so the past days I’ve been living out of my luggage….interesting part is that my last few days in San Diego involved many comings and goings of friends on the east and west coast! most likely the labor day weekend, some girlfriend/boyfriend breakups, and simply the end of summer vacations caused the unexpected spurt of visitations at Piotr’s. after surviving …
lots of seminars….lots of coffee
lots and lots of coffee – the past week and change I’ve been attending all kinds of seminars on international business….legal stuff…..import and export….counseling….its just insane…but I’m trying to take in as much as I can…feel like this isn’t school, this is learning how to make it in the international business arena.
Credit Market Mania affecting my businesses
hmmm… So I’m thinking about a company actually coming up w/ the money for these large deal I’m brokering…..obviously the credit markets is out of control…but I didn’t put two and two together until our today. But these transactions, if financed, are asset backed on inventory goods, so that has to be a safer loan than others, and hopefully these …
networking….networking…and more networking
you’ve heard it all your life, and its soo true….and the value is not just having a network, but having a network that is aware of what you’re doing, and that would recommend you to someone they know… I feel like i’ve been jumping from vine to vine lately – like tarzan of the jungle in the networking world…meet one …
whenever I’m in San Diego….
a power outage in NYC happens….scott IMs me – dude how come this happens everytime when you go to San Diego? Yea yea, so 2x is every time? Back in Summer 03 on my roadtrip across USA, while in San Diego, we turned the TV on in the hotel and it was a blank screen – CNN showing the NY …
back in San Diego from NYC
sup ya’ll…back in san diego…..was away for almost a week at the bar show in NYC – check out some photos on the new york bar store blog = newyorkbarstore.com/blog next up – LA this week meeting up some potential partners….. need to get my Visa to visit China researching buying in Miami sourcing some ny bar store sourcing…. want …
packing for my redeye to NYC
things are moving along – trying to hold it together…..get it together! phone calls are insane these days…..and I just have to learn how to prioritize – but not only my time, but the BS calls from people who are fishing for free info, wasting my time….though I hate to say anyone can waste my time because one learns from …
on the surfliner train to Los Angeles
heading over to Los Angeles for a 3 day weekend – nope, no holiday tomorrow, just thought i’d take the afternoon train. have a meeting with a biz buddy tonight, grab some food and drinks – talk about Beijing – tomorrow luncheon, some crazy stuff, saturday a bar hop w/ my buddy Scott Schwartz and his sister so yea, i’m …
chillin in OB
spent the day doing more research and design got google adwords running. took some customer calls at the coffee shop u know normal day in san diego
more fish tacos tonight!
man, I can’t get enough of em haha – after a long afternoon of VOIP call routing, talking to accountants, following up on a lead or two, met up with some San Dieogians and chowed on some fish tacos. Was thinking of hitting up the “House of Blues” to see my lady Britney Spears, but alas, had nobody to go …
first day in cali – checklist
woke up on the couch about 5:30am local time, adjusting to time change…. Piotr drove me to the rent-a-car place before he went to work…..his hookup got me a car, 7 days, for 192 after insurance and taxes. next on the list – coffee/breakfastsee accountant, at 9:30am haircut follow up with a lot of calls – this VOIP setup gig …
touched down in diego – fish taco time
ohhhh yea just touched and had to get a fish taco
sunday night NYC style – BB Kings – Tower of Power
rockin out w nikki cupcake from the suicide girls chiner dave riding shotgun and im stuffed in the bak sittin on a awkward bottle of scope
doggie hangin at the bar
right now 3am at lucky jacks girls from va beach rock on hard so this pic here taken at 87 ludlow bar the DJs doggie awesome
nyc under water
been raining since saturday and here is a pic of justins neighborhood in hoboken under freakin water