Coachella is happening this weekend, and while spending hundreds of dollars to sweat in a crowd of people you don’t know while listening to music and drinking over priced beer sounds fun… I will definately take Fauxchella over that. I picked up the banjitar more than my camera, but here are a few images from Fauxchella- a weekend of camping with close friends, sharing quality meals, collaborating and creating music.
A few photos from a place I love before Summer hits and it all turns brown. 
Peter is a friend of mine who is probably one of the most sincere and talented people I know. The craftsmanship he exudes through his furniture is top notch- from the wood choices, styling, to his precision, a Deeble signature piece is no doubt something to be proud of. Below is Pete and his son putting the finishing touches on another hand-crafted quality bed for a customer. You can find more insanely beautiful pieces here.
Surfing early during the Winter can be hard sometimes- even in Southern California. With fog, feet-numbing sand, and even colder water that dishes out ice cream headaches, it’s often easier to stay in bed. But when the sun creeps up over the newly snow caped mountains, saturating the glassy ocean in gold, it suddenly becomes easy to forget how numb my feet may be. It becomes even easier to forget the cold when the only two people I see out are my friends… trading fun peeling waves as the sun rises higher. Getting out of the empty early water and trudging back up the sand an alarm clock goes off nearby. As I peel off my wetsuit I realize once again that the Winter is not so bad.
Here is part two of the Santa Barbara camping photos- Day edition.
I spent last weekend on the Santa Barbara coast camping with friends and relaxing. The weather was perfect, with sunny crystal clear days and cold fall nights under a blanket of stars (which are absent from my usual LA night sky). Some surfed. Some fished. We all ate… and ate well. My favorite meal of the weekend : barbequed tri tip steak, corn salad, and freshly harvested mussels off the rocks on the beach. I separated the few photos I did take into “night” and “day.” I’ll post the “day” photo set soon.
