UNIQUE LA RECAP

After a long and exciting 2 days over at the show, it finally came to an end yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to blog about Saturday's show experience since we ended up doing a few things right after the show and getting to bed late. Also, had a long day yesterday that involved getting out of the building with all of our stuff and driving home relatively late last night. So, I'll just give everyone a brief recap of what went down over the course of the 2 day period. Sonja, the person responsible for putting together the gathering did a nice job. With the exception of the air conditioning situation in our area and our booth location, I'd have to say the event was put together quite nicely. A good number of vendors showcased their items; an ample size crowd attended the intimate and engaging show as well as a selection of various music choices were being spun by the show DJ which in turn were being projected throughout all of the show speakers. Met a lot of great people throughout the entire time! All the vendors that I got a chance to speak with were all super nice and cool! The same holds true for all of the customers and attendees. The overall response from our customers, as well as those that just wanted to hear the idea and story behind our company were surprisingly very interested. They embraced and championed us all the way. As with our past shows, there's always an individual or group of people who share stories with us that tend to be touching and brightens our day. True story -- a 3rd grade teacher. Yes, that's right a 3rd grade teacher from LA said she had to stop by our booth because she said she see's our stuff all over the campus and wanted to know 'if it was a bad thing?' After Sharon explained to her what the company is all about, the teacher then said our brand was 'cool and awesome' and now she knows why she see's our stuff around her school. So, for those elementary kids rockin' our gear at school, please hand the item(s) back to your older brother/sister/cousin until you get a little older. And, no more placing our stickers all over the campus. THANKS KIDS! ;) Overall, vibes were good and it was another successful and exceptional show, to say the least!





Perfect view from our booth of the LA area


Our good pal Jameel, from Saleem Films stopping by and hangin' out with us


Victoria, Girlie Pants. Awesome chick with cool swag from Boston. One of the most down-to-earth people I've come across.


Dave from Seibei put in a lot of time putting up his design full of post-its


Rob, cool dude who was our direct neighbor at the show from Wear Children


Keeping the vendors and attendees upbeat, Sonja and the DJ (Bryan) of the hour(s).


I didn't get a chance to get a picture, but also check out Jason and Patty from Fat Rabbit Farm. A genuinely cool couple with a far future and good vision!

After the show on Saturday, we all bolted out to catch the Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton boxing fight on TV -- which was live in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, no places in the area and even the hotel were displaying it. So, after countless minutes of stress trying to find it streaming live on the internet, we finally found it and watched it on the MAC. But get this, it wasn't commentated in English. It was in freakin' Portuguese! Nothing against this at all, it was just we don't understand the language. LOL! Oh well, Manny came out victorious by basically almost murdering Hatton in the 2nd round by TKO. Shortly after, we all headed over to Pasadena for Leah's surprise B-day get together at a Japanese BBQ Hot Pot style type dinner, Gyu-Kaku. After a delicious dinner, a lot of funny and interesting stories from all the ladies and a few sake bombs later, we finally ended the night in good vibes.





Sunday evening was also pretty delightful! After the show, we all went to a place where everybody and their mama it seems raves about this place. Sharon and I never been, but apparently the combination of certain items just make you go crazy. That place...Roscoe's Chicken' n Waffles located in LA on W. Pico Blvd. I have to admit, this combination is pretty 'DAMN' good IMHO. The #3 consisting of a 1/2 chicken prepared southern style with 2 waffles and sides of candied yams, macaroni cheese and being topped off with their sweet tea is not only fulfilling, but as we Northern Cali folks would say, 'hella good!'



The team, always putting in long hours and time away from family while always having a blast!


Next up and coming back down to LA again...Anime Expo. Stay tune for more info. about this massive 4 day event!

Jonathan (Bastard & Friends)