Albert Einstein once said, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” How lucky we are as Vagabonds that this is our life. Since Tia and I are both coming from Texas, we have been living in the moment and taking in all the new experiences that have come our way so far. [...]
Entries from January 2009
this is our life..
January 28th, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Chelsea Lately · Graumans Theatre · Harry Potter · Midwest/Tx
from a friend of toms
January 28th, 2009 No Comments
About a week ago, I accepted the fact that it was time to retire my
beloved burlap Toms. As I was ordering my second pair, an idea struck
- instead of wastefully throwing my TOMS away, why not reuse them?
So, I decided to convert my TOMS into a chalk bag for climbing. And I
thought y’all might like [...]
Tags: burlap · climbing · friend of TOMS · old TOMS · resourceful · reuse
hollywood, mon!
January 27th, 2009 2 Comments
Hollywood is awesome. Period. Sunday, Team Ndubs (along with a member of the less cool Team NE), took a trip to see the Hollywood sign. Yeah, we’re tourists. It’s ok.
Tags: hollywood · NW2009 · peril · reggae · Team Ndubs · treacherous · tumbleweed · warner bros
from a friend of toms
January 27th, 2009 1 Comment
I just thought you may enjoy this photo. I took it of my beloved Gandhi TOMS at the Shrine Lake, where a portion of Gandhi’s ashes remain. They have a gift shop there, perhaps some TOMS would be a good fit! (PS these shoes made me cry and I wear them as long as [...]
Tags: friend of TOMS · gandhi · shrine lake
spotted!
January 26th, 2009 1 Comment
Check out Joe Biden’s granddaughter wearing Gold Glitter TOMS in Us Weekly’s February 2nd issue… on newsstands soon!
Have you spotted TOMS in a magazine? On the street? Out of the country? Send me your photos!! Caitlin@TOMSshoes.com
Tags: gold glitters · joe biden · joe biden's granddaughter · magazine · obama · us weekly
the city of angels, the frozen yogurt dilemma, and the reverend
January 26th, 2009 No Comments
Los Angeles is said to be a place of intense diversity where anyone can be who or what they want to be. So in a city like this, where people are defined by answering the question “So, what do you do?”…it’s still a rush to respond, “We are TOMS Vagabonds!” I contend that no one [...]
Tags: marilyn monroe · screen printing · the real world · the reverend · tyler ramsey · yogurtland
falling whistles
January 26th, 2009 1 Comment
Thursday before last Sean, the founder of Falling Whistles had a house party to celebrate the opening of their new home office.
As a group of interns we all dressed up with mustaches (see picture in my previous post) and headed out for an amazing evening where we were all encouraged to express ourselves because of [...]
Tags: alex beh · congo · falling whistles · intern · myspace · party
sag goes green
January 26th, 2009 No Comments
The SAG Awards were held this past weekend in Los Angeles, and although the stars walked in on a carpet saturated in red, there was also a shade of green prevalent Sunday evening. The Screen Actors Guild partnered up with the Environmental Media Association to put on a more environmentally responsible awards ceremony for its [...]
Tags: awards ceremony · EMA · go green · los angeles · SAG
add 2,000 more please
January 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Oh wait… it’s not 1,000 shoes… its THREE THOUSAND HAND PAINTED TYLER RAMSEY SHOES! And now the white canvas TOMS have invaded every walkway of our office…
Tags: hand painted TOMS · invasion · office · tyler ramsey
week two in vagabond land
January 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Hey guys!
Team Southwest is back for our weekly Friday blog!
First we need to give a small shout out to our pals at Falling Whistles for having us at their party last Friday night. They’re an amazing non-profit that we love and adore. Be sure and check them out and tell them you care!
We’re now in [...]
Tags: hand painted TOMS · helping out · manufacturing · production · SW2009 · tyler ramsey
