hot whites
posted by Villain at 12:50 PM
Tangiers - Shoestrings
a few weeks back, i went looking for a pair of vans for a most near-and-dear compatriot. melrose sportie la - my personal idealized version of star shoes - let me down just a bit but only in the most taoist kind of way (todays misfortune being the seeds to tomorrows rise and all). i bought her a pair of red and white checkered vans which, thankfully, didn't quite fit. i'd only gone to sportie because kicks on larchmont closed 15 minutes early and i wasn't in the mood to bust down a glass door to swipe the hot pink and black vans in a 6 (or was it a 7?) ... anyway, after the near-and-dear and i played a quick round of cinderella with the red-and-whites outside earl, it was determined that the slippers would have to go back. this lead to a store credit at sportie. needless to say, a day later i hit up kicks before they locked their doors to pick up the hotties in pink and black and dropped them off over at cinderella's (the girl, not the hair band). "but what happened to that store credit" you ask? ahhhh, well... the store credit became a pair of optical white low top chucks. not just chucks, but genuine made-in-the-usa chucks. golden ticket style.
this morning as i dragged my bike downstairs for the first time in weeks to ride to work in a thin layer of post thunder storm heat, white chucks on my feet, i couldn't help but smile at the prospect of scuffing up a new set of chucks.
there's nothing like watching the story take shape on some shiny white canvas all stars.
a few weeks back, i went looking for a pair of vans for a most near-and-dear compatriot. melrose sportie la - my personal idealized version of star shoes - let me down just a bit but only in the most taoist kind of way (todays misfortune being the seeds to tomorrows rise and all). i bought her a pair of red and white checkered vans which, thankfully, didn't quite fit. i'd only gone to sportie because kicks on larchmont closed 15 minutes early and i wasn't in the mood to bust down a glass door to swipe the hot pink and black vans in a 6 (or was it a 7?) ... anyway, after the near-and-dear and i played a quick round of cinderella with the red-and-whites outside earl, it was determined that the slippers would have to go back. this lead to a store credit at sportie. needless to say, a day later i hit up kicks before they locked their doors to pick up the hotties in pink and black and dropped them off over at cinderella's (the girl, not the hair band). "but what happened to that store credit" you ask? ahhhh, well... the store credit became a pair of optical white low top chucks. not just chucks, but genuine made-in-the-usa chucks. golden ticket style.
this morning as i dragged my bike downstairs for the first time in weeks to ride to work in a thin layer of post thunder storm heat, white chucks on my feet, i couldn't help but smile at the prospect of scuffing up a new set of chucks.
there's nothing like watching the story take shape on some shiny white canvas all stars.
