California: Day 9. (July 23rd, 2010)

I know it's extremely weird to post about this like... 3 months later. But I don't give a fuck.

This was our last full day in California, so we wanted to have a relaxing day in the sun. My uncle being a Head Golf Professional at a PGA rated golf course (Steele Canyon), we thought golfing was a nice idea. So we 'dressed-up' in our fancy, classy and 'appropriate' golf attire. Then headed off to the course.

First off, we enjoyed a lovely meal on the nicest patio I have ever seen. I believe I had a Sirloin Burger(?)... Jennifer helped them out and became a waitress for a good whole minute.

 

My Aunt and Uncle are avid golfers... 

My Aunty was Women's Club Champion a lot.

We set off to the course, my Uncle (Colin Radchenko, look him up) got us on our golf carts and instructed us the etiquette of the game.

This picture seemed like a good one at the time... Rental clubs are always the way to go. I was waiting in my cart.

Never ever golf with women.

WDWWT, Golf Edition: Electric Shades, The Hundreds Cut&Sew Tee, 10DEEP Shorts, and Janoski's.

Me, Aunty Lana, Jen

The name Steele Canyon isn't just a name... It was actually a 'canyon'... hense this sign. I heard horror stories from my uncle of people driving carts off the cliffs...

The scenery was nice.

This was a farm?

Now introducing... Colin Radchenko

 

Lots of wildlife. Snakes and Rabbits...

Big ole clock.

After 9 holes, we felt like we were done golfing. We then enjoyed conversation and drinks in the club house.

I was super bummed that I left my business card at home. Jen and myself made lots of jokes about this.

We then all left for a mexican restaurant, we were all super tired.

This is the perks of being a champ.

California: Day 8. (July 22nd, 2010)

It was so miserable that day, It was cold and windy. We went to the beach, I do not know why. People were swimming in the ocean, I couldn't understand that.

This isn't normally what I would wear to the beach:

Diamond Crew Neck, Comune Waxed Denim, and Futura Dunk Highs.

After about three hours of complaining about the weather on the beach. It finally got nice. I changed because I started to sweat.

The pigeon were back and better than ever...

Then it began to get cloudier and colder, so we left to do some shopping.

I was pretty excited to go shop because I heard about a cool sneaker boutique when I stopped by 5&ADime, they told me to check out Blends. Blends was super hard to find though, GPS told us it was at one place but when we got there, we were 3 blocks away from it, so we walked there.

I was super stoked when I got there, they had a NikeSB campaign for breast cancer going on. They had a DJ in-store, free drinks, and had these on display for bidding:

Keep A Breast was the campaign, it was exclusively to the 3 Blends stores in Cali.

There layout of the store was my favorite I have ever seen. Each shoe was properly displayed on the wall like a gallery for art. They carried the likes of... Jordan, Nike, Nike SB, Vans OTW, Converse Black Flag, and more.

I picked up some black suede Converse Black Flag boat shoes for $55.

The Campaign co-sided with the re-release of the Brainwreck Dunk High (that I already have) and the likes of other Todd Bratrud works.

The Brainwrecks were displayed along the way, I really liked this look.

They did carry some clothing, but it was minimal, and only carried 'Premium'(quote) garments.

California: Day 7. (July 21st, 2010)

We just relaxed around the house and then went for a walk.

We stumbled upon Batting Cages and a Driving Range at the bottom of the Canyon. I was pretty bad at baseball. I played 'little league' as a kid... but obviously was not meant to play it.

I was alot better at golf... look at that form.

After enjoying the Driving Range and Batting Practice... We were heading to the beach to play beach volleyball. My Aunty and Uncle are in a beach volleyball league... which is pretty cool. No ref, just for fun. So after our Cali relatives sized us up... Canadians who play volleyball (Mom has been playing volley ball for over 20 years, she also went to 'Worlds' in 2007 for volleyball. Leo played college volleyball or something. Jen, has been playing volleyball for about 6 years, club and school. I just played Senior Volleyball, and I am 6'3".) I thought they made a good 1 game deal, after seeing the team. Mainly, over the age of 50... We were in for a treat.

This is me... After we lost... Such a shitty game. Keeping in mind we played against only two people... We had four subs. They were pretty athletic though.

After the utter defeat... We headed over to a really nice beachside restaurant.

It started to get dark, and I got tired.

California: Day 6. (July 20th, 2010)

Today, we decided to check out an area near the bay, where they have little souvenir shops and interesting restaurants. We experienced a little rain and cold today, which was a little weird for Cali.

We sat on the patio at this Italian Restaurant, it seemed really dirty there... the food was good. But there was a lot of pigeons hanging around the tables. I was really annoyed and irritated by the pigeons and the little italian boy behind that tree... He kept on yelling, and running at the pigeons. I wanted to throw him in the bay.

Example 1: Pigeon on Table.

Example 2: Pigeons lurking.

This man really put a smile on my face(standing up with grey hair). He was heavily intoxicated and singing italian songs to everyone he could see. Party animal, that everyone didn't want to talk to. I did, he was rad. Serenading the woman. My future...

WDWWT (Just Do It Tee, 10 DEEP Shorts, Green Janoski's)

We then hit up a mall to do some shopping. There was a lot of rad shops in the mall, basically department stores and women's clothing. So, I just cruised around the mall. I actually purchased a hot beverage in the mall that was how cold it was, #OutdoorMallsInCali. Throughout the whole trip, I wanted to buy a couple of tank tops, so I checked out Macy's. Not only did they have tank tops... they were on sale for $9 and they were playing Wale "Beautiful Girls" (one of my favorite songs). This was the 'hippest' Macy's I have ever seen.

After leaving the mall, I wanted to check out 5&ADime. 5&ADime is a local SanDiego streetwear boutique, specializing in exclusive brands. The shop was really rad, looked liked an old school cigar shop (if I knew what that looked like). Basically made of wood. haha. The staff was really rad, and product was really nice too. Check out what I bought:

They even wrapped it up.

Pretty cheap too.

LA Dodgers Spin Off from Barney Zone.

Henley Tank Top from Amongst Friends.