RED BULL x DTLA

Opening ceremonies for Saturday's race Downtown start at 12:30 p.m. There will be a field of 40 racers that will compete in this national race for amateur drivers. On Saturday, the racers will start on a ramp going south on Grand Avenue at 4th Street, and then they will take a sharp turn onto 5th Street, finishing near Pershing Square Park.The first place team will win a trip to a NASCAR race. Be sure to get Downtown an check this out if your in the area.

SKIRTS N SKINS

This Tuesday in Chinatown DTLA

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R.I.P. ROC RAIDA

We have lost so many this year we don't even know what to say about this latest passing. Love to all mourning the losses we endured this year. Rest In Peace ROC RAIDA

W)TAPS F/W 09

The “Dazed and Confused” Fall/Winter season from Wtaps has launched and has some great product for the colder months. Included in the range are work trousers, oxford and plaid shirts, a hooded sweat shirts and a series of tees. Some of the highlights are the Sherpa 3L Field Jacket, a simple and fully waterproof and breathable parka, and the Saloon Shirt, a western inspired padded overshirt.

DR ROMANELLI x MEDICOM TOY “HELLO KITTY” Collection

You know how here at your Uncles house we love Hello Kitty. Well not so much love Hello Kitty but love the women that love Hello Kitty. Anyhow here is a look at a figure from the Dr Romanelli x Medicom Toy “Hello Kitty” Collection. The inspiration for this release is based off a hospital volunteer sometimes referred to as a candy striper . This name is derived from the red-and-white striped jumpers that female volunteers traditionally wore, which resemble sticky candy . Candy Stripers originated as a high-school civics class project in East Orange, New Jersey, in 1944. The uniforms were sewn by the girls in the class from material provided by the teacher – a red-and-white-striped fabric known as “candy stripe”.

PENDLETON

Pendleton has been making noise as of late. They have been doing big things with Nike, Opening Ceremony and Vans to name a few. The Archrival klan has just received part of their Fall/Winter shipment at their boutique in Little Tokyo Los Angeles so be sure to tell them your Uncle sent you.

COMMISSARY BMX BBQ

NEIGHBORHOOD

Having taken on Dirty Harry last year, Japanese brand NEIGHBORHOOD’s latest designs focus on the legendary actor, the Godfather himself, Marlon Brando. Created for “ultimate comfort”, images so far show a couple of tees with the shots of the actor in his younger heyday, in classic NEIGHBORHOOD style. Keep checking for further updates, I’m guessing this one will be one to watch for…

ARCHITECTURE + FOOD = STABLE CAFE

San Francisco's Mission District is known for its vibrant and often contrasting cultures—Mexican paleta wagons share the sidewalk with Twittering hipsters slinging crème brulée, produce markets sell tropical fruit and dried chiles beneath gilted Victorians, and murals line otherwise neglected alleyways. But it was far from all of this Mission buzz where architect Malcolm Davis and his partner, chef Thomas Brian Lackey, decided to turn a run-down building into a high-design home for their shared passions. On a retail-free stretch of Folsom Street, Stable Cafe has become a new anchor for the community.

When Davis and Lackey found the 19th century carriage house that would become Stable, it was in dismal shape—graffitied on the exterior and falling apart inside. But the pair immediately saw the potential of the soaring ceilings and an adjacent vacant lot. "There was a great opportunity for daylight in the kitchen," says Davis, "Most kitchens have low ceilings and get really hot; they're more like a factory."

A factory it is not, but the kitchen at Stable does much more than feed the cafe's customers. The expansive, sunlit heart of the building is an incubator for a number of small food-related businesses that use Stable as their commissary. Zoning required that the cafe comply with industrial preservation codes, meaning it had to operate production, distribution or repair on the site. Davis and Lackey viewed this as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. "Thomas Brian had been very interested in opening a commissary kitchen," Davis recalls, "He liked the interaction and creativity that comes out of a group of people running different food businesses in a shared space. It makes for a lively, kinetic kitchen experience." Today nearly a dozen culinary entrepreneurs make up the Stable Collective, producing everything from empanadas to dog treats and selling them in the cafe and elsewhere around the city.

While the kitchen plays a central role, Stable has plenty of other programs in play. In the front of house, an inviting cafe serves locally-roasted coffee, breakfast and lunch all day, as well as tapas and drinks in the evening. At the rear of the building, sliding doors open onto a private event space that can be used for dinners or gallery exhibitions. Running along the length of the side wall, the vacant lot has been turned into a landscaped courtyard. And upstairs, an office suite houses Malcolm Davis Architecture.

It's been just one year since Stable first opened in their tucked away location, but in that time they've managed to bring the Mission buzz to them. With community support as a central tenet of their operations, they've organically grown a network of neighbors and friends who regard the cafe not just as a place to eat and drink, but as a venue that welcomes and embraces their ideas and invites collaboration for special events.

Earlier this summer, an entrepreneurial young chef named Joshua Skenes opened Saison out of the Stable event space—a once-a-week restaurant that serves a prix fixe dinner on Sunday evenings. Last month, designer/writer/photographer Jeannie Choe launched SF Food Wars, which began with a competitive mac and cheese cook-off in the Stable kitchen.

Stable Cafe, 2128 Folsom Street, San Francisco

SOUND LESSONS THIS SATURDAY

Superfreq's | Fusicology | Archrival | Dublab Present:
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SOUNDLESSONS
Future Sounds Edition
this SL we welcome 2 of LA's finest leading the new movement in LA's underground sounds
that combine a flawless mix of electro, future funk, house, classic hip hop & one of a kind remix bangers!!

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NEW NIGHT & NEW VENUE + TWICE A MONTH & ROCKING TO 3AM!
@ El Cid (every 2nd & 4th friday of the month)
-A Bi-Weekly Excursion into True Sounds-
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Trip-Hop, Soul, Hip-Hop, Deep House, Jazztronica, Broken Beat, Boogie Funk,
Salsa, Samba, Brazilian, Classic Rock, New Wave, Eighties, Nineties, Dirty Disco, Electro
Acid Jazz, Classic Motown Sounds, R&B, Reggae, & other great sounds!!!

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SOUNDTRACK PROVIDED BY THE
SOUNDLESSONS COLLECTIVE:

+ this weeks projected visuals brought to you by
a surprise guest veejay

w/ special guest Djs

TROUBLEMAKER
(hollyrock | bangbots | laker fan)

Dj VALIDA
(Mad Mondays | Standard)
http://valida.com http://twitter.com/validaaa

hosted by:
Gio Basicalli

Aloe Blacc
(stonesthrow records | do-over)

with SL Collective dj's:

J-LOGIC
(pause | bang bots | modern audio collective aka m.a.c.)

KUTMAH FRESH
(dublab | sketchbook)

ALFRED HAWKINS
(firecracker)

BIG BRUTHA ZEKE
(metro sound)

WITH MORE SPECIAL GUESTS ALWAYS STOPPING BY
+ SOME SURPRISE GUESTS IN THE HOUSE

$5 b4 11pm & $10 after
free w/ rsvp to rsvp@soundlessons.com
(by 6pm day of event)
9:30pm-3am
4212 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 668-0318
food available until 11pm
valet parking + street parking

SAMPLE & ART SALE

COMMONWEALTH x OAKLEY

This Saturday, Commonwealth and Oakley will release their collaboration sunglasses. Commonwealth uses their own “Cmonflauge” pattern inspired by the look of the traditional tortoise. The sunglasses are limited 150 pairs and will be available at Commonwealth stores and online this Saturday September 5th.

Keep an eye out for their upcoming campaign featuring artists such as Pusha T, Chad Hugo, Wale, Maestro, and the Commonwealth staff.