Recap

This weekend was fun.

come up!

cinco de drinko

ole!

a friend's successful birthday night

tape digging at Silverlake Farmer's Market

lovely daisies in someone's front yard

lobster potstickers

on mother's day brunch

Royally Served

Actually not really. Nothing royal about it at all, besides maybe the name "Royal Falconer," the British Pub I randomly found myself at last weekend with a very lovely gal friend of mine, Jasmine. The random part is that this pub was allll the way in Redlands and yea.. I. was. there. But what brought us out there were Jasmine's friends, a psych rock band by the name "Harlequin Soul." Mountain folk, Alex, Sophie, VC and a no-name, temporary replacement drummer, had everyone in the intimate setting good vibing. The beer selection was decent and the walls were brick (i like exposed brick.. so hot) haha. Anyway,  I didn't know I was down with psych rock until then, I did know that I like free beer, and the personalities that were Harlequin Soul were what overall made for an interesting Saturday night. See what I'm talking about in this little visual summary:

bar side

up close and personal

opening act

brick. so hot right now. haha

Alex and Sophie

Scottish eggs ftw. I thought this was a British place?

one last look

Catch up

A little behind on the posting. So here goes 12.3.10

-Akihabara

-Shinjuku

Happy days

Shoyu Ramen

Gyozaaaa!

Kodama and Kirby give this place thumbs up

Kichi joji to Akihabara

Poplife - 7 story sex shop. Whoa

Akihabara, you're so good to me. My new buddy.

Shinjuku night cityscape

Alley ways

The freaks come out at night.

Batting cages!! So fun!

Fisheye setting. Kodams the beaver

Jo the ugly

Tuna carpacchio

Pongola

Pescatore

Jazz bar!

Dug - Jazz Cafe & Bar

The view from here

Coastin

For smokers

Bartenders hard at work

Yebisu light

Yebisu half & half

Basement feel

Stocked

Twinsiez

We Be Villain

dizzie is the shit!!!!!!!!

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Edit: I leave the laptop for a second and it gets raided by the bffs. What I really meant to post was a recent visit I made to Villain's Tavern in LA's art district. It's in the cuts but well worth the trip for several reasons.

1. It's so kept away from the commercial industry that it feels like a secret hideout. 

2. They serve their beer in mason jars

3. They serve good beer

4. The ambiance is way steezy. Kind of like a cross between a cowboy saloon and a laboratory that mashed in 2010. 

5. Quiet enough to carry a conversation with the person next to you, yet loud enough to not feel awkward silence.

6. No cover

7. Lots of parking (mind you this is in LA, so this one is really rare)

8. A shuffleboard

9. Live music

10. A mature, friendly crowd

If ten good reasons with pictures isn't convincing enough to get your ass out and have a good time... then there's no hope for you. I give this place 4 Zeros.