No hemp at Santa Anita mall?

Et tu Vans?

I really need a new pair of street shoes. So I thought I would give the mall in Santa Anita one last chance to find some hemp shoes.

I've stopped here in the past searching for organic clothing - whether hemp, organic cotton, or bamboo in the past. Maybe its the economy, but I didn't see hardly anything that was a weed - anything organically grown.

Even worse, the Vans store - which has normally offered some hemp shoes - didn't offer any hemp shoes any longer. All of them, they told me, have been shipped to the outlet stores.

Bummer, unless a Vans outlet store is in your vicinity.

Anyway, makes me think that I'm going to have to pick up those hemp shoes from Neo 39 before they are also gone.

IPA Festival on the Metro Goldline

Play it safe. Take the Metro

Bored on this Saturday in gloomy Southern California? Snap out of it. This is perfect weather to take a stroll to your local Metro station and take the train or the bus to the Goldline.

Today, in Old Town Pasadena, Lucky Baldwin's is featuring their IPA Festival, which is just a short stroll from both the Goldline Del Mar and Memorial Park stations. And, if you love beer, then you'll love Lucky's IPA FESTIVAL.

In fact, get off at the Del Mar Goldline station and stop by La Grande Orange, which is located right in the Del Mar station. With your Metro ticket, your first beer is only a buck. And they have a happy hour at 3:00 that offers 3.00 pints.

So get off your duff and take the Metro Goldline to Old Town Pasadena.

The crew at the 35er

Hanging, drinking and the Lakers

Had a great night watching the game last night at the 35er.

I am, however, a little sad about the playoffs coming to an end.

My newest piece of art. Rate your art

'Yesterday' - My latest art purchase

Check out my latest art purchase. I picked this up from Deborah Blanco, a good friend of mine. It's called 'Yesterday', and if you spin the little handle in the upper write, it plays the song 'Yesterday' by the Beatles.

Love it! More on Deborah Blanco's art.

Have your own art that you want rated? Rate your art.

Is it graffiti or is it art?

A little taste of YT's neighborhood

Graffiti, graffiti. Its everywhere in my neighborhood. Most of it is taggers and gangsters, but some of it is actually pretty good.

This piece here is pretty simple, but it still caught my eye.

Anyway, rate your graffiti.

OOMASA sushi: Exploring Little Tokyo

Where are the happy hours?

Just got done eating some sashimi at OOMASA in Little Tokyo. Pretty good, but the menu isn't very big. Now I'm on my to find some happy hours in Little Tokyo.

I love coming to Little Tokyo, and once the Metro Goldline opens up a stop here - which should be happening soon, this will become a YT and Wong favorite.

YT world graphic update and design contest

The latest YTsWorld graphic

Haven't done a YTsWorld graphic in a long time, so I thought I'd get to it. Since YT regularly wears hemp t-shirts, I thought it was time to start thinking about an Iwearweed.com t-shirt focused on YT.

Anyway, I'm looking for ideas. Have an idea for a t-shirt based on YT? Upload it now.

High roller happy hour at the 35er

The king of Wednesday happy hours?

All day tomorrow Old Town Pasadena's 35er is running a special on 2.00 glasses of Miller High Life. That's not just a happy hour special, it's a happy day special.

The 35er is just a few short blocks from the Metro Goldline's Memorial Park station for all you Metro riders in search of a good deal. And there's free popcorn!

The first person in that mentions this post gets a free High Life. Just tell Deb YT sent you.

Enjoying McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World

Some familiar 35ers

Stopped by the Group Show at McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World in Altadena yesterday. Interesting art. Interesting people, and an even more interesting location.

And, of course, an interesting bar for YT and Wong to hang out, especially since the 35er's Deborah Blanco - and one of the group's artists - was bartending.

Perfect place for a Sunday afternoon. Happy days.

Watching the ponies at Santa Anita

And having a few

Im having no luck today. I am, however, enjoying a few Stellas. Stupid horses.

Music at the Old Town Pub

Bad picture but great music

Enjoying some angry woman music at the Old Town Pub here in Old Town. And I mean angry. Ill try to get the name later.

Anyway, the Old Town Pub is one of the best places to catch the local music scene in Pasadena. It's small, quaint. Personal. And the Pub usually offers a great vibe, even if there isn't any band playing.

Oh, yeah. And the pub is also just a short walk to the Metro Goldline.

Some cheap home brew at The Green Room

3.00 a pint, except when on special

The Green Room is basically a coffee bar that also serves beer, including their own home brew. Usually, home brew is 3.00 a pint, but the Green Room often runs specials that can reduce the cost of a pint to about 2 bucks.

This might be a great place for a beer when not everyone in your group is legal, or maybe they'd just rather have a cup of coffee. The Green Room feels very much like your college coffee shop.

Regardless, The Green Room is a young hip spot for a cheap brew just off the Hollywood and Highland Red Line Metro station.

Unfortunately, I'm just not that young any more.

Best happy hour on the Red Line - Snow White Cafe

34 ounces of Stella for 7.00

Damn, just spent 7.00 for my last pint of beer. Of course, I didn't compain. This is Hollywood. Still, if only I had checked out the Snow White Café first.

I've been to the Snow White before. Its one of those odd places just perfect for Hollywood. Pictures of dwarfs and Snow White everywhere. Even the bar makes you feel like a dwarf.

Still, im not here for the godamned décor. Im here for 34 ounces of beautiful happy hour. Any 34 ounces of beer that Snow White has on tap for only 7.00!!

How can you go wrong? Plus, that happy hour is offered from 1 to 7, SEVEN days a week.

And if you're a Metro rider, then the Hollywood and Highland Red Line station is only a block away. So have two, take the train home, and call me in the morning.

Lunch at uWink, happy hour later

A glimpse of the cocktail future?

I'm here at Hollywood and Highland - kicking it like a tourist. But, lets get real for a second. If you coordinate your life around the Metro, then Hollywood and Highland is pretty cool, even if you're not a tourist.

Anyway, I've got some shoes to find, so I thought I'd stop by uWink, located on the fourth floor of the mall, for lunch.

OK. I'm lying. I'm here for a quick one, but I've not yet had any luck finding shoes.

Anyway, you can't get a whole lot closer to the Red Line, and there are screens everywhere for you to order food and drinks, to watch the big game, or to play games.

I was not the big zillionaire winner today.

Even if you come by yourself you can still play group games. I know. I'm here and it still sounds corny. Yet, a few drinks are the perfect goggles for such elitism, especially if a few hotties are drinking next to you.

And, they have a happy hour, where almost everything is 4.00. Sure, it isn't the greatest happy hour ever, but this is Hollywood.

Anyway, YT and Wong Will have to come back for a happy hour trip to see what the crowd is like then.

Malagueta at happy hour

Almost happy

Stopped by Malagueta's for happy hour, but it wasn't really that great of a happy hour. Its not bad, especially on Monday and Tuesday, when Malagueta offers happy hour all day. Still, there are better deals to be had throughout Pasadena.

So, after a beer, YT and Wong made a quick exit for a few 2.00 beers at Mai Kobe's happy hour. Oh yeah, and before that we stopped by La Grande Orange for the infamous 1.00 first beer with a Metro pass.

Ill probably stop by Malagueta's again in the future, but it will definitely be on a Monday or Tuesday before any other happy hours get started. But I'll be going to that happy hour more for the food, not the drink specials.

Drinking at Union Station - Traxx

No happy hour, but still cool

Union Station - its become a critical hub of LA rail transportation. So, what do you do if you just have to have a drink before switching subway lines, or taking the Metrolink back to wherever the hell you are from?

You stop by Traxx for a quick one.

Unfortunately, Traxx doesn't offer a happy hour, but their drink prices are pretty fair compared to downtown LA, or even Olvera Street.

Redline, Goldline, Metrolink or Amtrak - Traxx is a quick, convenient quick stop for a drink. Plus, the bartenders are usually cool, and the crowd is always interesting.

Traxx is a YTs World favorite, even if they don't have a happy hour.

YT chillin at Yardhouse at LA Live

Not too lively today

Checking more spots for hot happy hours on the Metro. I don't venture too far along the Blue Line unless I'm going all the way down to Long Beach. Anyway, since I'm a big fan of the Yardhouse, especially their happy hour, I had to stop by the latest Yardhouse at LA Live.

This is definitely a YT and Wong top Blue Line happy hour, even though its more than a block from the Blue Line. For the quality of the beer available, the Yardhouse happy hour is almost unbeatable, and when you factor in the happy hour food menu, well, what more could you want?

Anyway, if you're just looking for the cheapest Miller Lite you can find, this isn't the place. If you like quality beer and good food, however, this is one of the best happy hours in Southern California

I mean, hello? A cheap happy hour before the Laker game? Before a concert at Nokia or the Conga Room?

LA Live is a very nice adult hot spot - something downtown LA has needed for years.

Now, if I could only find Wong.

Dodger happy hour at the 35er

Dodger fan?

Whenever the Dodgers are playing, Old Town Pasadena's 35er is offering 9.00 pitchers of Miller Light. That could make you pretty happy, even if it isn't happy hour.

Art show at the end of the world

Well, at least the end of Altadena

McGinty's Gallery at the End of the World, located on N. Lake Avenue in Altadena, is hosting another Group Art Show June 4 - 7.

Kathi Oshima is the featured artist, but there will be many other artists also showing their work, including the 35er's own Deborah Blanco.

YT and Wong are hoping to stop by on Friday night.

Black hemp shoes in the house

Has YT found what he's looking for?

Found several pairs of hemp shoes at Neo 39, but only one of them was black - a pair of Saucony's. Sure wish I could find a wider selection of hemp shoes in Old Town.

Id stop by the Vans store again, but I'm still mad after my last Vans shopping trip. Of course, this trip wasn't much better. Fricken sale's people don't even know they have hemp.

Nonetheless, I think the Sauconys might work, but I have to come back and try them on with shorts.

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