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

Our New York City Showroom is coming down to DC to visit the Crooked Monkey offices on Thursday and Friday. January will be our three year anniversary, but this will mark the first time that these city folk will venture down to the famed warehouse.

We're super excited and are getting the office ready for the big event. We're preparing a grand welcome--21 gun salute, flower petals and kegs. Apparently, Heather's never played Beer pong, which probably means she's also never done a KegStand. By the time she's done with her visit, she'll be able to check both of those off her list.

We rented a nice room for her, Sylana and Todd in my apartment complex. I told them to bring their PJs because we might forgo the room if I decide to host a slumber party in the Taft Suite. Details to follow.

Labels: Office Stories, showroom, Taft Suite