Honestly, I was supposed to make this following blog post two months ago, but obviously, work and other personal shit got in the way. So now I can finally put this up.
I've known the homeboy Jesse Valencia since 2005. We went to the same high school and I had a few classes with him. Dude is one the chillest persons I've known. After graduation, I haven't seen him since. A year later, whenever I would pick up my little brother from school during his Freshman year at Kennedy High, I would see his sister there and she told me that Jesse worked at a tire shop n Sun Valley (Anthony's Tire Center). Since I had a car at the time, I was thinking of dropping by that place to visit and to see if they check the tires on my car, but I never had the chance and the time to go over there, especially after I sold the car two years ago.
After I joined instagram a year ago, he then added me on there and its great to see how he's been doing with his life just from looking through his photos. Then I saw that he's opening up his own tire shop in my old stomping grounds of North Hollywood. I have always been driving around that community alot more since I started driving taxicabs, so one day I decided to drop by and visit him and support as well.
We caught up with each others lives and just chilled at his shop for a bit. He even showed me his Dodge Challenger SRT that he drives. I forgot what used to be there but, the place looks completely brand new, and they have a alot of new equipment and tires in stock. If you're in the east part of the San Fernando Valley, I suggest that y'all should stop by there for any tire rotation or is you need new tires for your car. The name of the shop is NOHO Tires and Wheels. Its on the corner of Lankershim Boulevard and Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood. And say hi to Jesse while your there. Here are some of the photos I took at his shop.
NOHO Tires & Wheels. 5615 Lankershim Boulevard. North Hollywood, CA.
Also, one other thing. I moved out of Sylmar after spending three years staying there. For those who haven't been following up on my updates, I originally moved out for my pops house cause we weren't in sync with each other and other reasons. Now everything is cool and since I've been staying over there more than my place at Sylmar, whom I shared with a Filipino family that my moms knew from a medical personnel she knew. Yesterday was my final night sleeping over there. Here's a link to a short video I took of my room with the iPhone 5 just minutes before I left. Last Day living in Sylmar
It was such an trip living there and experiencing a dose of independence, but then again, they built a school across the street from my place and after school, the block becomes a scene with several kids hanging around and the street gets filled with parents picking them up. But then again, as I learned and get reminded ever year in the month of may: life moves on.
Speaking of which, my friend Eric Jackson and his fiancee Jessica Torres are getting married today. I'm not the official wedding photographer for the event, but regardless, I'm gonna attempt to capture some moments using black and white Kodak Tri-X 35mm film, which is something you don't see most wedding photographers shoot with anymore. I'll upload them in about a month or so, so keep a lookout for those. Thanks for your time reading this.
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