by Antonio Maristela This year the San Diego Bike Monthly Bike Night @ Hooters has picked up a new sponsor, Vey’s Powersports of El Cajon and Lemon Grove. No different than the other bike nights of the past, what comes with this new year is a new momentum in motorized action vehicles, whether it be [...]

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It was a special engagement from characters repping California, Nevada and even as far as Montana. Hip Hop Roots, the longest running show series in Las Vegas found its way to the west coast and celebrate their official one year, by founder HighDro. In their entourage were an exclusive All-Star casts of artists, emcees, deejays, [...]

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by Antonio Maristela Call it what you will. It’s got all the ingredients of side show act novelty, but with an updated technological pump. This massive behemoth of electronic circus literally will back up into your driveway and open its ramp to welcome you into video gamer central. From the outside, it looks beefy by [...]

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by Antonio Maristela PILOTS. The four piece band are made up of: Jeremy Sanchez: Drums Kevin Glenn: Bass Miguel Guerra: Guitar/Vocals Joe Mousey: Keys and Rhythm Guitar. The music from this squad can only be described as sinister lushness given the layering each instrument contributes in all its soulful, fraternal energy. From the beginning of [...]

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by Antonio Maristela MELVOY. There’s something about this band that oozes indie-sexy. The crowd certainly reacts like a lover’s homecoming arriving at the porch with a case of wine-in-a-box, chocolates and whip cream. You already know what the end result is. Orgasmic decadence. Originally rooted from San Diego, the band is organically made up of [...]

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[CLICK TO VIEW THE FUN OUTSIDE STUDIO PICS] Night of the Living from bryce lane on Vimeo. by Antonio Maristela Ade Lopez is, by far, among the most beautiful human beings I’ve ever met in this world. She’s a die-hard daughter of an infamous ranchero whose fortunes lie tucked away deep in Mexico, so the [...]

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by Antonio Maristela Ade Lopez is, by far,  among the most beautiful human beings I’ve ever met in this world. She’s a die-hard daughter of an infamous ranchero whose fortunes lie tucked away deep in Mexico, so the legend has it. She, on the other hand, lives in San Diego and ekes out her livelihood [...]

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by Antonio Maristela At about 12:30 a.m. I literally walked into a crowded stage floor. The bar and billiards hall of the Ruby Room were empty, with the majority of the folks now taking their places to get a front side view of tonight’s main act, a New York headline, that I’m pretty sure half [...]

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by Antonio Maristela Her pieces are “one of a kind”, says Jacqueline Ortega, “I literally finished that piece a few minutes before taking off to Daniel’s show”. She says this in creativity humility for constantly being in jewelery design mode, a trait that can be obnoxiously embarrassing at times, constantly living and breathing jewelry concepts. [...]

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by Antonio Maristela In the staging area, an assembly line of preparation commences less than two hours before showtime, in a familiar location, now becoming a Boston Fashion Week designer’s showcase headquartered on 100 Warrenton Street, in Boston downtown, (more familiarly known as the top floor of Boston’s night club, Venu). Underway in the rear [...]

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[Click to view more promo pics.] The evening may appear the same at Lydia’s nightclub in the Southbay. The crowd appears heavy in all regards. Crew and girl squad deep, recent pay day pockets deep, and even in the calories considering the XXXL shirts getting pat downs through the metallic sensor. San Quinn is the [...]

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[CLICK TO VIEW MORE PROMO PICS.] Aviator Academy is a creative force made up of brother and sister, JSTAR & Kevin Collier. The two are native to San Diego, and are establishing themselves as entrepreneurs and music producers. Besides building their own clothing label and fashion accessory boutique, JSTAR, also preoccupies her time writing and [...]

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[CLICK TO VIEW MORE PROMO PICS.] In the woods in the city of Alpine, Silent Woods was on set filming an upcoming paranormal thriller, to be released sometime in Fall 2011. On board in TEAM Silent Woods were support staff from Caracol Films and CinemViva. Not a second was lost filming each set with some [...]

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My most beautiful friend, fellow photographer, and world-traveler, Aimee Chabot, finds herself immersed in a 2011 Summer escape to India, and discovers the bounty of humanity in its dignified humility and its sweet privileges. Her mission was two fold, an educational-humanitarian mission exploring the consciousness and nuances of cultural roles even in a modern, contemporary [...]

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