August 30, 2008 by Johnny Cupcakes
I met a bunch of cool people yesterday. A lot of which were traveling just to check out to visit my new establishment. These two traveled from New Jersey!
Blasting through all sorts of traffic, this San Diego couple made sure they made it here. (Look! reppin the old school JC Burglar shirt!)
Woah – this guy used to go to shows back in the day at a venue my old band played on one of our first shows, Jim Dandies in Salinas (R.I.P.)
Customer Bobby(with the chains) popped into my shop a few times yesterday, and brought his crew of friends by for some baked goods.
This guy traveled from England to come here! What a champ. It’s my turn to travel overseas sometime soon… as silly as it sounds, I’ve never been overseas.
These two are from Hawaii! Say hello to my Auntie Linda and that lovely customer Gene, who sent my mom some coffee!
I’ve met many people, and I must say that Filipino’s have got to be some of the most family oriented, happy, funny people. This group of cousins/friends/family members – all hung out in the shop, laughing and cracking jokes with eachother… it felt as if they were my distant cousins.
The SAME thing happened when my pals from Dear Life / Loud + Obnoxious rolled through… friendly Filipino’s, nearly a dozen of them happily crammed into a small jeep and they all came out like that one Coolio music video. It’s not often you see that many people hanging out, never mind half of them being related. By the way, call me Matty + Vince! I’ll be in town until Wednesday the 10th.
Alrighty… It’s Saturday morning. Time to drink a tall glass of OJ and head back to the shop!
August 29, 2008 by Johnny Cupcakes
On my way to Los Angeles this morning, I encountered a loud, stern, yet funny airport security guy. As I walked through wearing one of my shirts, I took part in the following conversation;
“Nice Johnny Cupcakes shirt! I know him.” — “Thank you. I am him.” — “No shit! I loved On Broken Wings. I remember when you used to sell your shirts at hardcore shows back in the day. I see people with your shirts coming through here all the time. Have a safe flight – I’m proud of ya man, you’ve come a long way.“
…Even tough guys have a sweet spot for cupcakes.
I am now in Los Angeles at my new place and will be here for almost 2 weeks. I will be sure to make an appearance in my shop for most of the day this Saturday + Sunday… as well as next Saturday + Sunday… and at random times throughout the week. Come say hello!
August 27, 2008 by Johnny Cupcakes
Despite the very recent great white shark sitings, my friends, family, and I – all had some perfect beach days + BBQ’s on Martha’s Vineyard / South Beach last week. Horseshoes, volleyball, and Johnny-Toss were the three most popular beach activities. Since I’m the smallest + lightest out of all of my friends, they decided to see how high / how far they could toss me in the ocean. It was pretty fun. I felt like I was getting shot out of an old fashioned circus canon. Thank goodness I didn’t do a belly-flop… or any flop for that matter!
Summer went by pretty quick — or did it? I spent most of my summer(and spring and winter) going back + forth designing and getting my new shop up and open. I’m glad I took as long as I did though – It definitely wasn’t something I could rush. I wanted to create a memorable shopping experience that portrayed both my brand and my personality. I wanted to bring the kid out in everyone. If you haven’t been yet, try to make plans to!
I’m in love with this end-of-summer/fall weather that has been starting to blow through Massachusetts. And even though I didn’t experience the whole college life, I get excited seeing students from all over the world, move into the city of Boston in prep for the new chapter of their lives. It’s sorta like going to camp. Anyways, new chapters are good. Change is great, as long as it’s for the better.
As summer reaches an end, I’m conjuring up many recipes for the fall and the future. A lot of very exciting stuff. I promise you that it will only get better! Get ready to read, see, and experience some new chapers of my brand/life. Everything up until this point has merely been the beginning.
