As I said on Twitter, I’ve been neglecting my only child.  Apologies for the lack of posting, it has been a little hectic with the approaching Spring Break and midterms exams around these parts.  But no one wants to hear excuses, so we’ll move right along a la the self checkout line at your local super market.  Today was a day spent between the massive concrete Lego blocks of New York City.  Just in case you’re not on the East Coast while reading this post, we had absolutely immaculate weather for the past two days.  I’m talking about t-shirts in the beginning of March weather which is none too common.  With all sorts of New York’s finest (those that don’t wear blue uniforms) on the street, it was only proper that we joined in on the warm weather festivities.  A few weeks back I stumbled across a hole in the wall ARMY NAVY store down in the Lower East Side, and we’ve been trying to find our way back to it every since.

Good old Greene street down in Soho. Big ups to the brother Mike and Hyun from LTD who run this block with an iron fist similar to Stringer Bell from the great television experiment known as the Wire.  Going to be stirring up a ruckus with those two blokes sooner than later.  Rasta Monsta!

You’re all very familiar with this character, one of the many partners in crime.  Demetri’s headphones never leave him these days.  Which reminds me, I’ve never had an iPod my entire life.  What sort of travesty is that?  It may be for the better however.   I think that if I actually walked around with music in my head at all hours of the day I would actually never speak to anyone.  I’d get far too carried away with the music, and me singing Patrice Rushen on a crowded Subway at full lung capacity is probably less than desirable for anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot.

Me explaining something of utmost importance.  (It’s strange captioning yourself.) Most likely concerning hobbit hole construction.

Back to the center of this story-the mission to find the lost ARMY NAVY shop I stumbled across a few weeks back.  After wandering around and finding a bunch of other worthy destination we finally came across the small canvas-green hole of vintage military goods sandwiched firmly between a deli and a 99 Cent store.  It’s actually pretty easy to miss if you’re walking quickly, that is if the sight of 60 assorted patches pinned to a board doesn’t immediately make you stop in your tracks and being salivating like a small dog.  If you can muster up enough strength to walk in the door without fear of being laid out by a veteran like the guy on that Oakland bus a week ago then you’ll find what is basically a glorified closet of insanely cheap priced military surplus goods.  We call that waxed canvas and cotton gold folks.

For those of you in New York, you definitely want to give the shop a quick look see.  The small Asian women who owns the shop along with her husband asked why we were taking photographs.  I immediately tried to explain the concept of a “blog” to the small sixty year old woman who came up to my torso before realizing that it may be a lost cause.  When I explained to her that it might send more business her way she said, “Oh great, more work for me,” in a voice dripped thick with good hearted accent.  So because I don’t want her to have to do more work, I’ll just say for you NYC heads that take a stroll around the Reed Space area and you’ll be in luck.  Some nice finds if you take the time to look around.

That’s about it for this evenings recap of the daily happenings.  It’s 2:17 AM and I am going to be leaving for Los Angeles in less than 24 hours.  What?  Did he say Los Angeles?  West Coast invasion, the funk will be spread my friends, the funk will be spread.  I have to figure out how to pack clothes and a 21″ iMac into two backpacks alongside a bunch of hats.  Speaking of hats, see that nice little fitted above?  Courtesy of the good folks at Mighty Healthy.  Go check out their Pop Up Shop if you’re in NY you crazy blokes, good deals for days.  Click HERE.

Award Tour family in LA you folks need to holler! West Coast, lets get acquainted.

Stay Safe-Phil.