What are your jeans doing today?

[jasutek]

Just landed in houston. Gotta catch a flight to new orleans for the weekend. Chyea!!!

[Farhad]

yesterday: ran into this little fellow. this dog had an amazing personality

today: photo shoot

[jasutek]

Wuddup New Orleans?

[beatle]

Farhad - tried to rep - no luck..love the pics

[devilish]

Some recent phone pics taken while the Eternals were driving into, out of, and around town.....

and today's fit while driving all over town...

large refinery located just south of the twin cities...

walking around near the Purina plant...

almost all of the fields here in minnesota and down in iowa are done being harvested or baled. the farmers have had a wonderful October for it...

This one was taken this noon meeting up with some people at theUniversity of Minnesota campus...

and this morning while I was driving to work there was a very very very good sunrise. got a couple from the car window...

This was on the river bluffs by the MSP airport, plane coming in for an early morning landing...

Z what App did you you use for the three shots below the fit pic? I love that Kodachrome like border around them.

[-Z-]

Thanks. Used Vignette for Android for all of the pics except the last two and the fit pic. It's the best camera app for Droid IMO, has a ton of features and effects.

[riff]

Man, I'm playing catch-up here! Great bunch of posts!

Annabelle - your pics from Seoul are great! Looks like a fascinating place - yet another to add to my itinerary wish list!

Cool fest, mdngnd!

Jay - looks like you had a blast with the little one! I sure wish we had facilities like that here. You're in Sweden, right?

-Z-, neat stuff! Between you & Farhad, I really need to try out some of those photo apps.

Farhad - super shots - both here & in the waywt threak. Doesn't it drive you nuts to have your cams dangling all over though? I'm still undecided on a good "carrying" solution for my gear…

[riff]

I had an "intense" week… An old friend flew in from the UK for his annual fall visit & golf binge. Golf is massively expensive in England & it's not always easy to get to. So he comes to visit a couple of times a year, and we cram in as many rounds as our schedules permit!

We headed out early Wednesday - jeans chilled in the locker while we enjoyed 36 holes - yes - two consecutive rounds!

[riff]

On Friday, we did another 36 holes

In between, on the Thursday night, we got together with another mutual friend, and we had dinner at a lovely French restaurant called Auberge du Pommier.

The Auberge is in a beautiful old stone house, with a rustic feel to it

There is nothing rustic about the food, though! It is easily one of my favourite places to dine. Our meal choices that evening included pork tenderloin, scallops, and fish…

The Auberge has one of the best wine collections in the GTA, some of which is tantalizingly in view…

The perfect dessert for the perfect evening

[ranonranonarat]

wow riff, those pictures are gold. are you still using the same rig (5DMKII + what lens?). those colourse at the golf course are amazing. i love those colours! must spread.

[tvshooter]

jeezz riff! i feel like that was sumthin outta a Conde Nast publication! well, not as fancy but here's what we did today!

small town fall festival!!!!

see that little du up there? dat's Quinn

he's gonna b a sick skater down the road

what would a festival be without some funnel cake!

fo real...i thinks these guys dress like this erreeday

gittin down to some country

have such a great story to tell (well the story the two army guys operating the robot) told us about the robot. btw, Quinn LOOOOOVEs robots.

see ya next year fall fest!

[beatle]

Would rep for cuteness of your boy alone..and for funnel cakes..

[JayFourEyes]

riff -Yep. Sweden it is. And that food looks good!

TV -Small town festivals is the shit when you have kids, he looks fearless!

[zeen]

great updates everybody! Those scallops look yummy riff. Tvshooter, your son is very cute!

Nothing much to do here in Singapore, so the gf and i decided to go to the zoo since its been some time. The Singapore zoo isn't really big, but they will make you go around in circles if you dont have a map!

A couple of monkey shots. "Look ma, no hands!"

The endangered proboscis monkey

Apparently this monkey is the most colorful monkey

Probably the most cutest monkey.

They try to make the monkey enclosures look as realistic to their natural environment as much as they can

Eventually, we went to the 'fragile forest' where some animals roam free around. I may seem calm in the picture but trust me, deep inside i'm just wondering if this guy will jump on me if my camera had flash on.

[zeen]

A few years back, a cleaner was mauled by two of the white tigers. You can read the story here

More animals and random shots.

Just wrestling with an alligator

After a long day, we had Ben & Jerrys

Both of us had lots of fun at the singapore zoo. Hope you guys enjoyed the post.

[Guest I LOVE LFC]

riff, didn't have you down for a golfer!!

I nearly died playing golf when I was younger, sort of put me off playing again and never have since. Tiger Woods on the wii is the closest I get to a course now.

edit: oh shit, I've just seen the Singapore zoo post above! Brings back great memories! When we were there my Auntie sat me down at one of the shows over a box that had an enormous snake in the whole time, then the keepers came over and moved me out the way and got it out, I fucking shit myself! I also got picket on to shoot some darts at balloons with a little tribesman, and do a little dance for the crowd! I kept getting picked on I think because of my hair at the time and being 6'3 in Singapore is quite strange to see. I also did the night safari!!! I love Singapore!!!!!!!

[zeen]

The zookeeper with the little box of horrors! haha. They didn't have it when i was there.

now that you mention it, haha this big guy got picked at when we were looking at the main show 'Animals of the fragile forest fights back'. He had to take of his shirt and flex his biceps!

This guy got a kiss from a huge sealion

[riff]

wow riff, those pictures are gold. are you still using the same rig (5DMKII + what lens?). those colourse at the golf course are amazing. i love those colours! must spread.

Thanks ranon! Yep - it's still my borrowed setup. All the golf shots were taken with his astounding 50mm 1.2. The longer I have this rig, the harder it will be to let go....

jeezz riff! i feel like that was sumthin outta a Conde Nast publication! well, not as fancy but here's what we did today!

Thanks TV - I think? Great pics - I agree with Jay - the best for little kid action & fun!! Good stuff, man!

riff, didn't have you down for a golfer!!

I nearly died playing golf when I was younger, sort of put me off playing again and never have since. Tiger Woods on the wii is the closest I get to a course now.

edit: oh shit, I've just seen the Singapore zoo post above! Brings back great memories! When we were there my Auntie sat me down at one of the shows over a box that had an enormous snake in the whole time, then the keepers came over and moved me out the way and got it out, I fucking shit myself! I also got picket on to shoot some darts at balloons with a little tribesman, and do a little dance for the crowd! I kept getting picked on I think because of my hair at the time and being 6'3 in Singapore is quite strange to see. I also did the night safari!!! I love Singapore!!!!!!!

I LOVE LFC - got hit, I assume? That can be real bad shit... I saw one guy with a shattered elbow - from being hit with a shank.... My buddy is a scratch golfer - or I would never have stood in the positions I did to capture some pics of him

Yea, I learned early that golf is an almost essential business tool! But I ended up really liking the game!

Zeen - fantastic pics! Also brought back memories for me as we did the night safari a few years back. The "fire eaters" picked on some poor big dude on that night too lol!

You two make a nice couple!

[Guest I LOVE LFC]

Sorry yea, should have explained. Got hit in the temple whilst on a bike retrieving balls, some twat decided to take a shot anyway! Had a blood clot between my skull and my brain, was in intensive care for a while, then once recovered, I wasn't allowed to do any sport for 18 months. Considering I was mint at football, I wasn't too happy! Don't get me wrong, I like watching it on the telly, but that's close enough for me!

zeen, Yes that's the exact spot I was in! If I can find me pics when I get home from work I'll whack one on here

[ranonranonarat]

Sorry yea, should have explained. Got hit in the temple whilst on a bike retrieving balls, some twat decided to take a shot anyway! Had a blood clot between my skull and my brain, was in intensive care for a while, then once recovered, I wasn't allowed to do any sport for 18 months. Considering I was mint at football, I wasn't too happy! Don't get me wrong, I like watching it on the telly, but that's close enough for me!

zeen, Yes that's the exact spot I was in! If I can find me pics when I get home from work I'll whack one on here

holy cow. golf sounds more dangerous than football. the worst thing that ever happened to somebody's head was that cech had to wear that stupid skullcap. i never knew it would end up so serious with golf. glad you're doing dandy now already. holy shit 18 months!

[ranonranonarat]

x-post from burgus world tour thread

alright, waddup burgus world tour thread. i have let this thread slide into oblivion. sadly, i have been caught in the inefficieny of the real world with backlogging of work. in all honesty it is shite because i go to work everyday but still have to backlog work. nonsense! to ease into the weekend, i have brought everybody an installment of what these burgus world tour jeans have been doing!

today i had a little time before work, so i decided to run some errands. had lunch as usual but today i bought lunch instead from near where i live. got these noodles with minced meat, charsiew, cut chilli and spring onions. the simplest meals sometimes are the nicest. i think i've posted these before somewhere but in all honesty, they taste great! let me buy you one if you ever come to singapore to meet me.

headed out to grab a train ride to my destination. as usual, it is hot as hell but recently we singaporeans who seem to be amazed by every little single event in our country, have been experiencing haze from the neighbouring indonesia. apparently caused by the forest fires, i can't really imagine how smoke can travel that far but as you can see its a litty misty-ish/foggy-ish. i'd like to think of it as the UK but hotter. a lot hotter. deluded old me.

this is the train station. above old woman is not related to me nor barney but shes just there. you can tell how hot it is from the sweat on her back. recently (many months ago) we the government decided to install these sliding doors that only open up when they train gets here. in the past, it used to be wide open. because of this stupid invention, the station gets hotter than it already is because the wind gets cut off. why were these doors installed you might ask? singaporeans are a creative bunch. while we might not be as creative as sylvia plath, who decide to kill herself by sticking her head in an oven, a few of my fellow countrymen have decided to leap off onto the tracks to choose to get run over by the train in this spectacular method of suicide. to prevent this, the government put in place these doors, which in turn results in an increase in transportation costs, which in turn stresses us out, which in turn results in more suicide cases. next you will find the government blunting every knife in singapore.

on to the next place, my destination. amazingly full of old people because there is a temple nearby + this really old food centre that i think old people are used to congregating at (think self edge party for the knitting club). occasionally you will find the oddball here, trying to peddle off some "wonderful" medicated oil for ailments. today they decided to be bums.

finally i get some reprive from the heat and enter the building. this is some chinese provisional shop selling dry goods. dry scallops, seahorses, chrysanthemum flowers, the usual chinese ding dongs. seems to be a busy day for them today. dont usually see this place that crowded.

here, there are numerous shops selling watches. you have the hipster/70 year old woman/foreign worker buying watches here. not sure what the big deal is though. but yes, they have a wide selection to choose from.

i went to get my bell and ross/breitling/iwc watch battery changed (no im just kidding. its a cheap casio battery i replaced). had to scour around for a bit to get the best price. at one of the shops, i was quoted $10. this one quoted me $5 for a quick fix. nasty buggers when my watch only cost me $15. i paid up and was more than happy to be able to exchange my $5 for a priceless commodity.

decided to drop off my film that i shot back in sydney a few weeks back nearby. hope to see my shots soon. the building above is right across the road called sim lim square. its one hell of a cheap place to buy computer peripherals. but do take note that there are A LOT of rouge businessmen and this place can be a tourist trap. prices can get really really really low though since there are so many shops and it is so competitive. if you are on holiday, do ask me along because if you are a white man/lady you are more than likely to get overcharged sadly. it happens to locals too so don't be too alarmed. however, do make it a point NOT to buy games/consoles/cameras here. i believe there are better places around. however if you are panning for a hard disk to store your denim pictures, it is worth it.

to get out of the heat and to cool down, i decided to head nearby to grab a quick snack and energy boost before work. this is the best place and absolute best place in singapore to grab a fried dough fritter (its actually called a butterfly) and a cold soy beancurd. the beancurd is so amazingly smooth and sweet and makes a great snack for the day. it helps that this stall operates till late. i WILL recommend this to anyone and everyone. cheap and good!

followed the stopover with work back at the shop. today was a relatively quiet day because of the rain and the shorter hours and i spent the day trawling the superthrash thread which i honestly seldom do. cross my heart! i believe most of you have already seen pictures of the shop so i shall leave it at that. sat through the 6 hour shift and home sweet home after that. no fit pics today but these are wearing in nicely. i hope to be sending them out soon though since the next few weeks are going to get hectic, so probably its going to be even harder to update.

the family friend here bids goodnight to all! will try to update soon! cheerrrs!

[Megatron1505]

Great pics Ran, I was in Singapore a couple of years ago and have never been anywhere so friendly and safe. I highly recommend a visit for anyone with kids, my son was only two at the time and he absolutely loved it, especially Sentosa.

[ranonranonarat]

thanks! surprisingly i was thinking of where to bring people with kids to in singapore, just a few days ago. the only possible place i could come up with was the zoo. HAHA. so much for a lousy brain.

[Megatron1505]

I'd like to call this post, "Drunken Night Out In Nottingham, Where I Forgot To Take Pics Until I Was Going Home".

So first I got ready in my SUpreme Oxford, Sams and Abingtons.

Then I met up with friends, got really, really drunk and forgot to take any pictures until I arrived at the unbelievably grim Nottingham City bus station.

Here we are reflected in the ceiling.

Here is the desolation of inner city England late on a Saturday evening.

Finally the bus arrives to save us from certain death by a crazed heroin addict, wielding a machete.

And I crush my cousins head in celebration.

To get shots of this quality all you will need is....

1) A crappy iphone camera.

2) Most of a bottle of Havana Club Anios 3.

3) Bad lighting.

4) 30 years of urban blight and neglect by a corrupt local council.

[beatle]

Helping friends replant new bushes/ hedge

[-Z-]

Just a little teaser post...driving back from the north shore of lake superior, my jeans spent the last really good weekend of the fall in bliss away from it all .........

Eternal contest pair waiting until I get back from the hot tub...the big lake in the background.

Just took this, really foggy today driving back through Duluth.

Never done an update entirely from my phone, so I'm not sure if the links work. Keep on the lookout for more later tonight.

Cheers!

[Grim Ryan]

Went to the soft opening of a new bar, it was pretty cool. Great bourbon list, decent beer selection, oyster bar, and 3 dollar shots of fernet on tap.

The bathroom wallpaper was paisley which I thought was pretty cool.

The next day I stopped in to a few stores by me where I have some friends selling prints from their studio. The main wall of the building has a huge Shepard Fairy piece. His first studio space was in my neighborhood.

After that I stopped by an great store by me that sells organic meat and cheese and fresh baked goods. There cheese board is always changing and has some really cool stuff. I love cheese to this is one of my favorite places.

Saw this little guy on the way home who I really liked. I have no idea what its referring too.

[Max Power]

^you should've tried the King Alexander instead of Bourbon ;-)

[Farhad]

Went to dinner last night to grab some Iranian food with friends

Man, you think Kiya gets passionate about Denim, wait til he talks about persian food. Here he's rapping about how to make crispy rice. Demitra, knows exactly what I'm saying

Anna and my GF were enthralled by what Kiya was saying

Andrew, great seeing you again and jose nice meeting you and sorry to post a pic of you blinking

Theo is all class. great meeting you

Ok and now for the important part

THE FOOD (ranon this is especially for you)

Most everyone ordered kabob cuz that's the move when you're at an "IRANIAN" restaurant

I ordered chicken kabob

and my GF got the filet and ground beef version

and we split and me and Kiya did the egg yoke with the rice. needless to say it was a very light dinner!!!

Sorry for the crappy pics. I only had my iphone and hipstamatic takes $hite pics in low light.

Cheers!!!

[Paul T]

glorious photos farhad... can't wait ot catch up with the rest of this thread.

WE're just back home, after four night battered by winds and transfixed by sunsets.

On thursday night we packed up and left the big city for a little fishing village on the edge of the thames.

This is one of the reasons we came: a little cottage, owned by a potter friend, with this view north west.

And every evening a different sunset. THis was night 1:

Three days in a row we went crabbing. We enjoyed it.

Not so sure these guys did. THey look a little depressed.

Maybe they knew we'd lunched on their relatives earlier.

Second night…

Second day the locals had some kind of race, to the nearby Isle of Sheppey

Other locals were working hard. THey were repairing this container ship as we fished for crabs, again, nearby…

Yet more locals…