#surropa

I meant to post this when it first came out but I got sidetracked. Pablo Azar discussing his new line of T-shirts on surropa.com, one of my favorite sites.

This dude is a great artist and *cough cough* HOTTER THAN HELL which is just an added bonus. I want all of these T-shirts, especially the Virgen. If you are a T-shirt addict like myself , sheck it out!

I’ve owned probably three pairs of trainers in my life. I say three because I still own all three of them. First of all, what do you call these things? When I was little, we called them tennis shoes, or tennies. Then I grew up and there came all these different names: athletic shoes, jogging shoes, sneakers, and then trainers cos I a married an English guy. I like trainers. The word, if not so much the shoe, although I have found a few I can do business with.

I still remember so vividly walking into the DKNY outlet at Carlsbad and buying these superobnoxious bright orange and yellow shoes in the late 90’s, probably preceding a trip to Disneyland because that always makes me break out in a panic of I NEED CUTE COMFY SHOES TO WALK IN! I am pretty vain, and almost always favor fashion over function, but I cannot sacrifice the comfort of my feet on an all-day-walking type of outing. People who wear heels to the swap meet blow my mind. First of all, we’re at the swap meet. Second of all…we’re at the swap meet.

These L.A.M.B. babies (no really, the style name is “Baby”) have been my go-to’s for a few years now and I got them for crazy cheap at local heroes Shoe Metro, which is a pretty big e-retailer located right here in San Diego. I’ve gone to their brick-and-mortar place as well as shopped online because they have frequent sales and free shipping deals. They still have this model as well as lots more L.A.M.B., and they have been reduced even further now if you can believe that.

http://www.shoemetro.com/

(Shoes, L.A.M.B, $34 at Shoe Metro but they are now $20! Hoodie, NaCo—which belongs to my son but we share lots of clothes-$8 on clearance from surropa.com. Pants, $5 on clearance at Old Navy.)

Happy Mexican Independence Day!

At Coachella 2005 I discovered a little T-shirt brand called NaCo. Well, they ain't so little anymore. They are the geniuses behind the “Estar Guars” t-shirts along with countless other Spanglish treasures—Sean had one as a toddler but for the life of me I cannot find a picture of him in it! NaCo has had lots of love in the press, even NPR was on their jock, and it does my heart good not only because I love to see successful Latinos, but one of the co-founders of the company is from Tijuana! We’re neighbors!

Surropa is the officially linked vendor for NaCo gear from their website. Surropa sells all kinds of other great brands, their shipping is reasonable and they have frequent sales and 20% off deals, which makes them a favorite in my book.

http://www.surropa.com/