Most of you may not care, but today is Marquette’s first game of the season. High blood pressure season begins and I couldn’t be happier.

Client dinner in Hollywood. Freestyle rap session with “homeless” rapper.

Brit went to her first Homecoming dance last night. Although she enjoyed dinner, the thousands of kids at the dance, many of whom only knew how to do the “grind”, prompted an early phone call looking for a ride home.

With lunches like this, #3 simply won’t happen this year.

We’ve reached the marketing milestone of 1000 likes on Facebook since launching our line eight months ago. Not bad.

For the first time since moving to California, Sonia and I had costumed rug rats come to door and beg for candy. Sonia actually went all out with the decorations. Our friend Tomiko brought her family with her, so I didn’t have to open the door but a couple of times.

Happy Halloween

Brit’s team traveled to San Bernadino today for the round of 32 of league cup. Brit scored two to help her team advance to the sweet 16 which was played later in the day. Unfortunately they lost 2-0.

Good news: We’re on track to double our Atlanta numbers. Bad news: Atlanta should be our bigger market.

Our home away from home In Dallas. The World Trade Center. A billion square feet of wholesale.

Took a break after the first day to take in a little Dallas in Wonderland event before finding some dinner.
After thinking I wouldn’t watch more than an inning of the world series, Sonia and I watched game 6 with a bar full of Texans and enjoyed a classic game. Saturday is going to be bit crazy here.

Just finished setting up in Dallas. October is historically a slow show. We met expectations in Atlanta a week and a half ago which means we failed. My forecast for Dallas is about 10% more than we did in Atlanta. We have to exceed that projection for me to be even remotely satisfied.

We discovered we can have Katsu-ya delivered. Dangerous.

Not ready for the rock star life.

Eddie Vedder, Santana and Dave Matthews were great. Mumford and Sons was the best.

No soccer means impromptu day trip.

Finished a collection of essays from one of my favorite modern writers.

Enjoying our old stomping grounds.

Still trying to figure out how to get the best angle. I’ll stay behind the goal next time. Anyway, Brit had her third hat trick in the last six games. If you watch this in full screen you can sort of see two of them. But, maybe more impressive is her no look heel pass at the end.

Played 5 on 5 basketball for the first time in ten years. I threw up in my mouth and probably had a heart attack.

Although Basically Me is our baby, we continue to produce three other lines at LA Fashion Insider, Inc. A few of those styles have even made their way onto the backs of celebrities.

Beyonce wearing Show Me Your Mumu

Jessica Alba wearing Show Me Your Mumu

A Savannah Rae dress on the cover of Atlanta’s Finest

The calm before what we hope will be a storm in Atlanta.

Nothin’ like a warm fall day in LA.

We’re getting ready for our final shows of the year in Atlanta and Dallas. Added a couple of states since the last update, but we’re doing little to promote our line outside of our Southern base.

I’m still not very good at this, but at least I managed to catch a little bit of Brit scoring two of her three goals today.

And Moneyball makes ten. A worthy tenth.

Had Five Guys for the first time. Not as good as the hype. In and Out still tops.

P.S. All good down South.

8:00am: I have eaten my last meal until sometime after 12pm tomorrow. I am scheduled to be probed at 10:30am tomorrow morning. At 10am today, I will begin a regimen that is to completely rid my body of oysters and western bacon cheeseburgers. When I met with the doc on Tuesday, he said my blood pressure was high and he may not be able to put me under for the procedure if it remains the same. The thought of completing this prep for naught is raising my blood pressure as I write. P.S. My insurance won’t cover any of this, so I’m paying $2000 for the pleasure.

10:00am I just pounded a bottle of Magnesium citrate. Disgustingly sweet, but not too hard. You know, I really don’t think I have a whole lot in my system to give. Had a couple of pieces of Pizza for dinner last night and some cream of wheat for breakfast. Other than being cancer free I’m hoping to lose a few lbs and jumpstart a downward cycle. For the record I’m weighing in at 177lbs.

11:45am: 15mgs of Dulcolax. I have a steel stomach.

2:00pm: Time for the cruelest part. Miralax. The directions call for 17 grams per dose. The doc said I need to take 296 grams.

3:25pm: Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire comes to mind

5:19pm: Hungry!

8:51pm: Raw

Saw Unknown. Decent thriller. Something I would’ve written in four weeks back in the day.

I figured I owed a moment of silence to the man. We were the first on the block to have an Apple IIe home computer. I was never able to get it to do much more than add numbers. Many years later, Steve Jobs was lured back to Apple after selling Pixar to Disney and figured out how to extract every last penny in my bank account for products I thought I couldn’t live without. We bought Devin the first iPod on the day it was released. We then bought every iPod thereafter. We bought iMac computers, MacBooks, Macbook Airs and more software than we needed. We used the iPads to sell our clothing line at trade shows. We stood in line for six hours to buy the iPhone, iPhone 2 & iPhone 3S. We actually waited a couple of days to buy the iPhone 4, but not for lack of want. Bottom line… If someone isn’t there to take the torch and run with it, I may just save enough money to retire one day.

90 degrees last week, but tonight, we’re having our first fire.

Love, Your Favorite Uncle

I bought a video camera to record Brit playing soccer, but every time she had the ball the camera would fall to my side while I watched. A good videographer is never invested in the subject. Anyway, the only footage I got of her was at the tail end of this video. She scored her longest goal, but I only caught it half way to the goal before I cut off the camera.

After two months of try outs and psychological warfare from her High School soccer coach, Brittany was singled out at the end of practice yesterday and was welcomed as the first, and so far only, selection to the varsity team.

Another set of styles added to our line sheets. If you want to check out Sonia’s latest designs, click here

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Happy 1st Birthday to future Hall of Famer, Roberto Lucey. Speaking of birthdays, our friend Tomiko should be giving birth right about now to her son.

Brunch at the historic Brennan’s in the French Quarter.

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Birthplace of the Bananas Foster

We toured the Katrina battered lower ninth ward and found abandoned neighborhoods frozen in time.

Night One in The Big Easy.

We hired a new employee to handle all of our Basically Me shipping and customer service. It would be nice if the State and Feds wouldn’t punish us for doing so, but I guess that’s crazy talk.

Love watching Lincecum pitch. Hate watching the Giants lose. Dodger Stadium is done. Time to blow it up and move downtown.

Had a great dinner at Rivera with clients. There was just as much beef and vegetables in my drink than on my plate.

Sunday’s game may have just been the type of game Brit’s team needed. With only one sub on the bench, Brit’s team was down 2-0 in the first half. It was hot as Hell and they were clearly tired, but they never gave up. Brit finally scored in the 80th minute. However, it remained bleak until the final minute of the game when one of Brit’s teammates was fouled in the box and made the PK to tie.

Brit’s team bounced back from last week’s loss in a big way and creamed one of the better teams in the league, 4-1. Despite being double and tripled teamed, Brit scored all four goals, including a couple of headers.

A couple of days of interviews are scheduled to find our next team member.