I'm back. It was a trip for the ages. A little bit of business a lot of pleasure.

First day, I got in and headed straight to a meeting with Jay from Kitson Men's. It's always good to check out that store for new trends and see how our shirts are selling. V necks, V necks and more V Necks. Thats what I saw. We'll be coming out with some of our very own V necks soon. After the meeting I met up with my friend David (he will be featured in this post quite prominently) and we went out to a bonfire on the beach. We raged til midnight which doesn't sound too late, but LA closes real early, and I woke up at 4 AM that day to catch my plane.Second day was full of meetings. Met up with our showroom, our newest designer, our production manager, our LA screen printer, and one of our biggest accounts. All the meetings went better than planned. We got the biggest orders ever from that retail store, and the rest of the meetings were fantastic. At the end of the day, we made some time for the required Baywatch photoshoot in Venice Beach (above).

That night was pretty fantastic too. David and I met up with Sasa--the guy who put the Maxim party together. We went to the STK steakhouse 1 year anniversary. For those of you who were following my updates on Twitter, you'd know that I ran into Kim Kardashian (great ass), David Spade (to whom I asked, "Do you know where the weight room is?"), and Courtney Cox (still looks good).

Next day I met with the guys over at the Ryan Seacrest Show. We sat down for lunch to plan the User Generated contest we'll be doing with the Ryan Seacrest show. Details to follow.

That night the Maxim Hot 100 party went down. Some of the most gorgeous women in the world descended unto the Santa Monica Airport Hanger. And Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), two cell phones in hand, showed up. Open Bar, Terrell Owens, Popcorn, Heidi Montag, Ferris Wheel, bottles and models. Awesome awesome night. You should've been there.I'm wearing our Coke Healthier than Crack T-shirt.

Labels: a day in the life, Ari Gold, Company Pictures, Kitsons, Life stories, los angeles, Maxim, party, retail, Ryan Seacrest, sales, Sales trips, showroom, top blog posts, v necks

My friend told me on Thursday that he got me a ticket for Wednesday night's Maxim Hot 100 party. I was supposed to go to LA at the end of the month, but changed my flight and rearranged my meetings so I could be in LA for the party. This party is going to be off the charts. They cast 500 models and apparently there's a Ferris wheel somewhere in the mix.

But my trip will not be all fun 'n games. I also plan to have some meetings.

People/Things I plan to have meetings with:
The showroom
One of our designers
Manhattan Beach
Our Production manager in LA
The models we pick up at the party
Our screen printing facility in LA
Some retail spots, like Kitson and ShopIntuition.com

I'll let you all know how the party is. If you've got something to say to Bar Rafeli, let me know. I'll whisper it to her in Hebrew.

Labels: los angeles, Maxim, models, party, promotions

If you recall from the other week, Ryan Seacrest wore our I'm not a gardener I just like hoes t-shirt. We got in touch with their producers and sent over 20 of our favorite shirts for an On Air T-shirt Giveaway.

It's happening tomorrow, (Thursday). So if you're in the Los Angeles area, listen to the On Air Show with Ryan Seacrest from 6-8 AM (pacific time) and try to be one of the lucky On Air t-shirt giveaway winners. And if you're not in LA, stream it at the KISSFM website cause I'm sure they'll have a field day with the shirts we gave them.

Here's a little preview of what tees they'll be giving out for the On Air giveaway:
GUYS:
That's How I roll tee shirt
Old school knockout tee shirt
The Mac from Way Back tee shirt
She kissed a girl and i liked it tee shirt
Livin the dream tee shirt
I'm not a gardener i just like hoes tee shirt

GIRLS:
Geek is the new chic tee shirt
No Sleep til brooklyn tee shirt
Shoes, OMG Shoes tee shirt
Don't waste my daytime minutes tee shirt
That's how i roll tee shirt

Labels: funny t shirts, Giveways, I'm not a gardener I just like hoes, los angeles, promotions, Ryan Seacrest