What's In YOUR Wallet?

There have been a few blog posts the last few days about wallets being released this Fall with embossed diamond prints...None of those wallets are even half as ill as the wallet being released by Diamond Supply Co. this holiday season...The black Diamond Supply Co. embossed leather billfold is ill...Its subtly exudes maturity unlike the other crayon colored wallet and the red inside stripe adds just the right amount of color to keep it from being boring...It will also be available with a Tiffany inside stripe...

(photo and info courtesy of Nick Diamonds Twitpic account)

Everywhere I Turn There's A Damn Truck...

The latest LA craze is to buy an old taco truck and drive it around town delivering premium goods..I'm not go'n lie... I thought it was a very clever idea in the beginning but now that there's 184 different trucks running around the damn city it's not so cute any more...I have my favorite (Kogi BBQ Truck!) Like I said there's literally about 184 of them so I can't post them all...but here's a list of a few of them...

- Baby's Badass Burgers (did I really just type that?) - The owners of One Group started this truck and very honestly I think they did it just to be funny...STK..Taco Truck... How do those words even fit in the same sentence? But if the burgers are anything like the other upscale food they serve in their restaurants in LA then chasing this truck is worth the gas...Follow Baby's Badass Burgers on Twitter for location alerts as well... (menu)

- Kogi BBQ Truck - These set of trucks go by colors (Azul, Verde, Rojo) and they'll tweet their locations all day so you can catch up to them...The food is definitely worth the chase...Follow Kogi BBQ on Twitter to stay up to date (menu)...

- Fish Lips Sushi Truck - Now I dunno how smart it is to buy sushi from a truck but I purchased some once before from a 7-eleven so I guess a truck is at least one step above that...Follow Fish Lips Sushi on Twitter (menu)...

- Dodger Ticket Truck - Follow the Dodgers on Twitter and they'll alert you to the trucks every stop...You can buy tickets and $1 hot dogs...

- Dosa Truck - What is a Dosa? Follow the Dosa Truck on Twitter...

And last on my list of faves...but certainly not least is...

- Sprinkles Cupcake Van - I'm not even going to explain this one 'cuz if you dunno what Sprinkles is by NOW you might as well shoot yourself...Follow Sprinkles Cupcake Van on Twitter...

Blends Sale...

Flippin' Out...

I'm just greedy...Simple as that...Summer always seems to lead me on a quest for a new frozen snack to obsess over. The last two summers my frozen snack of choice was Sour Watermelon Slurpee's at 7-Eleven...This summer I have a new obsession Ben & Jerry's Flipped Out!

If this isn't the most ingenious idea I dunno what is... It reminds me of those ice cream cups you used to get off the ice cream truck when you were little but improved by 100%...The fudge and brownie is just right and it really doesn't seem like all that goodness could come in a pre-packaged container...I follow Ben & Jerry's on Twitter and recently they held a lil contest and I ended up winning TWO free packages of Flipped Out! Now if that isn't a reason to tweet I dunno what is...

Barkley L. Hendricks : Birth of The Cool

I headed to the Santa Monica Museum of Art today for the Barkley Hendricks exhibit and I was blown away...The picture above titled "Sweet Thang" is the perfect example of his work... The light, the shading, the attention to detail is absolutely amazing...His paintings are so clear and crisp you'd think you were looking at a photograph...He captures the fashion and attitude of the times and of the people with such ease it can do nothing but amaze you...If you are in LA I suggest you catch the exhibit before it ends 8/22 its well worth it...

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- Tony Hawk's New Virtual game 'TH Ride' has a November 17th US release date...Looks pretty ill...

- Free Chocolate from Mars every Friday...

- Nicole Richie has taken her fab maternity looks and transformed them into a collection for A Pea in The Pod...

- This Marc Jacobs Flights of Fancy bag '09 is very reminiscent of the Louis Vuitton Conte De Fees bag '02...Is it considered biting if you design BOTH lines? Although if you really wanna get technical Julie Verhoeven designed that LV bag...

- Apparently Pastry isn't the only one getting away from tennis shoes and into wedges and ballet flats...Check out the new women's line Select from Creative Recreation dropping Spring '10...

Pastry Heels and Ballet Flats? Yep...Coming Soon...

I attended the Pastry event at Sportie LA a few days ago (blurry pic of Angela DJ'ing below) ...Besides consuming free ice cream and champagne punch, I also learned that in the Fall Pastry will be releasing a line of boots, wedges and ballet flats...They are venturing out of sneakers and trying to break into casual footwear and sunglasses... I actually think this is a good way to go... They have a good grasp on the teen market and they've proved themselves to be trendsetters (especially Angela)...They're bound to have droves of young girls wanting to be like them...KEY WORD...young...

FREE Sundae Mondays...

Ben & Jerry's loves Mondays and I LOVE Ben & Jerry's...One of the best ways to keep up with them is to follow them on Twitter @cherrygarcia...They send out tweets about scoop shop specials like Monday's BOGO sundaes and they hold fun contests from time to time... Anyway it's Monday and I know I just ate a bunch of junk at the fair yesterday but I'm heading to my nearest scoop shop to get a free sundae...

Johnny Cupcakes Presents The Goonies...

I love Johnny Cupcakes and was happy when he finally opened a store in LA. I can't believe he's been out here a year already. I'd been following him on the web for years and the events in Boston always looked so fun I wished I was out there...well now he's in LA and even though he's new to the town he's hosting events just like he were a native...Catch the Midnight screening of The Goonies this Saturday if it's anything like the LA 1 yr anniversary party...I'm sure it's to be an interesting night...

Greedy Genius Web Sale...

Reserve Final Summer Sale...

Somebody At Fresh Jive is HILARIOUS....

Fresh Jive just released a collabo with John Downer The Typography King...The shirt above is just one of many that John Downer has lent his skills to...Although I'm a fan of the shirt that reads "The World's Got Problems in '09" (because Fresh Jive is right...the World DOES have problems in the '09) The one above is also the most hilarious out of the bunch...All I'm going to say is they ain't never lied...

Crooks and Castles Sample Sale...

Hellz Bellz Sample Sale...