · reeling with pleasure · showdown in chinatown · something to do on a SUNDAY night · thirtyninehotel · travel

[pics] CSA, Zion I, Kokua, LOST bye-bye

May 11th, 2010 · 9 Comments

aw man this size thing might be starting to get to me. maybe. not enough for me to really sit down and dive in to it though. so i’ll continue sizing down the first image then leaving the rest. hey guys! look! it’s the UH Fashion show…

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Tags: all over the place · celebrities · chinatown · food · hip hop · kalima rules · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · nostalgia · photos done · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] chinese new year of the GOLDEN tiger, with special guest Kool Herc

February 21st, 2010 · 15 Comments

haha, i got so many messages and things about my valentine’s day column in the weekly. i guess a lot of people get annoyed with that holiday too (or just like that i used the word “bone”).
the truth is i really never cared one way or the other about the holiday. wait, that’s not true. when i [...]

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Tags: first friday art walk · hip hop · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · photos done · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] BLT grand opening at trump, noise at manifest, Scotsmen, dancedancedance

January 27th, 2010 · 10 Comments

so i’m on my way to the camera store right after i type this one out. what am i going to get? three guesses. it starts with a “G9″ and ends with a “lesson on how to focus and shoot photos”. this is the media frenzie that was the BLT Steakhouse grand opening last Monday, [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · I heart successful people · celebrities · chinatown · food · kicks · nightlife · photos done · reeling with pleasure · thank you · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] happy new year. in chinatown. where else.

January 9th, 2010 · 7 Comments

i know dan weaver said that the bigger pics are better, but i still not sure how to keep this from overlapping over there —->
wordpress dunce.
anyway. it’s BRAXTON! homey was back in town. along with a lot of you. for christamasssss. it made for some highly entertaining evenings out letmetellyou.

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Tags: chinatown · first friday art walk · music · next door · nightlife · thirtyninehotel

[pics/sponsored] omg i’m soooo indie (american apparel), GRLFRNDS, first HURLEY friday

December 16th, 2009 · 16 Comments

if you read me you know i pretty much say no to all the ad inquiries. they’re gross and i don’t want it interfereing with my … artistic integrity? but at the same time,  if american apparel calls me up a few weeks before my birthday with a SHOPPING SPREE in their waikiki store… well….. [...]

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Tags: all over the place · art · celebrities · chinatown · first friday art walk · hook it up · kalima rules · music · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · philanthropicdedness · photos done · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · weekend · what everyone else is talking about · work

[PICS] one of the most epic first fridays, and clones of queen/grlfrnds at annas

November 19th, 2009 · 17 Comments

i been spending some quality time with eskae. dude’s really real, but he’s gotta let off some steam once in a while. i have a feeling i’m perfect for…. that. i made him rage his face off last week. read on and see how his weekend was with ME. and PS: i really have no idea [...]

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Tags: all over the place · art · chinatown · first friday art walk · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · oooo fancy · photos done · supercw.com · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] Hawaii International Film Festival, LOST and Contrast Magazine’s 3Deep

October 25th, 2009 · 12 Comments

well. that was a tough week. these pics have been sitting here in my draft queue for a bit long, sorry. i didn’t want to really do this when we were all grieving our friend. it’s still so very sad, and definitely not real. gotta keep moving i guess.
this time of year is definitely my [...]

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Tags: Hiff · I heart successful people · activities · all over the place · celebrities · chinatown · culture · film · life · my favorite band ever · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about

[pics] a tweat up, an alternative taste festival, & FIVE YEARS OF THIRTYNINEHOTEL!

October 16th, 2009 · 12 Comments

so the film festival just kicked off. we are in the midst of it right now even. i so much love this time of year, holy crap.
i meant to post this wednesday. i kinda missed my own deadline. todays seems like a good day to get around to it though. this was last week thursday. [...]

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · all over the place · art · chinatown · culture · food · get hyped · kalima rules · nightlife · nostalgia · photos done · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] here’s my slump. call me slumpy.

September 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments

blah, i’ve never really been in to the planets and stuff. saturn in venus affecting aries moving around jupiter’s tenth house of career in the full moon to the third power? come onnnn. we all have good days and bad days. like i’m supposed to believe that it’s some giant masses of gas and debris bazillions [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · addictions · bad timing · complaining · film · food · for the greater good · next door · philanthropicdedness · photos done · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] indie music, fancy stuff, saucy stuff

September 2nd, 2009 · 10 Comments

one of my photos violated the terms of my photo hosting website. i was like HEY! at first but it’s nice to know i have 3rd parties regulating the pg-13 nature of these posts. no, seriously. i started doing this all “underground” but never really wanted to, you know, violate any terms. hawhaw i should [...]

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Tags: BAMP · Fabulous Openings · all over the place · chinatown · fun bobby · hook it up · kalima rules · music · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · philanthropicdedness · photos done · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work

[pics] so much work, so much Kona, so much BAND OF HORSES

August 26th, 2009 · 7 Comments

you know, these events were a lot more fun when i was sneaking in to them….

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Tags: BAMP · Blog-Stalking · Honolulu Academy of Arts · celebrities · culture · music · my favorite band ever · nostalgia · nothing but love for skate · off island · photos done · press · reeling with pleasure · something to do on a SUNDAY night · supercrew · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] i saw donald trump jr, worked a lot, and OMG NOSAJ THING!

August 19th, 2009 · 14 Comments

oh ya, did you hear? we had a hurricane like crazy huge headed STRAIGHT FOR US! it was the only thing you’d hear about on the news or twitter or at the water fountain or in the girls bathroom. Felicia! Felicia! sales of bottled water, canned soup and whatever the hell you would buy at [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · celebrities · music · my favorite band ever · nightlife · oooo fancy · philanthropicdedness · photos done · press · scooped · something different · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] fresh cafe, my first acid wash, tsunami, shokudo and CONTRAST party

August 14th, 2009 · 18 Comments

no i don’t have photoshop, mister professional tons of time and money on your hands website guy. yes i watermark all my photos by hand before i blog them. yes that’s why it takes me longer to get these out for you. no i don’t have time or money to use/learn photoshop to do it [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · culture · first friday art walk · food · hip hop · kicks · nothing but love for skate · photos done · press · reeling with pleasure · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] what it’s like at HOME and on a movie set. Also APARTM3NT grand opening.

August 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments

WHAT is with the sky lately? god, last friday was the nicest sunset ever. i guess maybe climate changes? or … shoot, i could probably just google it. well anyway, it was a superrad sunset just in time for pecha kuchaat the academy last friday. you can bet i was there early to get a [...]

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · addictions · art · chinatown · culture · film · fun bobby · hot · kicks · lurk · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · photos done · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · weekend

[pics] oh hi eyecandy. icons2 premiere madness, fancy party lurkness, top of world.

July 22nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

so my big bossman was all stoked when he had the first pic in an entry i made a while ago. it was so rad, you guys. he was like “i made the cover!” and the other day he was like “can i have the cover again?”
so here is my dilemma. do i give my [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · culture · kalima rules · my favorite band ever · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · scooped · technology · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] vans 3 feet high half cab, white party, 3 years of Soul Clap

July 1st, 2009 · 15 Comments

ahhh. not so much this sapphire martini, but more so the mirror up there. i was in the bus driver club for quite some time and sitting here having a cocktail looking at that kind of made my evening last thursday. i’m almost positive that came from the hubcap of a bus.

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Tags: chinatown · film · fun bobby · kicks · nightlife · philanthropicdedness · photos done · scooped · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] humanitarian happy hour at oceans808, GroundUP, Space Truckin’ at Thirtyninehotel

May 14th, 2009 · 15 Comments

supercw.com burned out? HA! pardon me if i tend to focus my time more towards the things that actually give me the money to live. come on though, you know this is where my heart is, and i’ll never leave it. it’s just like, short hiatuses so i can do things like pay my rent.
so [...]

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Tags: I heart successful people · all over the place · chinatown · culture · fashion · fun bobby · kalima rules · philanthropicdedness · photos done · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · weekend · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] Miu Miu grand opening, luxury shop parties, The Counter grand opening

April 2nd, 2009 · 14 Comments

just a sec – look at this faaaace. can life ever do you wrong when you’re in the company of one maka? no? right that’s what i’m saying. and that’s what i said last week….

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · art · celebrities · culture · my favorite band ever · oooo fancy · philanthropicdedness · photos done · press · scooped · something different · thank you · thirtyninehotel · weekend · what everyone else is talking about · work

[pics] kaleidoscope, kings of spade, nadirah shakoor at loft, candy bar

March 25th, 2009 · 11 Comments

so.  i just heard a friend mention they were going to work in new york for the summer. i was like… oh ya, there’s a summer. i can’t believe how being a grown up with no kids in hawaii cuts you off from the seasons completely. it’s either christmas, or not christmas.
anyway- just thinking about [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · feeling better · fun bobby · hip hop · kalima rules · nightlife · photos done · supercrew · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] richard cheese and lounge against the machine, ron matusalem and cigars, shadow wars, eco lounge

March 2nd, 2009 · 12 Comments

ya, i don’t know. live shows that have any sort of comedy element get my money forever. it’s just too fun to laugh. lance’s 4am drunk dials and richard cheese are probably the two things that make me laugh the most. this is me, by the way…. at pipeline a couple of weeks ago for [...]

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Tags: all over the place · my favorite band ever · photos done · something to do on a SUNDAY night · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] sorry, been working so much. got first friday tho! and lots of tequila.

February 17th, 2009 · 12 Comments

so how was your superbowl? ufc? did you watch both? i did. and i hate sports. kinda better when there’s cazadores around tho.

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Tags: art · chinatown · food · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] lot of work, the new rum fire, mercury turns 5, chinese new year weekend, dryfck dies at 24k monday

January 27th, 2009 · 11 Comments

oh yeah. oh yeah. new president. new president. grew up here. grew up here. (er, you were supposed to read that slow and drawn out, like kinda sing-songy)

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Tags: all over the place · art · chinatown · culture · fun bobby · hook it up · kalima rules · lurk · monday UN-fun day · nightlife · nostalgia · photos done · supercrew · supercw.com · thank you · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] MSTRKRFT, anton glamb at v lounge, chef nobu wrote a book

January 20th, 2009 · 13 Comments

so hi! prepare yourself for anton overload in this one. he’s already back in new york and i kinda miss him. this was like 3 saturdays ago when i had a life. we were chillin watching football at giovanni’s with ltom.

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Tags: SMART magazine · all over the place · music · next door · nightlife · oooo fancy · photos done · scooped · supercrew · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] ruckus trifecta monday, blackout friday, somuchfun soul clap saturday

December 29th, 2008 · 16 Comments

hi. ok so maybe when a new something opens i spend every night there, you’re right. but it’s honolulu, man. and it’s not every day that your homies open their own BAR. say hello to one of the 29578273834 “grand openings” russ guys had for the new v lounge. you know i was one of the [...]

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Tags: addictions · chinatown · monday UN-fun day · photos done · technology · thirtyninehotel · work

[pics] some industry bowling, some 80’s at loft, some anton glamb, some birthday disco

December 22nd, 2008 · 11 Comments

woah yikes – i’d been meaning to show you my halloween costume for work. since, like, halloween. i didn’t get a photo tho so i’ll just take a picture of the picture. how’s this look! i killed it. there wasn’t a real “costume contest” like, ahem, the one i won last year at visionary. it [...]

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Tags: chinatown · kalima rules · monday UN-fun day · my favorite band ever · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work

oh no i did not just post two weekly updates in two days (oh yes i did)

December 15th, 2008 · 14 Comments

so here. how about i just keep going since i have like 3 hours to kill before driving from work to aiea bowl for that industry bowling night. those are so fun, and i always wind up with hundreds of funny shotsthat make me feel all overwhelmed to chisel down to a hundred so i [...]

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Tags: Blog-Stalking · art · chinatown · culture · fashion · kalima rules · nightlife · nothing but love for skate · oooo fancy · photos done · props · scooped · technology · they grow up so fast · thirtyninehotel · what everyone else is talking about

[pics] openings of stuff: bonsai sushi, hush. more work too. and stuff

October 28th, 2008 · 19 Comments

so woah what are you just totally chilling til halloween or what? no, that’s cool. i mean. i hear you. i been chilling too. chilling with the completely inappropriate yet undeniably clever bar-entertainment they provide at chiko’s tavern on their monthly girls night….

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Tags: Fabulous Openings · Hiff · SMART magazine · all over the place · celebrities · fashion · film · fun bobby · hip hop · hook it up · nightlife · photos done · scooped · thirtyninehotel · work

flashback friday

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

omg, seriously. i really miss having time to tell you what’s going on, like, before it happens. really. sorry. about. that.
but a conversation about the wave had me getting all nostalgic like and i was trying to think of my favorite wave story. duh, the one and only time i was ever arrested AND felt [...]

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Tags: feeling better · get hyped · nostalgia · thirtyninehotel

[pics] lurking art, cinema italiano, the other loft, diesel, soul clap and thrash

September 29th, 2008 · 12 Comments

woah thursday! that’s kind of a favorite among event planners huh. it seems like whenever there’s something i want to do on a thursday, there’s about 4 other things too. then i try to hit them all. making it epic thursday. this past thursday was definitely epic thursday. i saw epic fiber art! hey, did [...]

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Tags: art · chinatown · oooo fancy · photos done · thirtyninehotel · weekend · work