When are we gonna get another S.F.U. tour on the calendar? How about 08.30.08? I think that will be a great day to come up on some real ‘Back 2 School’ deals that the ‘hood spots are always known for. I’m sure Dr. Jay’s will have some general release butters on their $20 tables. Dr. Jay’s holds you down when the economy is fucked the fuck up.
I took a mission on Saturday to patrol Jamaica Avenue to see who had it for cheap. My real goal was to hit up the V.I.M. store on the Ave. These folks boast the best prices on general release NIKE shoes anywhere on the Ave. Jamaica Avenue is another one of the city’s great ‘hood retail destinations. You can get anything imaginable that Black kids are into wearing right now.
The patty shop on 164th stay with a line always…
When I was a kid it used to be the jewman that ran the Ave. Now its the Hindurabic dudes and Koreans. They are both a lot harder to negotiate with than the Israelis. If the Palestinian conflict had been brokered by the Israeli sneaker dealers that shit would have been over. Hamas might have spent more than they thought they would, but they would have left the shop with a free fitted cap. But I digress…
Take the F train to 169th Street (one stop before the last) or take the E train to the last stop. The hub of activity is the outside of the bus terminal on 164th Street. The street is a pedestrian walkway during the day. You can enter the Colosseum mall on 164th Street. This was the ‘hoods first indoor mall. A lot of kids got their first leather jacket from the Colosseum mall. A lot of kids got their leather jacket vicked for the first time at the Colosseum mall as well.
Jamaica Avenue is a crossroads for African Americans like nowhere else in the city. All kinds of levels of income, education and class overlap each other on the daily. The subways and the buses link hardscrabble southern Queens neighborhoods like Baisley Park and Ozone Park with well-heeled ‘hoods like Floral Park, Long Island. Eastern Queens meets East New York and so on and so forth. Jamaica Avenue was also where you could meet the finest women in the world. This is where I bagged up the grey-green eyes from Elmont and Rosedale. These chicks were not only the baddest evar, but their parents had homes with carpeted basements. If you bagged up a chick from one of the Five Towns you could effin’ retire.
My missions to scoop chicks on the Ave are long gone. The foxy lady that I am looking for today is a pair of kicks that makes me wanna copp ’em. V.I.M. had a few deals but nothing too crazy. You know they are an official ‘hood spot because the signage over their front door has been broken for years. They were holding the Wildwood ACG x AF-1’s for a nice price – $69.99. Too bad I don’t fucks with AF-1’s like that. I would copp the Mowabb ACG x AF-1 collabo for that price though.
*Reminder: I wonder what the Vault is doing with those Mowabb AF-1’s?*
Since the Ave didn’t hold anything today that I wanted to squeeze off my grip on I made a move across Queens to one of my old stomping grounds called Jackson Heights. This is the ‘hood where you can get that chica Colombiana or that chica blanca. The only drug I came to copp today though is the high I get from smelling a crispy pair still in the box. You folks already know how I get down for some colorful shit. SprintII had just the shit the addict was looking for.
I’m gonna call these my NIKE SB ‘Cherry Garcias’.
These joints are so fresh they even come with their own soundtrack.
TOMMY ROE – ‘Dizzy’
I was feeling myself[ll] since I found some fresh kicks , so I also got a shape up too.
You can hate me now.
Fresh Fade to the Fresh Fade to the Fresh Kicks…
You Win!
I’ll be in your city on Thursday! Holla!!!!
Nothing like some kicks and a fade……everybody’s crazy for a sharp dressed man right?
And what’s up with THOSE patties? That line is crazy.
D, I’ll be in the A, Labor Day weekend so I can’t make the SFU run… but I’m always down for the get down and THANKS FOR THE CLUBBER LANGS!!!!
A patty ain’t a patty if it isnt prepared with cocoa bread & mozzarella cheese fresh from the oven.
Cheese on a patty? Never heard of that.
Co-sign with P-Matik, that joint sounds like a bombaclot grilled cheese!
To anyone down here in FLA, shoe-tacular going on at Covert this Saturday.
Keep in mind that Marvelous is a Bronx chick. Them fools put ketchup on fried rice.
Thats why we iNternets Celebrities fucks with the Bronx hardbody.
I like those SB’s.
There’s a jamaican spot on Gun Hill Road that’s pretty brolic. I forget the name though.
Yo Dallas, what did them Tie Dye SB’s run ya? I been on the fence about them shits for the last week. I copped the wheat/bronze joints last week. The ACG-AF-1 Wildwoods for 69$ Damn, is that the purp/grey/yellow ones?
@ P-Matik + nerditry:
Don’t knock that crack until you try it. Yeah i said it…crack.
@ BXS:
I’ve witnessed BBQ sauce on pork fried rice. I couldn’t consume that shit. I rather drink bath water.
Man, I wish I had a blogspot that kept me glued to the streetz like mike jones at the ozone in LA…DP gon ahead and launch DPLA.com we already got the Manny watch (II)…good drop…I need a good shoe shop with dr.j’s recession easy prices for some hoop kicks…depressed*
Yes those SB’zeez are F-R-E-S-H yo thats Fresh!!!!!!!!!!
Shit DP, looks like you won today.
Them SB’s are slightly fuckin with the Olympic colourway too.
Gotta find em…
found them clubber langs a couple weeks ago and last sat. found the goldmine in the A maad different flavor sb’s…………….I’ll be in NY for this weekend though, checking on a couple exclusive spots i got up there
…no cheese pon the patties, but the cocoa bread + patty = good to go.
Cherry Garcias are fresh, though.
@ Enigmatik + everyone who objects to my crack:
You guys don’t know what your missing & must be living under a rock.
i should take a picture while i eat beef patty w/ mozz cheese & cocoa bread. ive been rocking that hard body since the ’90s.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nahh man
If you hold off just one day… ONE… I might be able to make it…
I get back in the country on the 29th, spend some time with the old fam and then head back to CT on the afternoon of the 31st…
if i cant make this joint though (I will probably have just copped mad gear up in Beijing courtesy of the crew) i am in already [||] for a September or October volume of SFU.
JayPlus,
The SB’s were $80. I know that is more than the $40 I love to copp my Dunks for but fugg it.
ReadyRoc,
You gon’ have to plug me to that spot in the ‘A’ [ll].
R.Diddy,
Don’t get too depressed pimpin’ When the NYC spots charge me $40 for Dunks I will ship to L.A. for only $50. That ain’t too bad. That dope boy Meka Soul has copped a couple of pairs from me like this.
Dallas I got you, when you coming back to town? I’m in NY for a quick dip thru this weekend to work on a video out in BK. Tryin to peep some new leathers and get my early winter shit on while I’m there……….I got a couple peeps already pulling me different directions, but I definitely plan to hit ALife,Reedspace and Boundless as well as some of my favorite hood spots while I’m there……hopefully my favorite lil’ half dominican half puerto rican chick is working in Laguardia when I land….one of the things I love seein is the donkey she got behind her. It’s always a warm welcome for the kid when I get back to NY.
Mo…stay deh a chat foolishness inna me ears…
no cheese pon my patties. a’right.
40’s Portable Food – “Now Ciphers”
Cheese on a beef patty (Get yuself a Yankee bwoy burger then! Cheese fi honly belong pon BUN tuh raas!!!)
Ketchup/Ranch dressing on pizza
Mustard rolling solo on a hamburger
Rainbow Sprinkles on chocolate Mr. Softee ice cream cones
more to come…
there it iz…thats a win DP..yall new yorkers kill me beefin over the right recipes…yall yonkers, er, bonkers…i need to take a vacation (no jeezy) and see what im missin up thurr
I’m down for the next SFU tour.