The other day one of my music-loving friends asked me which places I’d take Kevin Parker, leader of the band Tame Impala, if I were his guide during Primavera Sound. It was pretty clear that he wanted to test my knowledge of the city after living in Barcelona...
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I think the first time I saw something from Juniper Ridge might have been last year when I arrived to L.A. Some incense sticks on the supermarket caught my attention because the whole package and graphic image was too cool to be just ordinary incense sticks. Handmade drawings...
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Last Saturday we decided to go visiting Getty Center. Located on the top of a hill, the museum offers -besides great exhibitions and some really privileged views of the whole city of L.A.- free concerts in the open air once a month.
The other day we could enjoy Danish-band Quadron playing, which turned out to...
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Remember the photoshoot we did with that beautiful dress by Stolen? Well, I am so excited to bring you some news about the brand once again. Specially when the news are about its new campaign and -even more- specially when the campaign is this beautiful!
Singapore-based designer Elyn Wong has teamed this time with local...
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It is impossible not to be in love with Ojai. In our short but great getaway last month not only we enjoyed this Californian little town and the nature surrounding it but we also discovered -besides the coolest motel- what I consider the most amazing used-book store I have ever seen to date.
Bart’s Books...
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Yes, trust me, sometimes in L.A. you do need a thick knit sweater, some other times you even need a scarf and sometimes -just a few times- you even need both of them together! The funny thing is, since this is an extraordinary phenomenon that only happens in rare occasions and never more than -I...
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Hope you have amazing plans for the weekend! We are expecting sunny and hot weather these days in here so after some surfing sessions, hopefully, we will be able to enjoy some of the stunning sunsets in Venice Beach while sipping on a nice glass of red wine -to say something…- on the rooftop...
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What happens when you have been here for a while is that you have already visited all the basics: San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Palm Springs… You name it. And, although this places are surely worth visiting more than once, you don’t want to repeat the trip yet because you know that you...
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Among hordes of tourists, baywatchers, surfers, wonderskaters and the rest of the miscellaneous amalgam, Mollusk Shop is the place to find the perfect souvenir when visiting Venice Beach. You can read my article about this amazing surf shop in Absolut Mode Society.
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Entre hordas de turistas, baywatchers, surferos, prodigios en monopatín y demás amalgama variopinta, Mollusk...
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During all the time I spent in Germany I got used to buy fresh flowers quite often, I couldn’t really explain why, although I guess everything started the moment I began to find really nice posies at more than affordable prices almost in every supermarket.
On the other hand, as I started repeating this...
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Jim Mangan is an American photographer that, after a long professional career in the skateboarding scene decided, instead of chosing, joining both of his passions. This election has recently given place to his latest book named Winter’s Children, which is a beautiful collection of images aiming to show the true spirit of this sport....
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The idea of an eternal summer looks, as cold times get closer, more and more appealing. My experiences on a surfboard can be counted on the fingers of my hands -of a single hand, actually- but I really wouldn’t mind at all joining up the guys in The Endless Summer by Bruce Brown to...
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Now that our luggage is half-unpacked and that the new apartment still feels too new this seems the right moment to look back on the third volume of this, our chaptered life, in the city that, in my opinion, has better represented German tradition to date.
Munich is over, and so are the old...
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It could be considered the revelation of the season: Vivian Maier’s photographic work revealed to the world. The late recognition of that nanny from Chicago whose spontaneous images, taken during her time off, fell into oblivion until some time after her death were discovered by John Maloof at an auction.
Today opens in London,...
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Existe de un tiempo a esta parte una nueva tendencia que abarca mucho más allá de la ropa para convertirse en un auténtico lifestyle basado en la idea de no crecer, de mantener el cuerpo eternamente joven y sobre todo (y esto, es siempre lo más importante) el espíritu también.
Nadie está hablando de vivir...
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