T h u r s d a y , M a y 2 8 , 2 0 0 9Keith, Mikey, Ira and I hit San Francisco the past few days. Left PDX at 7pm on Sunday and pulled into the Capital City around 4amish and crashed at my mom's place....
Made it to SF a few hours later Monday morning...checked into the spot and were off to see the city....Ira's first time in SF. (Somehow?)
Skechers thanks soccer moms nationwide. TWO STORY flagship.....
This place is impressive every time. Too bad the stores are everymallamerica.
WAY TO GO CHAMPS.
Tried on the AnswerXII...surprisingly a damn comfy shoe...gonna have to grab a pair soon...
Felt a bit softer than these...but I made it through Monday/Tuesday in 'em...
(Shout outs to the kid that stopped me on the street to tell me I was crazy for wearing $1000 Marty McFly Hyperdunks...)
Apparently in the depths of the mall there's an upscale food court. (Thanks for the recommendation Jenny.) Being that I exclusively eat a meal that involves the phrase "double orange chicken" when in a mall setting...I was a bit thrown off....but the tri-tip sandwich & salad were withstandable I guess.
We had a photoshoot planned for 2:30 w/ the Bay kids from the SC Forums so we had to get a move on it. Ira didn't go for the 3-More-Stellas-Beforehand idea.....no spirit that guy...
Keith held it down with the photos....which'll be in the upcoming August Issue...
About 20 or so heads came through...but for some reason these 2 dudes on the left got all WDYWT'd out and got shy once the time came to get a pic....so I made sure to catch them in an awkward candid pic instead....GOTCHA!
Threw everyone some issues for putting up with us...
Meanwhile...across the street was one of our Forums' longtime collectors, Joe, who was ALREADY in line for the MVP VI and Tan Yeezys....
This was on MONDAY. He also had the most impressive line chair I've ever seen. It fully reclined and had a built-in head pillow. Dude is a pro.
Sending some stuff his way for sure...that's just straight dedication...
Then had to check out Niketown...apparently aka THE OFFICIAL HOME OF STREETWEAR....
If that Ira character still did those insanely popular Streetwear Grading Systems you'd get more joy out of the three above photos...but keep your fingers crossed and maybe you'll get a joyous surprise this weekend....
From there we caught the Nuggets/Lakers game at some overpriced joint called Cha Cha Cha's down the street from us and hit the bar world tour of the Mission District...
I'm telling you Ira...tequila is TERRIBLE.
-Nick
1 comment:
I had lots of thoughts while reading this:
1. Fish eye never lets me down
2. If a sketchers flagship store can survive I really have a poor understanding of the industry
3. That mall looks like it was made to be photographed with the fish eye
4. I might boycott champs for obvious reasons
5. What did the Bay think of Keith's Blazers/Angels hat?
6. That dude Joe is incredibly dedicated
7. The Nike street wear team needs someone to immediately change their strategy. A company with this many resources should not be on par with "Red Tops" we definitely need a review Ira
8. How disappointed were the Bay kids when they didn't get to see their idol, A POWERS
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