DC bloggers and trendsetters Ebong Eka, Kate Michael, and Pamela Sorensen have a bi-weekly webisode called "The district Dish." They feature individuals with interesting stories/businesses/charities/lives.

This week they decided to interview yours truly. I was honored to be asked to be on the show. Kate Michael writes and produces K street Kate, Pamela Sorensen writes and produces Pamelas Punch and Ebong Eka owns a men's fashion line called Mi Chiamo Eka.

Great group of people. I discussed t-shirts, the origins of Crooked Monkey, where we get inspiration and celebrities wearing our t-shirts.

Michael Wilbon was filmed that same day--so I got to meet him. He's a real real nice guy and very interesting to talk to. He's got a few more views for his edition of The District Dish than I do, so go watch my edition so we can beat him out.

Labels: About us, blogs, History, Interviews, K street Kate, Micha, Pamela's punch, Press, washington DC, Youtube

We've really appreciated all the love for our MJ shirts. It's meant a lot to us because of how meaningful these are to C monkey.

We've gotten a ton of emails and a good amount of bloggers writing about our Michael Jackson T-shirts.

I'm going to repost some of them here for you to see:

Jessica from Toronto wants us to sell to Toronto so she can pick up an MJ shirt:
"I would love to be able to buy one of your MJ shirts if you did relocate to Toronto. Great site though, keep it up, loving the shirts!"

Bloggers:

-My favorite post came from Karen Watkins of the MoCoScene. She read our blog post, Mourning Michael and wrote:
"Micha Weinblatt says in his company blog June 26, 'Since news broke of Michael's passing I have been teary eyed and at a loss for words.' But not for ideas. The master of the wicked double entendre quickly came up with four simple, hip T-shirts in homage to the great one - with V-necks, a first. Straightforward sentiment from Crooked Monkey, another first and an aesthetic winner."

-Coty Gonzales did a top 10 of MJ shirts. Our I heart MJ shirt was # 1! Thanks.

-Kelsi Smith from Dedicated Follower of Fashion called our Michael Jackson t-shirts "gems."
She added that our Michael Jackson shirts are "stylish [and] a genuine tribute from a company that has always been influenced by Michael Jackson since their launch in 2007 (you can watch their monkey bust a groove and do the moonwalk here - click on the speaker).

-Northern Virginia Mag wrote:
"You know I’m a huge fan of locally-based crookedmonkey.com" And added: "I couldn’t be happier to let you all know about Crooked Monkey’s new shirts designed in honor of the music legend who, according to Jessica Kades, has long served as an inspiration to the company."Dexie Wharton wrote that we were the first place she checked for MJ shirts.
"They didn’t have them last week because as I found out yesterday from one the CM folks, they were making sure the shirts look perfect. I think you won’t be disappointed with what they came up with."

Thanks everyone. Good work Jessica on contacting these blogs.
And go ahead and check them out for yourself. Our guys Michael Jackson t-shirts. Girls Michael Jackson T-shirts.

Labels: Accolades, As seen on, blogs, Michael Jackson, MJ, Press, RIP, Testimonials, tribute shirts

Heeb Magazine, the edgy New York based Jewish Magazine, interviewed me the other day--over Gchat. That's a first for me, and it was pretty interesting. I think I like phone or in person interviews more, but I'm happy with the end product.

With 5 comments, its the most commented post this week. That's good news--means we're interesting.

Go read the interview and learn a little more about our history, our roots and our t-shirts.

Labels: blogs, Heeb Magazine, Interviews, Press

Twitter has done well for us. We found out about Ryan Seacrest wearing our shirt, get to interact with our customers, and found out about Kitten Lounge. Its run by Cocoabebe, she's got a great twitter account--so follow her!

Anyways we sent her some shirts to review and she's going to post that review next week. In the meanwhile, just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, she added our t-shirts to her Summer guide. She's got some other cool products on there so check it out.

Have a good friday!

Labels: blogs, Cocoabebe, Kitten Lounge, Press, Ryan Seacrest, social media, Twitter