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January 5th, 2011

’0TEN MEMORIES.

Sorry, I just had to and also wanted to do some round up of last year, because it has been sooooooo kraaaaayzie… (and obviously doing so is still appropriate, since I posted the 09 Memories one year ago on January, 5th as well)! In 2010 I went from being like “OMG. This is alreadyyy two weeks ago…?!?? Wow. Time flies.” to “OMG. It’s really only two weeks ago since this happened?!?? Wow. So much stuff was going on in between alreadyyy.” and I’m really grateful. Nothing worse than those people with their boredom statuses on Facebook. There are countless things you could do, but that’s a whole nother blogpost.

We started the year running around as two dudes at the BRIGHT Tradeshow in Frankfurt, that just got their first stickers made for their blog…

Major shoutouts to Flo for coming up with the idea of the sticker image and also for all graphic design work he did for us all year long!

Then in April Chris was running around Tokyo and I was running around London (cheering on Simon) and each of us got to experience some weird stuff once again.

OK, one of us definitely experienced more crazyness than the other, but we both distributed our sticker all over those cities.

Chris did even so, that it can be seen on this pic of Levi Maestro soon later (on the very left side from photographer’s view). WHAT?

Chris also blew us off with some great RUN FFM journalism par excellence…! ;-)

By the way, I really love those random kind of videos by Chris like this, where he had to kill some time in the morning to go to the airport on no sleep the night before. I had to literally laugh out loud severel times, while I was digging through all that stuff. Here are some more impressions of Tokyo.

Now, this was really a great day as I predicted in the video. We picked up the first print of the RUN FFM shirts in June, which was an unbelievable feeling at that time. Ain’t nothing like rocking your own shirt for the first time.

Immediately after picking them up we went to the public viewing of Germany’s match that day and there was already some guy we didn’t know, that asked if he could take a picture of my shirt. Of course, feel free…

Later that month, I somehow found out about a DJ Neil Armstrong party in Frankfurt by scrolling through my twitter timeline and thinking “Wait…. A tweet by him mentioning Frankfurt? Gotta check that out.” The In Heaven Part 2 party then went down two days later on a rooftop in downtown Frankfurt. And by going down I mean really going down. Like really, really going down. It was more some kind of a festival that night and it didn’t end until the sun came up.

At that party we also met Yves & Lea, who just opened up their pop up store MARKET 41 around that time. They went on to become good friends and even selling the RUN FFM shirt in their store eventually.

The first store to have the RUN FFM shirts in stock however was Julie‘s Barber Shop and this again was very cool to have your shirt in a store in Frankfurt and then even in two stores later on. At this point big thank yous to give us the opportunity to spread the word about RUN FFM and connect with our people from Frankfurt & everywhere else.

Another chance (or from my point of view: obligation, because I was the only one to wear the shirt that day) to make that possible and just to get the shirt on TV was this interview with German TV station RTL, that were filming on Freeline Skating that day – we even made it the most watched news segement the day it aired (like 2 months later, after everybody had nearly forgotten about all of this LOL).

Then in August it was time to get some new stickers and a new TwitVid format out there…

In October we bumped into Adam Tensta and in different news I just wanted to do some stop motion film, also as a way to celebrate the arrival of our white shirts and the new stickers (YES, I posted it once again LOL). Thx to DJ Steph again, who allowed me to use the instrumental without hesitating and to be honest without really knowing me at that point, but we got to know each other more after that.

October & November were DJ Neil Armstrong time again, as he was touring through Germany for a week and also had some off days in Frankfurt. We drove to Düsseldorf to attend the first Party&Bullshit party with him & DJ Rafik at the decks.

And as you can see we didn’t come to party LOL. We had work to do. Chris filmed & I had to drive all the way home again at night. Here’s Chris’ video of the night.

Back in Frankfurt we then had the time to conduct an interview with Neil at Julie’s Barber Shop, while we were driving & running around Frankfurt having lots of fun not only, but also because we introduced him to some Frankfurt gastronomic specialties. And he even liked all of the food as you can tell from his post.

As I mentioned only a few posts earlier, it was great to see him DJing in the RUN FFM shirt here in Frankfurt.

I went to visit my buddy Simon again in November – now only in Berlin and met Phil-G. & Omer while checking out some Berlin spots.

Also another amazing party took place in December: DJ Craze came to Frankfurt and DJed along with C-Arrow, DJ Passion & DJ Jackmode at the first YOSOY party (What’s up, fam?) in collaboration with fenchurch. Chris once again did a nice little video on the event…

… as well as Julian Middle, where you can see both of us. :)

In December, we also had C-Arrow attaching our stickers in NYC, Frankfurt’s own DJ Kitsune (who is with us since day one!) with a dope mixtape series called 1-2-3-4 and we finally made it to printed press as Sven was reppin our hoodie in Journal Frankfurt magazine.

The biggest accomplishment of ‘em all is of course that I got myself finally a nice haircut at Julie’s Barber Shop. :)

Mad love to everyone supporting us, connecting with us, partying with us, rocking RUN FFM shirts & hoodies all over the place (check for some pics here and here) as well as the stickers.

Long post, I know, but there was quite some stuff going on as I told you at the beginning of this post. Looking back we began 2010 as two dudes with a blog and a bunch of stickers, but ultimately it took us places & got us to meet cool people, so thanks for the ride. Let’s see where we can go in 2011.

Hope you are ready. :)

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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November 20th, 2010

Back home…

Hey everybody, just in between… I’m back home again…

… but my suitcase is still M.I.A. and I’m off for some family business now, then off to watch our beloved SGE play, then off to referee some b-ball games. And don’t be suprised to se me here tonight – also fresh out of the plane. :)

The final Berlin post will be up by tomorrow. Promise!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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November 18th, 2010

From Berlin With Love, wa! (Part 2)

OK, so on Tuesday we went to check out some other stores. This time near Kudamm and in Kreuzberg. First stop was at the CLVII Store.

First thing to pop into your eyes are the subway maps of Berlin & Paris on their walls.

Second thing were those crazy adidas x Jeremy Scott sneakers once again.

CLVII Store, Meinekestraße 5, 10719 Berlin – www.clvii-berlin.com
open Mon – Sat 11:00-20:00

solebox is located not far away and that store is well known in Germany – also because the owner Hikmet is an internationally known sneaker head.

Besides dope sneakers you’ll find some BBC & Ice Cream shirts…

… or solebox toothbrushs. :)

solebox, Nürnbergerstrasse 16, 10789 Berlin, Germany – www.solebox.com

NIKETOWN is also right around the corner and I just couldn’t say no to some new Jordans for 80€.

NIKETOWN, Tauentzienstraße 7, 10789 Berlin, Germany – www.nike.de

A short subway ride got me to OVERKILL located in Kreuzberg.

As soon as I saw this doorknob, I knew that was my kind of store.

And hands down, it was the store I really liked the most here in Berlin.

Check out that Storm Trooper with the beanie LOL.

They even had a NIKE Hyperdunk Marty McFly sneaker on display.

More awesomeness follows, when you walk upstairs…

.. with these old adidas kicks…

… and all of these things: the boom boxes, the giant PUMA sneaker, those Darth Vader & Storm Trooper figures, …

I had to get me two pairs of those little sneakers, the Jordan I & the Tiffany Dunks.

OVERKILL, Köpenicker Str. 195 a, 10997 Berlin, Germany – www.overkillshop.com
open Mon – Sat 11:00-20:00

Another sticker sighting.

I then ended the day with shooting some hoops, so a big thank you to the BERLIN BASKETS and especially Tobi, Marco & Holger.

And the only thing blogworthy from yesterday (Wednesday), but it absolutely is, was the dinner: Lecker Hähnchen @ Henne in Kreuzberg. Make sure to make your reservations in advance.

Henne, Alt Berliner Wirtshaus, Leuschnerdamm 25, 10999 Berlin, Germany – www.henne-berlin.de

Today, we are off to the opening of the Alastair Philip Wiper exhibition @ SOTO & the YMA show at Friedrichstadtpalast.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Tags: Adidas, basketball, BBC, berlin, Berlin 2010, boom box, CLVII, Darth Vader, dinner, germany, Henne, Hyperdunk, Ice Cream, Jermemy Scott, Kreuzberg, Kudamm, Marty McFly, Nike, NIKETOWN, OVERKILL, PUMA, runffm on the road, Shop, Shops, solebox, Store, stores, Storm Trooper
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November 16th, 2010

From Berlin With Love, wa! (Part 1)

Tachchen.

So I arrived in Berlin after having no sleep the night before, because we had to celebrate our first win of the season, and went with Simon, who now lives in Berlin, diiiiiirectly on the Touristenverarsche-Tour and to the Kurt Krömer Benefizgala in the evening.

On Monday, we made our way downtown again, but this time to check out some stores.

We got off at Alexanderplatz and there were some cool streetart pieces.

First stop was the WOOD WOOD store.

As you can see, you can get lots of different styles & items in there, while wood is also a large part of the store.

I really liked that scarf :)

WOOD WOOD, Rochstraße 4, 10178 Berlin, Germany – woodwood.de
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00

Down the street, we spotted the BBB Headquaters right next to the adidas Originals store. I’m actually also thinking about going to the next BBB in January. We’ll see…

We also went into the store…

… and I immediately got me a new hoodie. :)

NOOOT!!! I didn’t buy it, but Jeremy Scott is really going all out…! Do you like the look…??

adidas Originals, Münzstr. 13 -15, 10178 Berlin, Germany – www.adidas.de

Check out the sneaker wall at the KICKZ Store.

KICKZ, Münzstraße 20, 10178 Berlin, Germany – www.kickz.com

Next stop was STAB, where you have a good sneaker-to-clothing ratio in my eyes.

We loved this piece of art here. Also check out those little Jeremy Scott adidas sneaker for kids. :)

STAB, Gipsstraße 23, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.stickabush.com
Mon – Fri 12:00-20:00 & Sat 11:00-19:00

Then, I was finally able to go to SOTO after I got me their SOpreme shirt earlier this year. By the way, you can really tell, when you are getting closer to the store. :)

That’s the front. Unfortunately, it was already dark.

The atmosphere in the store was cool and very laid-back, so you can feel really comfortable there.

We’ll go back there on Thursday to check out the opening of the Alastair Philip Wiper exhibition.

SOTO, Torstraße 72, 10119 Berlin, Germany – blog.sotostore.com
open Mon – Fri 12:00-20:00 & Sat 11:00-20:00

Right next door is No.74. The carry exclusive adidas items, but unfortunately I was not allowed to take any pics.

No.74, Torstraße 74, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.no74-berlin.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00

After that it was time to eat and we found something dope on Torstraße: Shawarma, Hummus & Haloumi…!

Two corners away you’ll find the Firmament store in their new location. They got really exclusive stuff by OriginaFake, Head Porter Plus, Acronym, Visvim and so on.

In the entrance area they are showcasing the new Nike x Undercover Gyakusou International Running Association collection.

You can also get some Japanese magazines there, while I got myself a new Stüssy beanie. And no, they don’t make ‘Gas-/Wasserinstallationen’, if some krayzie person on the street should tell you that LOL.

Simon also found this book called ‘Take Ivy’ that contains photographs of men and their clothes shot on the Ivy campuses. It was originally published in Japan in 1965 and started the “Ivy Style” fashion among students in Tokyo. And as Simon told me not much has changed on the campuses fashionwise in all those years. And if somebody should know about that, it’s him, but I won’t drop the H-bomb now. :)

Firmament, Linienstrasse 40, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.am-firmament.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00

Last visit was at the Civilist store.

They also carry a wide range of different brands and I also found a shirt by Australian brand PAM that I had to get.

Civilist, Brunnenstraße 13, 10119 Berlin, Germany – www.civilistberlin.com
open Mon – Sat 12:00-20:00

If you happen to be in Berlin, I can only advice you to check out these stores, also because in that area you’ll find some cool other things while you are walking around.

Anywayz, I’m still here for a while, so more love from Berlin soon, when I show you what we are doing today.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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November 13th, 2010

LITTLE BIG BERLIN.

I was kinda quiet the last few days, but you’ll hear a lot of me next week, because I’m going to be in LITTLE BIG BERLIN.

(Meaning you should also watch this cute clip right here. Hehehe.)

Everybody in Berlin, let’s link up…!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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September 8th, 2010

Marbella & Puerto Banús

This is another one of my vacation posts. The last few days I was mostly occupied with basketball practice, our RUN FFM shirts & also our new twitter account @RUNFFM. Make sure to follow us there and you’ll receive also more content than our post updates.

Allright, this is a short one, but one day we went to Marbella to check out the spot of the rich and the beautiful. In the city center there were some expensive stores in the narrow alleys, but the rich & beautiful people were missing.

So, if you wanna discover a historic city center all by yourself, go to Marbella on Sundays during siesta.

I thought this Marriott hotel was cute.

A few kilometers outside of Marbella we found Puerto Banús and that’s where the action is going down and we saw some rich & so called beatiful people! It is a marina and offers all the shops you thought of having in this location. But I found some fake LV bags even in one of the stores, so fake LV is really all over.

If only it was a real yacht to have some amazing parties on it. :)

That’s me in front of Puerto Banús.

If you are interested, you can check also the posts about Gibraltar & the first one about Málaga/Butibamba and all the pics in my flickr set. My next post will be about a bullfight & the Feria, a big festival in Málaga.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Tags: Marbella, Photography, Puerto Banús, runffm on the road, Spain, Spain 2010, travel, Vacation
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September 1st, 2010

TAR GIBRAL.

When it turned out that we were going to Málaga in Spain, the second thing that came to my mind – after bullfighting – was Gibraltar, not really knowing what to expect exactly to be honest. But it was a super interesting trip. Not only has the Rock of Gibraltar an interesting past as a strategically important location, this place is also not the usual today, because it is still somehow British territory. We were in the queue of cars into Gibraltar for one hour, even though they didn’t really look at the passports and only checked that the number of passports corresponded to the number of people in the car.

I also read about Spain and Gibraltar getting closer to each other in recent years after the border was even closed from 1969 until 1985, but there are still some funny things going on: Last year, Spanish coast guards were going after a boat of some drug dealers and eventually arrested them, but had to entered the port of Gibraltar in order to get them – only to be arrested themselves by the Police of Gibraltar. LMFAO!!

The first thing that you have to go across when entering Gibraltar is the runway of the Gibraltar airport. Yes, the runway itself.

Had to take a pic of me. Where else can you WALK over a runway that is in regular operation?!?

First, we ended up at the Europe Point – more by chance, but it was a good way to start off, because I wanted to go to Gibraltar mostly because you can SEE Africa from that spot. On that day I only could see the top of a mountain in Africa and you can also see it on the picture – a little bit left of the ship.

OMG is that photo lopsided!!! But if Chicago and Wellington are the Windy Cities, this spot has to be the Windy Coast.

I’d really like to know how it is when there is actually a storm going on in the area.

After that, we went up the Upper Rock to check out the nice view of the Bay of Gibraltar and all the big ass containerships. In person it is really impressive.

On the following pic you’ll see that African mountain again in the horizon, plus some of the abandoned military facilities, that are now populated by Barbary Macaques, the only wild monkeys found in Europe.

Barbary Malaga 1.

Barbary Malaga 2.

Barbary Malaga 3.

Our final stop was the city, where you can shop for a variety of tax free goods. But advice from me: know the prices at home!!! Not everything seemed to be cheaper.

Don’t know. Had to laugh out loud, when I saw that outfit.

And I’ve also seen that shirt design somewhere… somewhere before!!! Fucking biters! :)

I also bought a hat there, since I was looking for a cool black hat all the time. And I’ll make sure to keep that bad boy away from fire. Thanks for the advice. :) Maybe we should add that as well on the tag of our next shirts LOL.

RUN FFM Sticker, Main Street, Gibraltar.

HELLO KITTY & BOB ESPONJA!!! Obviously a poster in the town of La Línea de la Concepción, the border town on the Spanish side.

And here is one final look at the Rock of Gibraltar.

Next up this week are posts on Marbella & Málaga respectively. You can find all the pics in my flickr set and the first post on Málaga/Butibamba here.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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August 27th, 2010

I was in Málaga, Malaka!!!

… and now I’m back. It was great to just chill & relax and having weather, food and some smack about other people as nearly the only topic of conversation for a little over a week. And now I’m hungry for some new exicting stuff to happen. But let my first hit you with some random thoughts about my vacation near Málaga, Spain:

You can’t help but feel like kind of a big deal when you are droven to the hotel all by yourself in a 50-person coach.
Grand Hotel probably only means Big Hotel.
You can get more Louis Vuitton at the seafront than at a LV Store.
On the way home I’m faster than the navigation system.
Children are the real kings of Spain.
If the 1,5 hours waiting for your show was better than your actual show, well…!
I wouldn’t believe it, but yes, there’s one ocasion, when people in Spain are indeed quiet and even demand for it: When the matador stands in front of the bull pointing his sword towards him..
If there is a slight chance the police is going after you, just run and have fun with it!

First off, the pics of the view from my room (Muchas Graçias to Daniel!!!).

I’m already apologizing, if I should keep it up to put ‘Buti’ in front of other words, because the neighborhood of our hotel was called Butbamba and it was so much fun to me to play with it. My three favorite creations: Butimama, Butiplaya, Buticar. It was really everywhere.

I also noticed some weird store names. Third place goes out to SUPER ALI. Second place is BABCHIC. And the winner is EROSKI!!! Wonder, what all the broskis are buying in that kind of supermarket.

And now my Instax pics!! Some you may expect from a summer holiday – others maybe not.

The first thing I saw at the hotel was this! These bad boy cats are everywhere right now.

This was on a wall at a store right around the corner.

In front of the Plaza de Toros in Málaga.

I liked that, because you can insert what you want.

There was a campfire every evening at the seafront.

This was some cool streetart in Fuengirola, the next bigger “city” or whatever.

I took this in Gibraltar, while having a great sandwich!! To me it also looks a little bit like the photo is painted.

I used to go for a run every other day and I always passed that backboard. But I didn’t notice it until the last time. NEW BOOM ACTION!

This right here was the reason for this vacation. I just wanted to go to the beach. I wouldn’t have cared, if that beach would have been in Greenland. Even better it was BUTIPLAYA!
There is also one pigeon on the pic, if you look closely, but there were a whole lot more!!!

It doesn’t look like it on the Instax pic, but the water was very clear!!!

I’m happy to be here again, especially after a super turbulent approach for landing!! I will have three more posts in the next few days of our trips to Marbella, Gibraltar & Málaga (including bullfight). But if you are curious enough, you can check out the pics on my flickr alreadyyy.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

P.S.: Also worth noting is my bus ride from the aiport to home, where I was – again – all by myself & special shout outs to the bus driver, who dropped me off in front of my front door, on his way to the bus depot :)

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April 5th, 2010

Cheers from London, Part 3.

So today was the day after the race and I’ll get to that in the video. Just this right now: It was an amazing experience and even though Oxford lost, you can only be proud of the guys!!!

I wanted to do only three things today, but I was running around the city for 10 hours to do so. That’s just how big London is. Today’s post is also an iPhone edition, because I couldn’t take my regular cam to the Fulham game.

My first stop was the Sunday Up Market near Brick Lane. Small booths offered fashion items like shirts, hats, glasses and also art and bootleged music (Or is there maybe any other word for CDs that are recorded from vinyl??).

Dan Hillier has also a booth on this market and I went to check it out and have a brief conversation with him, because he has a design in the ‘Sag es mit einem Design’ contest from Freiraum and in my opinion he does some extraordinary work, that I haven’t seen from anybody else.

On this market I found a booth with lots of these blocks. I just had to get me some.

Outside on Brick Lane, there was also lot of stuff going on like it apparently does on every Sunday.

I also noticed an incredible amount of vintage shops everywhere I went here in London.

Some American Apparel Sale was going down, too.

Around this area I found lots of streetart, cool designs and again some stickers. :)

After I only could spent about an hour there, I had to rush to Putney again to catch the Premier League game between Fulham FC and Wigan Athletic. I had to go to one of those, while I’m here.

What I really like was that this an old stadium and not a new football palace. In the picture above you can see, that from the street, it looks like an old fabric or something.

He has to be to them what MJ was to the Bulls.

And finally, this was the view from my seat. It was tough to decide, whether to follow the game or observe this poor guy in the orange jacket, because his tough battle against not falling asleep was much more entertaining. But the second half offered a much better effort, so there was no question anymore. And I’m glad about it, because otherwise I don’t know, if I would’ve seen the ball coming directly into my direction at one point. Unfortunately, I had to throw it back. Would have been a nice souvenir. Oh, and Fulham also scored two goals in the second half to their 2-1 victory.

The weather was really great today, so I could enjoy my walk along the Thames back to the Underground station. And yes, you can call me a Fulham fan from now on! Hehehe…

My final task for the day was to spoil my stomach even more with the best pizza in town. And man, is this a pizza or what?? You don’t even see the plate anymore. Also tasted amazingly.

You can get it, too: Indo Pub, 133 Whitechapel Road, London, UK

I also noticed this on my way home.

I’ll be leaving for Oxford tomorrow to chill with Simon, so don’t expect me to post from there. See you, when I’m back in Frankfurt.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

Tags: Brick Lane, Dan Hillier, design, Fulham FC, London, London 2010, runffm on the road, sticker, stickers, Streetart, Sunday Up Market, UK
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April 2nd, 2010

Cheers from London, Part 2: Stickers.

Hey, I started today with a nice breakfast and a walk along the Thames to Tower Bridge. Then, I went on to attend another Oxford practice, so I could speak to Simon before the race tomorrow. He’s so busy these days, running around through London with TV crews and stuff. Crazy…

After that, I just walked around the city and noticed there are really cool stickers everywhere around town. Here are some of them.

Afterwards, I also made it to Camden. It seemed to me like there has to be a tattoo and piercing studio in each house. But then, it suddenly turned into a really diverse place.

There were some really amazing shops – or stalls as they were called, because in former times it must have been some horse market or whatever – offering everything from vintage clothes to art to music and also food.

And if you should ever see some two bad boys like those here in front of a store: GO IN!!!! I wasn’t allowed to take any pictures, but I’ve never experienced a store like this.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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April 2nd, 2010

Cheers from London, Part 1.

Hey everybody,

Cheers from London!! I got here yesterday by the Eurostar train, that runs under the English Channel. I really wanted to experience this, but I’m glad to travel home by plane after all. I finally got to my hostel somehow and met up with Dani, who I went to school with. She has been living here for some months now alreadyyyyy. I catched the last minutes of the Champions League match between Arsenal and Barça and what can I say… After I entered the pub, Arsenal scored two goals. After that, she and her roommate took me to some nice bakeries and also to a cool pub. Dani even wore some OG Adidas sneakers, that her grandma used to rock in the 70s, but due to all the talking and laughing I unfortunately forgot to take a picture of them.

So, here’s the first pic for you: Tower Bridge & me. I have to admit, that I wasn’t feeling too well this morning, but anywayz…

The first thing I bought is easily the most useful of all the things I bought today, but also the most unspectacular one.

Anywayz, I got on the tube to Putney Bridge to check out one of Simon‘s practices with the Oxford eight. The Boat Race on Saturday between Oxford and Cambridge is why I made this trip. Here he is with the white cap.

Oh, and by the way, they even have the Oxford University Boat Club seal on their rubber botts. Now, that’s style!! After the practice I made my way to Soho. First stop was the BAPE store, where the staff was so amazingly friendly. I got me this coin case, because, you know, when you get the chance to go into a BAPE store…

BAPE store, 4 Upper James Street, Soho, London, UK – eu.bape.com

Not far away is Carnaby Street, where you’ll find also some nice shops. I went into the WeSC store and came out with these limited edition headphones, including a matching Be@rbrick and also some sort of bag, also in the same colours.

I was already thinking for months now about getting those, but: Dani, you’re right!! I can’t stop listening to music right now!!! So good.

WeSC store, 43 Carnaby Street, Soho, London, UK – www.wesc.com

I also went into size? and they really have a good variety of sneakers, but it was too crowded for my taste.

size?, 33-34 Carnaby Street, Soho, London, UK – size.co.uk

In the streets nearby I also discovered this cool store dedicated to Lomo cams.

Lomography, 3, Newburgh Street, Soho, London, UK – www.lomography.com

After some more stores, but I won’t get into it, I decided it was finally time to eat something. I remembered that crazy restaurant located in Soho, so I went there. The food was tasty, the waiters were super friendly and the whole thing was a cool experience, as you order everything by clicking on the table. I hope you’ll understand in my final video.

I also did the photo shooting for my WeSC headphones and the BAPE coin case on my table (go back and check the pics again!) as the menu and images are all projected onto the table. Oh, and Diddy, they also serve Ciroc there.

inamo Restaurant & Bar, 134-136 Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK – www.inamo-restaurant.com

I’ll go to bed now, but I’ll keep you posted. Happy Easter!

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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January 5th, 2010

09 Memories: CAI, NYC, TKO.

I know, I know, I know. 2010 is well under its way and that’s also the reason, why I didn’t get to do this post before. But it really needs to be done, because 2009 provided some great memories in three completely different cities on three continents, all along with some great friends – made possible by low air fares. For each one, I’ll have a video and 15 photos (I tried to cut it down, but it wasn’t possible, so you’ll get some more – click on them for bigger view). It all began in April, when I visited my homie Ben in Cairo.

CAIRO

I was there. I saw them. I went into one. From that point on I knew, that they really exist. Insane!!!

I loved walking along the Nile. And I loved those lions at both ends of the Tahrir Bridge.

One evening, Ben and me wanted to go to the Citadel and got into this annual fair along one well known street in the old islamic part of Cairo (many mosques). And yes, the carrousels are hand operated. The kids enjoy it anywayz.

Another evening, we ended up at a party on the 16th floor in Zamalek. There was also a pool on the roof. Yay!

We also went on a Feluka, a sailboat, and of course there was no wind at all!!! But on 360 evenings a year, I would recommend this ride to you.

Here, we were having something to drink after we got off the Feluka. Dope just to chill by the Nile at night.

Downtwn Cairo has many, many beautiful buildings as you can see.

The Tahrir, the busiest street junction in the city.

As I was walking along the Nile, I discovered this market garden.

You can’t go wrong with these type of pictures. Plus, you can see a highway bridge. There are many of them in the city – much to my surprise.

Sport connects. We became friends on the basketball court. And even though we didn’t speak the same language, it was laughter all the way home. Hope, they are doing good.

This picture was taken on my last evening in Cairo, when Ben took me to Hotel Windsor, where we had a great dinner. Ben must have been tired as hell, since I don’t remeber him having a good sleep during the two weeks I was there. But you can’t tell from the pic, right? Son ist looking good!

You’ll see these and many more photos in the following video. Some of them are blurred, so just take it with Egyptian ease. The feeling is essential. Also in this video you’ll see me climbing down into a pyramid, kids break-dancing and us crossing the street!!!

This was the most adventorous trip of them all and Cairo has so much energy, every second. Mother of all cities.

NEW YORK

In May it was time to travel to NYC along with Chris for a long weekend to check out some of them stores, the nightlife, and also to make a trip north to Boston to visit Simon.

That’s the first thing lots of the immigrants saw back then, so that’s the first thing you’ll see here.

The Manhattan skyline, photographed from Brooklyn.

This is probably my favorite pic from NYC: Chris and me at atmos NYC in Harlem. Chris from atmos took this photo.

This is dope. It’s not a sneaker store, it’s a warehouse up in Harlem.

This is a church in Harlem. I took this pic while we were driving, because I was astonished by the shops it also contained.

The board walk in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Everybody wants to take a pic of Chris at Times Square. Haha.

When I can’t sleep, I think about the meaning of those words, which leads to me losing even more sleep.

This is Chris in front of the DKNY sign on Hudson St. After being a fixture for years, it was taken down in the meantime, so we were lucky to just walk by it.

A store in SoHo. For obvious reasons.

Chris and me in Webster Hall.

These two photos above are just so NYC.

I took this photo in a bar in Cambridge, near Boston.

Simon and me on the Harvard campus. Yes, he’s a smart kid.

This leaves our short film titled It’s about to go dowwwwwwwwwwwwn (that was the official slogan for our long weekend in the US) for your viewing pleasure. It starts with our arrival at the airport, I was then in New Jersey, while Chris took photos in Manhattan, we then drove to Coney Island, the next day SoHo and Webster Hall and the last day we were in Boston, before our night at the airport began.

New York really derserves all those songs. There’s a special vibe there.

TOKYO

Finally, Chris went to Tokyo for his documentation, so I joined him for a few days there.

Shibuya crossing. You have to see the incredible amount of people with your own eyes.

In Akihabara, you’ll find everything video game and gadget related. I even got me some t-shirt there.

These two photos should just show you, how tall I felt at times. For every tall person visiting Tokyo: Don’t wear hats. Believe me, you want to see what’s in front of your forehead.

Chris won a limited urban vinyl figure at Secret Base, so they took a Polaroid shot of him. If you ever see us in the streets, we can also tell you a damn funny story on this one. Hehe.

On Cat Street you’ll find a lot of stores. I really like this shot because of the three different buildings.

I took this pic in HMV just to show you.

Sleeping everywhere. I mean, come on.

Yoyogi Park. Rocky Rocky Joe.

This was the river next to our hostel, we had to pass every day.

This is the street of our hostel. Again can’t go wrong with a pic like this.

That’s me in a BAPE store. Psssscht.

This is a shot from Odabai, a large artificial island, that has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential and leisure area.

This was the spot I liked the most in Tokyo. You could take a walk without any cars or noise, but with this view of the city!!!

We made so many videos in Tokyo, but this one right here sums it up pretty well. You can find all the others here.

Tokyo is just another dimension. My first sight at the city was when I woke up on my ride from the airport and suddenly found myself as high as maybe the 10th floor of the buildings we passed, while two bridges under us crossed.

Let’s see what 2010 holds in font of us. Have a great year every day.

Andi / @IAMGANDINO

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