BUYER: Greg H. - Assistant Buyer, Kids Athletic
DATE: June 25 - 27, 2008
LOCATION: Los Angeles
BRAND: Nike
June 25, 2008
10:30pm- putting together last second stuff for my trip to LA to see Nike. I just realized that if I go to bed this second, I can get 6 hours of sleep.
June 26, 2008
12:30am: About the time I actually fell asleep.
3:30am: Rolling out of bed thinking. Megan, our rep who booked this, is probably sound asleepstill. 
...we really do love ya Megan!!
4:45am: Arrive at the airport.
5:00am: Waiting for Starbucks to open, so I can operate efficiently.
5:15am: Meet up with entire Zappos crew: Chris P, Galen, Heather S., Amanda W., Dave c., and Anand.
6:00am: About to take off...I HATE flying! I don't care what anyones says...its freaky. 
7:05am: We're on the ground (LA), although we have a hot-tempered cabbie... now the air isn't seeming so bad... Just got an angry explaination from cabbie that its unfair that he had to take more pasengers than the car behind him due to gas...thinks its unfair, even though he drives a Van cab, that he shoud have to take more than one passenger...ever. Mentioned that maybe he should request a car from his company...response: that's not the point of the matter. The point he specifically made to us was that we were too heavy for his cab (geez buddy, I'm trying to lose weight). We're nodding our heads at his rants now and recovering from the damaging weight comment...waiting for him to say that we should drive his cab for him too.
8:10am: Eating breakfast at a really cool family joint called JJ's Cafe... Really friendly, family
service! Actually, the owner, JJ is welcoming us now. We don't see this in Vegas much.
9:00am: Arrive at Nike showroom for presentations.
5:45pm: All done with our meetings with Nike. Everything looked great! I learned a new phrase from my apparel rep, Tanya, which is "Not Eve", which is short for Not Even. When you're on the go, who has time to add in that extra "n"? Heading to Gladstones, which is right on the beach.
6:00pm: Arrive at Gladstones. Beautiful view! We can see Al Pacino from our table. Having first drink of the night...
8:00pm: Dinner is done. I think I'm on number four by now. Bets are being made on who will jump in the ocean first.
8:30pm: No one jumped in...the night's still young. Heading over to The Penthouse at the Huntley. Actress Leslie Mann is sitting right across from us at the Penthouse bar.
10:30pm: Walking 3rd Street promemnade. Peake just asked a couple to dance...the look was priceless on the couples face. love the Promenade...PEAKE GET DOWN FROM THERE! Now that Peake has come down from the 20 ft pole he just climbed, we can keep moving. We learned that we are all strangely familiar with capital of Thailand.
10:40pm: We are at the The Bulldog Bar having a drink with Karen and Rob. Karen will be married in a month. Drink to that, right?
11:40pm: Meet a couple cool people and have drinks. A couple of us cross the street and give a homeless guy some money to help him. I gave him 20 bucks and we went back to the bar.
June 27, 2008
7:30am: Meet everyone to head to airport. No hangovers...because we feel like we just left the bar in the last 10 min. Not as stressed about flying though...that's good.
8:15am: We all sit down, with Megan too, and eat breakfast. I passed on the Pestelleg sandwich, and went with the healthier, more breakfast-like food...cheese quesadilla.
9:00am: Found out flight's delayed. While standing around people watching, we notice d that Holly, from Girl's Next Door, is sitting a few feet away, and is waiting for the same
flight. She's with a friend, and it looks like they are both enjoying a Pestelleg Sandwich (you can only get these in LA. It’s a very beefy sandwich).
10:00am: Sitting in the plane on the runway...this lasts 45 minutes...original flight time was 9:35.
11:30am: Back in Vegas. That wraps up an eventful couple days. We all had a great time, and, after a couple days of straight sleep; we'll start looking forward to the next trip!
