Los Angeles

the DELAMINATED swap meet showcased boards from the early days

held a great space on Lincoln & Venice

the Kavanaugh sisters joined me

so much rich and colorful history

I read a canoeing story from 1957 in between looking at copers

pretty solid coper selection, but i didn't see any for tracker ultralites

Maria lives close by so we walked over to visit....

DENNIS!

Dennis is a handsome cat!

van self portrait

pretty sure I saw Johnny Depp dressed up as capt Jack outside MANN

had to check out the new RED DAWN. Mike V got them guns

turned out I was close to Cruzer and they have GF crust

so refreshing to see when you walk into an establishment!

10" gluten free pesto pizza from CRUZERs

this guy made me proud on HOllyWOOD blvd... getting honks!

Spread LOVE and Celebrate Peace on the flipside

Currently really jazzed on older single screen movie theaters!

HOSOI book signing - super psyched on this collab graphic !

Salman and Christian

it was packed - spilling out on to the sidewalk

my first time seeing RAY BARBEE perform

 and Paulo Diaz was playing a flute on some of the tunes. i missed seeing Tommy, Stevie, and Lance.... oh well... RAY was worth it!!

greater LA

stumbled onto a field trip at South Bay Skates

popped in on Mikendo at Dwindle

skated their mini ramp for a sec... it was weird having Bod Boyle in the conference room overlooking my session

roadside america dialed me into the DONUT

STUFF I EAT in Inglewood was a great find

encilada pie platter - STUFF I EAT

gorgeous old theater on the market in Inglewood

was hoping to see some buds at Belvedere

Vern was one a tear at Stoner - slappie feeble on the taco

casual frontside slider for Vern

Vern & I mug it up at Stoner Plaza

I felt honored to have VERN film my rock

the image of the cal tranz skates sign is burned in my memory

caught CHASING ICE on it's last day in the theater

the Nuart promotes other independent business in the area!

see it if you have a chance.

asian noodle salad at one of three VEGAN JOINTS

bike art in Mar Vista

ben

Ben and I go back to 1992 CSU - fort collins, CO. I sorta stalled out in LA awaiting a video that never came. No matter  - cause the circumstances allowed me to hang at the Looram's and visit with Ben and his family.

Ben & I have lots of similarities - we both like it best, SHORT

Oscar and I kicking the ball at Olivia's soccer scrimmage

son & father saying goodbye - i read to OZ for the first part of class

got an early look at the book fair - this book i recommend

a certain Looram wasn't up for being photographed at breakfast

another one didn't mind as much.

Karuna and her icepick!

I had to do a double take on Ben's tie.

that's the one I'd be wearing if I had to

and in the cupboard I found these gems!

encouraging watermelon sign at the tamale shop

Ben took us on a hike where he once met Tony Alva

I saw what I thought might have been the Beverly Bowl

Oscar enjoyed the rope swing

was stoked to see Olivia at fencing practice - she's the only fencer I know

Ben & I had a hot tub party one evening

he was just messing around but it made for a funny pic

wonder woman comics got into some dark territory

Ben first introduced me to Tamara's Tamales 12 years ago

Ben was pretty insistent that we get a foot massage! glad we did!

thanks for having me Ben & Karuna - I hope to ride my bicycle over sometime in January.