Rastafarian Dogs

The hair is their own real dreadlocks.

#15 Done

About 350 people showed up, including bloggers and media. We couldn’t have asked for a better show. More pics to com.

This is the front window of one of our client’s boutiques in Nashville. All of the dresses in the window are Basically Me.

The Mighty Mississippi

Getting ready to land in Nashville for a little work, a little honky tonk and to put number 15 to bed.

Happy Birthday G-Ma

Hope you have a great Birthday. Love you!

After ten years of playing year around soccer, Brittany can finally say she is a gold player. After beginning as a bronze team, the Sherman Oaks Extreme was awarded a spot in the Gold division for the upcoming season.

After months of below average temps and fog, the first day of Summer finally brought out the warm sun. It may even be here to stay.

#1 in Progress

We’re in the North! Picked up a client in Ohio. We also picked up about twenty more in Mississippi.

My Father’s Day

Read an amazing card from my daughter. Opened my present. Not the motorcycle I wanted, but scored a couple of great ties. Watched Brit play flawless soccer in the morning. Watched some international soccer games with her when we got home. Did a little work. read a little. Had a Burning Mandarin (it’s a drink). In other words, it was a perfect day that…

Our coach chose this tournament to change the team’s formation with just one practice under its belt. The result was ugly.

Starting to become a common shipping day.

This is what I want for Father’s Day. Or a tie.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Ona!

A few things I learned from my Aunt. 1. Pyromania. It started with me sneaking off to her cabin in Alaska where she would allow me to sit in front of the fireplace for hours on end and stick whatever I wanted to burn into the fire. A couple of years later it involved trips to the local fireworks stand in Cle Elem, Washington…

#43 Done

Getting tailored at Tom Ford. Had to sell 140 dresses for this suit.

#8 In Progress

Super 8 reminded me of the movies I loved as a kid. Brittany thought it was the best movie she’s seen in a long time. I’m sure my nephews will love it.

#18 in Progress

At the Miramonte Hotel in Palm Springs. Two hours and 30 degrees warmer away from home.

Our friends opened a new restaurant/bar. Very good food.

Opening her first bank account makes her nervous.

Remember that front booth location I told you about? Well, turns out that when they opened that entrance it was really more like an exit. Not exactly ideal. Nevertheless, word of mouth, along with some viral marketing resulted in our biggest day yet. And when I heard the day’s number all I thought about was how to make it bigger. What is the magic…

The calm before the storm.

#1 in Progress

The Front Entrance In order to grow, you have to let go a little. We sent two of our employees to Atlanta to work the show without us. Our new booth location is right in front of the entrance and twice as big as our Dallas booth. Unfortunately we’re a bit short on inventory, but come August we’ll be ready to take it to…

Dallas Recap

Although it was an incredibly slow show, the word of mouth praise for the line, as well as the new front and center location, translated to about three times the sales over the last show.

This is only the fourth tournament I’ve missed watching Brittany play in the last ten years. Fortunately, she doesn’t need me around in order to play her best. They won both games yesterday, 2-0 and 1-0. She scored in both and made the winning goal in the last minute against the team that beat them in the State Cup.

We were missing our soccer fix, so we caught a MLS game in Dallas. Again, sorry Brit.

Although we still haven’t seen anyone out in the wild wearing our clothes, we were surprised to see a couple of customers wearing their Basically Me to the show.

Sorry Brit.

We like eating in Dallas, but we’ll always have to pay.

#1 In Progress

So far, so good. We surpassed last show’s numbers on the first day. Lots of repeat business, as well.

#1 In Progress

Front and center in Dallas. We have a much better location than the first show. Hopefully it translates to sales.

In Dallas

After a long day of set up, we enjoyed the warm summer night with a couple of cervezas in Uptown.

# 14 Done.

By Brittany: So, to all my frequent blog visitors I’m sorry I haven’t been fulfilling my promise, but I can’t stress enough that it was for a good reason. I have been watching a dozen marathons of Criminal Minds, just incase anyone was wondering why I haven’t been blogging. So, this weekend I scored a goal on a backwards header. Although I don’t have…

Ended the tourney with an easy 2-0 win. Brit scored an amazing twenty foot backwards header.

Brit’s team lost 1-0 this morning to a very good U19 team and a very bad blown off sides call.

Brit’s team entered a U19 Silver/Silver Elite tourney (they’re currently U16). The age difference didn’t seem to matter much for the first game as they won 4-0. They’ll try to win two tomorrow to play for the championship on Monday.

Another photo shoot in the books.

#42 Done

Played a round at Sherwood with my Pa.  Definitely got my money’s worth as I got to hit the ball twice as many times as everyone else.  

#11 In Progress

By Kenwood: Read Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Almost Everything.  Very good.

#1 In Progress

By Kenwood: Facebook has become a major marketing tool for Basically Me. Now I’m obsessed with getting 1000 “likes” within a year.

Brittany’s #11 in Progress

By Kenwood: Be alert out there, people! Brit has been awarded a permit by the State of California to operate a moving vehicle. If she drives like she plays soccer we’re in trouble.

#22 Done

By Brittany: This past weekend we went to the San Diego Zoo. The silverback gorillas were the highlight of the day.

#24 Done.

By Kenwood: Enjoyed a night at the ballpark in San Diego. Petco Park is yet another example of how a baseball game should be experienced. Dodger Stadium should be blown up.

#30 in progress. In San Diego eating oysters:)

By Brittany: I just got the iphone 4 in white and absolutely fell in love. My heart couldn’t resist such a beautiful thing. So, there is a good and bad to this story. Good, I got a new phone. Bad, #3 won’t be getting crossed off my list.

We traded in the 2010 E350 because, well the 2010 is so last year. Actually, the leasing program for the 2011 was just that good. We got a few more options for about a hundred bucks less a month.