#41 | Olé Denim Samples

The sample process has been a very long but rewarding procedure for us but thanks to our suppliers, producers, Chris and Dallas, we have slowly developed something that we as consumers want to wear and as businessmen are happy and proud to share with the public. As we now go into the final production stages, I want to thank everyone for their support and interest and want to let you know that 2015 is a big year for Olé. We are happy that there are people out there who are as excited as we are! Shout out to Joey Visser for the all of the photos.

Follow our story at @oledenim.

Yours Truly

#40 | Happy New Year

#38 | Cactus Club Cafe Opening

This past Thursday, Aashna and myself were invited to the Cactus Club's soft opening. The atmosphere is really cool, the restaurant feels warm with its lighting, fire and colours. Its well decorated with the abundance of lights, wine display, televisions and Andy Warhol images.

The restaurant is separated into three areas, the dining area, the bar and a sun room. We sat in all three areas to get a feel for what they were like. The dining area is more intimate being quiet and isolated from the other two areas and would make a good place for socializing and grabbing a meal. The sun room and bar you categorize together. A central bar with televisions is the focal point with table arrangements and a DJ around it. Aash and I even caught ourselves dancing with the bartenders to R&B and hip hop favourites. It's awesome for a late night drink and appetizers.

We spent our couple of hours at the Cactus Club drinking their Liberty School Cabernets and Jameson whiskey along with their tasty appetizers. The service was fantastic, drinks were never empty, food was brought to us in a timely fashion and everyone was happy (that was most important). The laid back environment was what I liked, people were friendly, polite and energetic. If the Cactus Club can continue to offer this environment along with good food and beverages, it will no doubt be a success in Saskatoon. We ate Szechuan chicken lettuce wraps, spicy chicken, kobe style meatballs, beef carpaccio, the BBQ duck clubhouse and a peanut butter chocolate dessert. I highly recommend the BBQ duck clubhouse (if you don't have nut allergies) and the tuna sushi cone was very good for an American styled cuisine.

 I would like to thank Cactus Club Cafe for a great first experience and you can definitely plan on having us back. The restaurant opens tomorrow, check it out and let us know what you think!

Yours Truly

#37 | YXE'S #WWIM10 Recap

Today's Instameet was cool. A small group of six of us got together to wander from the Farmer's Market to Riversdale to take photos, formally introduce ourselves to one another and shoot photos. Whether it's Instagram's Worldwide Instameet or not, it would be great for these to happen on a more regular basis. Take a look and see what we got up to.

Yours Truly

#36 | YXE'S #WWIM10

This weekend is Instagram's Worldwide Instameet and I've always liked the idea of meeting your followers and Saskatoon users to shoot photos, socialize and roam our city. Join the homie Bray and I to take photos, get to know us and others and hopefully make this a tradition!

Yours Truly

#35 | More Saskatoon Wandering

One thing that I will miss this Winter is wandering the city and taking photos of whatever I come across. Tonight I went out with a few friends and started on Broadway and just walked alongside the river taking photos here and there. The weather was nice, the sun was bright and the company was good as usual.

Yours Truly

#34 | Sirvis for LRG

Being on Instagram can give us photo envy or can inspire us. Depending on who we follow, we may see fit individuals, crazy artwork or videos of professional athletes. I've been following VisionElie for a while now and he has given me the idea to photograph people holding or playing with smoke bombs. After shooting, I think they're fun to photograph, instantly making your photo colourful and being the main attraction. I wanted to use the sun, bridge and water to give off a warm feeling (it was cold in fact) and use the dark field to give off an eerie feeling.

I've gotten to know Sirvis from working at the shop (Momentum) and the dude has been grinding with his artwork and music. He's been working so hard that he has gained the attention of LRG, so I instantly thought of him being the perfect model for this smoke bomb experiment that I have been playing with in my head. The mixture of LRG's classic streetwear graphics and fits combined with the gas mask, allowed me to capture exactly what I had envisioned.

Yours Truly

#33 | Sirvis @ Prairie Sun Brewery

Yesterday I met up with Sirvis to photograph him finishing up his latest piece on the Prairie Sun Brewery building at Circle Dr. and Quebec Ave. We talked about doing photos a couple of weeks ago and not that I'm surprised, but this is the coolest shit I have seen him do so far. The piece itself was intricate with his colour choice, letter styling and detailing. This guy hustles around Saskatoon and I think you should get familiar with his work. Sirvis is more than an artist, he is defined by his stories, experiences and his aspirations, if you see him around give him a minute of your time to introduce yourself and say what's up! You can expect a lot more from him and hopefully more photos from me.

Yours Truly