Friday, April 24, 2009. This week has gone by fast, and today was Chelsea's last day here.
Kuda came over today and Chelsea, Kuda, and I took a drive over to Hollywood Blvd to grab some lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. AS before, good service and good food. We decided to treat Kuda to this lunch as a thanks to all the driving and tour guiding he's done for us. We had these special envelopes from CPK that the manager opens up to reveal a prize. We hoped for the $50,000. Instead we got the 10% off. Hey, that's 10% more than we had before, so I couldn't complain.
After lunch, we decided to take a trip back down to Melrose Ave to do some shopping. This time the weather was a lot nicer and we actually parked and walked. The first store we went to had some really nice clothes, however, very expensive. So Chelsea and I decided to just play dress up. Chelsea tried on a really sweet dress. Too bad it was $150. The thing I like about Melrose Ave is that it's full of a lot of privately owned boutiques that carry very unique clothing and styles.
After stopping in a few stores, we found another Sportie LA. More sneakers! Here, I found a pretty fresh pair of Nike Court Forces. Apparently, they just came out that day. Since I never get sneaker-buying-remorse, I bought them. The more and more I look at them, the nicer they get.
We took a trip to a store called The Hundreds, as recommended by my friend tU pHAce. It's one of those hip and trendy stores. We browsed around briefly and then took a walk around the corner. And then I saw heaven. Well, heaven for sneaker heads. Flight Club! Flight Club is on the top 25 stores sneaker heads need to visit. It was wall to wall sneakers, with a warehouse in the back. It was like shelves full of Holy Grails. They had styles that I've only seen online. Styles you cant find anywhere. I found a pair of Air Max 90's infrared original colorways going for $350. Fortunate for me, I already own them and got them last year for a lot cheaper.
Then I spotted a pair that has been on my Sneaker Hunt list. This orange and black pair of Air Max 90's that I've only seen in Ubiq (Philly) years ago. They were going for $300 back then. Suprisingly, they were only $175 here. I couldn't do it, not yet. Hopefully I wont regret it. They had so many sneakers though. When I'm rich and famous, I will own like 25% of the sneakers there.
Anyway, moving on. After leaving Melrose Ave, we decided to go to the Beverly Hills Center, which is a shopping mall in Beverly Hills. It's a typical with a little more high end expensive stores than usual. We made some stops in some sneaker stores, of course. We visited a store called Planet Funk, which had some nice clothes that were designed by local artists. In fact, Chelsea found a really good buy on jeans. Originally priced at $169, she paid $12. Good for her.
After Planet Funk, we went to J. Lindeberg. It's a pretty expensive store but I found a zip-up jacket at Loehmann's for like $40 so I was interested to see what they had. As I was browsing the racks, this young Asian male comes out of one of the dressing rooms. My immediate thought was, 'that's the new Sulu.' It was actor John Cho. Some may know him better as Harold from 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' or the Asian guy from 'American Pie' who popularized the term MILF. He was trying on pants.
So as I'm walking out, I decided to call my dad because he's a Star Trek fan. As I'm talking to my dad, I point out to Chelsea these two guys walking ahead of us. One was skinny, black, and very tall, the other skinny, shorter, with silver hair. It was J and Ms. J from 'America's Next Top Model'. Chelsea had a slight moment of star struckness. It was funny.
After we spotted those celebrities, I bought a couple of shirts at Heritage and we headed out to go pick up Flitz from the train station.
The gang was together and Kuda, Flitz, Chelsea, and I headed up to her Auntie Joyce' house for 'Chelsea's last day in LA' dinner. Just like before, we had a lot of fun. Jeff and his daughter Eliza were there. Augie and Charlie were there again also, and Charlie brought his daughter Lotus. She was one of the cutest and most outgoing child I've ever met. She was a great source of entertainment. We all had a good time and I felt that it was fitting that we spent the last night with Chelsea in LA this way, with family. Flitz and I got Joyce's blessing to call her Auntie Joyce.
After funny conversations and community Youtube browsing, the yawning started. We decided to leave before we all fell asleep. We headed back to Flitz's, knowing we had to be up in less than five hours to take Chelsea to the airport.
Shopping, celebrity sightings, hanging out with celebrities and future celebrities, it's all in a days play.
Kuda came over today and Chelsea, Kuda, and I took a drive over to Hollywood Blvd to grab some lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. AS before, good service and good food. We decided to treat Kuda to this lunch as a thanks to all the driving and tour guiding he's done for us. We had these special envelopes from CPK that the manager opens up to reveal a prize. We hoped for the $50,000. Instead we got the 10% off. Hey, that's 10% more than we had before, so I couldn't complain.
After lunch, we decided to take a trip back down to Melrose Ave to do some shopping. This time the weather was a lot nicer and we actually parked and walked. The first store we went to had some really nice clothes, however, very expensive. So Chelsea and I decided to just play dress up. Chelsea tried on a really sweet dress. Too bad it was $150. The thing I like about Melrose Ave is that it's full of a lot of privately owned boutiques that carry very unique clothing and styles.
After stopping in a few stores, we found another Sportie LA. More sneakers! Here, I found a pretty fresh pair of Nike Court Forces. Apparently, they just came out that day. Since I never get sneaker-buying-remorse, I bought them. The more and more I look at them, the nicer they get.
We took a trip to a store called The Hundreds, as recommended by my friend tU pHAce. It's one of those hip and trendy stores. We browsed around briefly and then took a walk around the corner. And then I saw heaven. Well, heaven for sneaker heads. Flight Club! Flight Club is on the top 25 stores sneaker heads need to visit. It was wall to wall sneakers, with a warehouse in the back. It was like shelves full of Holy Grails. They had styles that I've only seen online. Styles you cant find anywhere. I found a pair of Air Max 90's infrared original colorways going for $350. Fortunate for me, I already own them and got them last year for a lot cheaper.
Then I spotted a pair that has been on my Sneaker Hunt list. This orange and black pair of Air Max 90's that I've only seen in Ubiq (Philly) years ago. They were going for $300 back then. Suprisingly, they were only $175 here. I couldn't do it, not yet. Hopefully I wont regret it. They had so many sneakers though. When I'm rich and famous, I will own like 25% of the sneakers there.
Anyway, moving on. After leaving Melrose Ave, we decided to go to the Beverly Hills Center, which is a shopping mall in Beverly Hills. It's a typical with a little more high end expensive stores than usual. We made some stops in some sneaker stores, of course. We visited a store called Planet Funk, which had some nice clothes that were designed by local artists. In fact, Chelsea found a really good buy on jeans. Originally priced at $169, she paid $12. Good for her.
After Planet Funk, we went to J. Lindeberg. It's a pretty expensive store but I found a zip-up jacket at Loehmann's for like $40 so I was interested to see what they had. As I was browsing the racks, this young Asian male comes out of one of the dressing rooms. My immediate thought was, 'that's the new Sulu.' It was actor John Cho. Some may know him better as Harold from 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' or the Asian guy from 'American Pie' who popularized the term MILF. He was trying on pants.
So as I'm walking out, I decided to call my dad because he's a Star Trek fan. As I'm talking to my dad, I point out to Chelsea these two guys walking ahead of us. One was skinny, black, and very tall, the other skinny, shorter, with silver hair. It was J and Ms. J from 'America's Next Top Model'. Chelsea had a slight moment of star struckness. It was funny.
After we spotted those celebrities, I bought a couple of shirts at Heritage and we headed out to go pick up Flitz from the train station.
The gang was together and Kuda, Flitz, Chelsea, and I headed up to her Auntie Joyce' house for 'Chelsea's last day in LA' dinner. Just like before, we had a lot of fun. Jeff and his daughter Eliza were there. Augie and Charlie were there again also, and Charlie brought his daughter Lotus. She was one of the cutest and most outgoing child I've ever met. She was a great source of entertainment. We all had a good time and I felt that it was fitting that we spent the last night with Chelsea in LA this way, with family. Flitz and I got Joyce's blessing to call her Auntie Joyce.
After funny conversations and community Youtube browsing, the yawning started. We decided to leave before we all fell asleep. We headed back to Flitz's, knowing we had to be up in less than five hours to take Chelsea to the airport.
Shopping, celebrity sightings, hanging out with celebrities and future celebrities, it's all in a days play.
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