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  • Wekfest San Jose 2013 | The Destination

    Wekfest San Jose 2013 | The Destination

    This post was supposed to be posted last week, but due to technical difficulties with our old hosting server we had to delay it. Hopefully with this new host, we are able to accommodate all the traffic we’ve been getting. The day of the show seems like a blur to me. I felt so rush throughout the day from going to get change for the booth to making sure I had time to get coverage of the show. My mind was all over the place.

    I wasn’t able to get as much coverage as I wanted because like previous Norcal Wekfest shows there was just so many people that were getting in the way of my shots. So, please bare with me on all my photos.

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    Pure VIP’s 2IS on CCW. I really liked the front splitter to the rear diffuser, I want to do something similar to this setup.

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    The famous purpie.

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    I’ve seen so many photos of the Liberty Walk kitted M3’s that it’s starting to become a normal to see these at shows.

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    Giraffe style LS430.

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    It was cool how they had a giraffe display for people to take photos with.

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    Gerald’s root beer was getting a lot of attention.

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    Vinh’s ridiculously low STI.

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    Jeff, Ryan Gold, Rica and I doing work at our booth.

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    People were asking to get photos with Rica. #famous

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    We released our new Hoodratstuff tank top and our Set the Sun tee at the show. Which is available online here..

    http://shop.royal-origin.com/

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    As promised we made it rain stickers.. Not many people were catching the stickers, so we flooded the floors with stickers. In the end though, there was not a single sticker left. #stickerhungry

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    Thanks for reppin Chelsea!

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    This Wekfest I saw a lot of crazy VIP builds and not the ones where they just have suspension, wheels and a JP knot. Real VIP builds with crazy attention to detail such as this LS460. I wish I had more time to fully check out all the VIP cars at the show, but my mind was rushing all over the place.

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    Another crazy VIP car is Sean from JDM Palace’s LS430. So VIP that the car gets chauffeured around.

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    Spotted Lance and Anthony sharing an outlet. A very romantic moment in WFC bromance history.

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    Never personally met Hieu, but I’ve met his car several times so I guess we’re friends? I love the color of his car and how the Work Meisters make his car look so bright and shiny.

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    Ojay’s Laker themed Previa. One of the few boss Vans out there.

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    Thanks for reppin’ Ojay!

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    Flew by the Fatlace booth and spotted Kenny working the booth.

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    Next to the Fatlace booth was Joey’s booth. I did a drive by shooting and got some pretty cute head shots of him.

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    Facebook profile worthy.

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    Still ridiculous every time I see this engine bay by Rywire. It makes me want to attempt this on the SC400, but knowing me I probably don’t have the patience or money for it.

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    Finally got to see Elvis’s LS400 in person. Looks just as crazy in person as it does in photos and with the new Work Meisters it is definitely one of my favorite LS400s right now.

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    Futura brakes and Work Meisters are the definition of baller.

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    Michael Mao’s award winning NSX. Not going to be surprised if he came home with a couple of awards.

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    ATS Garage brought the heat with all of their builds. A lineup that would make all the Honda fanboys scream like little girls.

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    Evasive FRS with a huge crowd around it.

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    Dat and Jenn Q at the Fatlace booth.

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    Yogi and Kathrina.

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    A fish eye shot of the fisheye master, DJ Murdok.

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    A good looking bunch of guys. All homo.

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    The Stance Lab Mercedes on Work Cr- Ultimates.

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    The red car and white wheel combo is a classic on a car.

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     This was definitely interesting.

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    Supermodel Rica was annoyed with me taking photos of her without setting up a session with her manager. Sorry. #nomorefreephotos

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     Pandora One.

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    The oh so shiny EGarage RWB.

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     The moving mirror.

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    Rootbeer CRZ.

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    Sandra Wong signing some posters.

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    Oh hai.

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    Hayle wanted some real photos, so she put on the serious face and did some serious modeling.

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    I call this the “wheel stepper”.

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     The seriousness didn’t last long and the flamingo pose was back.

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    The Futura LS430 is probably one of the most godly VIP builds in the U.S. Everything from the headliner to the brakes makes me want to sell my soul so I could build a car of this caliber.

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    I guess this is the Subaru version of Elvis’s LS400.

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    Another shot of the Root Beer.

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    Our new friend David was nice enough to show with us at Wekfest. Thanks David!

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    Ariana Grande.

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    A more race car version of the Liberty Walk M3 with race tires and a long front splitter.

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    Courtney’s cool F30. I learned from her that all female tuners seem to know each other.

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    Dennis with his “take a shot with me” face.

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    Sweet drift S13.

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    Mark Arcenal’s Nissan Quest has come along way since I first saw it at Sema last year. One of my favorite VIP vans over here on the West Coast . I’m not just saying that because he’s my boss too.

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     Salem’s TSX.

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    All gold everything.

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    Aired out IS. I gotta step my game up next year..

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     Another shot of the Evasive FRS.

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    A shot of the venue when everyone left and the awards were being announced.

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    A rare photo of myself in my own camera.

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    Girls are always on the phone, never knowing what could be happening around them..

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    Jeff”s “I’d eat it” face.

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    Brandon not enjoying the butt sex from Vinh.

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    No sun, guns are still out.

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    Actually ready for a photo.

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     Out of nowhere a lesbian sex scene began..

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    Cheek to cheek… so sensual..

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     The fam waiting for the awards to be over..

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    Congrats to Vinh for taking home 3rd best Subaru of the show and apparently the whole nation as well, that’s what the announcer said so we’re sticking to that story.

    There is about 130 more photos in the gallery, so be sure to check it out too! Tomorrow, we’re going to have a special post with some cool photos taken of the Wekfest roll out. Make sure you come back to check it out!

  • Wekfest San Jose 2013 | The Journey

    Wekfest San Jose 2013 | The Journey

    After attending last year’s Wekfest in San Francisco, we were convinced that we had to be at the next one with a booth and some of our cars. Unfortunately, we were not able to bring out all of our cars because of the limited space this year. We were suppose to bring about 15 cars, but we were limited to 5. Oh wells. This year we decided to get a rental and cruise it up to norcal like real pimps.  Thanks to Jeremy for hooking it up on the rape van. Unfortunately, none of our cars from socal were rolling up. Three out of five cars were already in norcal and the other two were in Santa Barbara and Las Vegas, so no cool rolling shots 🙁

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    Royal Origin’s bang bus.

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    A lot of hoodratstuff took place in this van. It is best if we did not talk about it.

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    Long road ahead of us.

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    Shavi is like a fucking robot when he drives. Drove 6 hours and was not phased at all. After the drive, we played monopoly deals until 5 am.

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    We reached Vinh’s house at like 2 AM. He was in his garage getting Ariana (His Subaru) ready for tomorrow.

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    Ariana without her face on.

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    She sure has some pretty expensive shoes.

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    Late nights doing hoodratstuff.

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    While Vinh was prepping his car, we were hard at work setting things up for our booth.

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    2 hours later, Gerald pulled up to Vinh’s house and began his Wekfest prep. He was using sloppy’s Mugen M7’s for the crazy drive from Las Vegas. We ended up throwing on the curb for the trash man to take it.

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    This was my first time seeing the root beer on the Work CR-01s. Fitment was on point like always and wheels did a great contrast to the paint.

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    Our new friends, JDM Chemicals gave us some stuff to help wash our cars. Be sure to check out their products, quality stuff! www.jdmchemicals.com

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    Wet Root Beer.

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    Getting that Trizzex in the mix.

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    Getting every inch of the car clean as Gerald’s butt hole.

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    JDM Chemicals.

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    Good enough… It’ll dry when he hits V-tec.

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    Engine bay shots with a fish eye looks so cool.

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    Ryan Gold woke up late, so the whole crew had to put in work on his car. While I supervised..

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    Jason Lau a San Francisco native showed with us.

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    John Park’s “It’s too early for this shit” face.

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    Back in the driver seat after a 2 hour nap. Shavi the mother fucking robot.

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    We were anticipating a gang of cars to be lined up for roll in, but apparently our time was for vendors only. Pretty slammed S14 on Work Eurolines cruising up.

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    FFTEC Motorsports Porsche with a 930 turbo engine.

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    Mark Arcenal’s RWB 911 with a new set of Work Brombacher.

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    Cars starting to roll in.

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    BeBe Layne’s Subaru wagon on Work VS-XXs.

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    Evasive trailer-ed some pretty awesome cars such as the Evasive FRS.

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    A 2014 IS250, can’t wait for what the future has in store for this car.

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    A Rocket Bunny FRS was on the trailer too.

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    David’s GTR, he was also nice enough to show his car with us. Thanks David!

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    Ryan’s EVO, this car should look pretty crazy in the future.

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    Keith couldn’t make it to Wekfest with his IS300, so Jason bought some VS-KFs just so we wouldn’t miss his car too much.

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    Jeff enjoying that cracker a little too much..

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    Sensual eyes.

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    “No paparazzi, please talk to my manager for business inquiries” -Jeff.

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    How are you still up? Lol..

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    Ariana with her make up on and looking real good.

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    Jason’s IS300, check out that rear tuck.

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    I see Hako everyday at Illest OC. Weird to see it outside of the shop.

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    The S14 from earliery. So refreshing..

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    Another sick Subie wagon on Work Meisters. Whatever that kit is, it looks really good.

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    Mr. Calitri aka dual car mbn lifestyle showed up with his IS-F also on Work Meisters.

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    Damn, is it me or all cars look 100 times better when lowered?

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    After we got everything set up, we hit up one of our favorite spots to eat in Milipitas. Pepper Lunch.

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    Vinh checking out Levy Tran’s booty. It got us real hungry.

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    No more booty stalking, Rica’s here..

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    Shavi about to annihilate this plate. It was his first time and he is now a fan!

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    As I type this caption, I am trying to eat my computer screen.

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    Good food with good people.

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    On our way to the hotel, we decided to see why girl’s love selfies so much. I will now be taking selfies of myself every hour. Hopefully I get more followers on instagram.

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    Our little hip hotel equipped with a bar and cute Asian front desk attendant.

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    We stayed at the San Jose Hilton which was connected to the convention center, so there were a lot of cool cars in our parking structure.

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    After we checked in, the group decided to go do tourist’s stuff in San Francisco. We picked up this little weirdo on the way..

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    More selfies.. I’m addicted.

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    Getting turnt up on a strawberrygita.

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    and it was all yellow..

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    Spotted a sick IS300 in the streets of the pier.

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    A caravan of segways.

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    She always gives me the weirdest smiles.

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    Keith on the other hand always looks dapper as fuck.

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    Not really sure why, but I really like this blurry photo of Hayle. Probably because it’s blurry.

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    Oh and we picked up Jay too, who was going to be on modeling at our booth.

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    Her and Hayle are weird.

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    Ryan and Jenny finally getting their clam chowder fix.

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    John Park taking pictures of a pigeon who later attacked hm.

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    Deep fried goodness.

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    Damn, I wanted in on this selfie.

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    The crane pose while holding a purse with your thigh.

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    Hayle is a fun person to hang out with. She is always laughing and twerking.

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    The things people do for money. He should take his act to Vegas or something. I’m sure a lip singing silver robot will do really well there.

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    I’m sure Jeff wanted an emo photo.

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    Not to self. Don’t let a photographer drive.

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    Busy and crowded.

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    The dense fog of Northern California. Check back tomorrow for coverage of the show. Thanks for reading!