TOMS

Ever since I found out about this amazing company TOMS I’ve been dying to get my hands on a pair.  Finally I’ve got my TOMS.  Their mission is to simply provide shoes to those in need in 3rd world countries.  I always wanted the classic slip ons; but I decided to go with the Cordones style in grey.  I must say that I’m extremely impressed with the packaging and extras that come with the shoes.  In the box you get a TOMS flag, sticker, and a bracelet with a copy of a hand written letter from Blake himself.  This is great marketing and branding in the simplest form.

All pictures are taken by yours truly.

Time Magazines limited edition Osama Bin Laden

66 years ago Time Magazine did this for the day Adolf Hitler was killed

On Thursday May 5th they will be releasing this cover.

JAPAN.

I opened the Project 6 store early in effort to help with the relief effort.   Order your Japan shirt now! 100% of the proceeds will be donated! Please show support and pass the word along.

http://www.Project6.Bigcartel.com

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NYC TIme Lapse Video

By: videographer Mindrelic

Dear Michael, Love, Spike Lee

This is a letter that Spike Lee wrote to Michael Jackson after his passing.

October 10, 2009

Dearest Michael,

Last week I made a pilgrimage to your birthplace, Gary, Indiana. I stood inside your family’s modest three-bedroom home on 2300 Jackson Street. I felt the magic. It started there, nine kids plus your parents, jam packed, livin’ on top of each other pursuing The American Dream. For this alone 2300 Jackson should be declared a National Landmark. One has to go back to the beginning to clearly see the entire journey. Gary, Steel town, Midwest, blue collar, hard workin’, hard livin’, great work ethic and simple basic values. It’s there early where you learned ‘you had to sing and dance like your life depended on it’ which it did. You and your family made the dream a reality. But as we all finally learn (sooner or later) dreams have costs and costs have consequences. I truly cherish the short time we worked together, visiting my home in Brooklyn, huggin’ and kissin’ my newborn daughter Satchel, as if she was your own daughter, our fantastic journey to Brazil to shoot the video for ‘THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT US.’ I regret never getting to inform you that our video was directly responsible for the great film CITY OF GOD being conceived and made. Michael, your life touched people the world over you will never know. Michael, I’m one year older than you, we grew up together. I had my Afro just like you. I wanted to be like you. Wanted the cute girls to fawn over me the way they did you (the girls were not going for it. They’d rather make goo-goo eyes at your pictures plastered all over their bedroom.) At that young age I had no notion of what I wanted to do in my life. You made me see the possibilities even though I could not sing or dance a lick despite coming from a musical family. You, Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon showed us the way. You guys were young Black boys like us. Upon us was a new day, a new world and it’s on us to make the most of it. In closing Michael, you checked out of here way, way too soon but while you walked this earth in your physical form you changed it. You changed the World, changed the Game forever.

May you rest eternally in Peace.

Love,

Spike Lee

P.S. Brooklyn luvs ya!

Vacation

So I haven’t been posting in a while.  Partially because I was in Chicago for a wedding, and decided to take a little break from the blog world.  I’ve got another blog called Project Style; which I’m trying to figure out what i want to focus with on that.  It’s probably going to be more fashion driven, and stepintomyshoes will be just about anything I want.  So stay posted.  Labor Day weekend is coming up, and I’ll be hitting up Fashion Night Out in NYC!!! So stay tuned!

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Vintage Limited Levi’s 501

Peep out these limited edition Levi’s 501 “Heath” denim.  Named Heath after the student who discovered them in a mining town.  These look super comfortable and perfect for any denim fanatic.  Available via Levis Japan.

Nike Pinnacle Flagship store in Mexico

This is 1897 which is Nike’s new pinnacle flagship store in Guadalajara, Mexico.  All I have to say is that this is what retail should be all about.  Just look at how everything is carefully placed; and all the textures and space in the store.  Kudos to Nike!

RECYCLE just not the CAPS

Ok, so with global warming becoming more of a concern with everyone in the world; I bet many of you did not know this.  At least I didn’t;  YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TOPS OF THE PLASTIC BOTTLES BEFORE YOU RECYLCE!  All this time that I been recylcing i did not know this.

Plastic Lids and Plastic Containers Don’t Mix
“Just about any plastic can be recycled,” says Signe Gilson, Waste Diversion Manager for Seattle-based CleanScapes, one of the West Coast’s leading “green” solid waste and recycling collectors, “but when two types are mixed, one contaminates the other, reducing the value of the material or requiring resources to separate them before processing.”

Recycling Plastic Lids and Caps May Pose Dangers to Workers
Also, plastic caps and lids can jam processing equipment at recycling facilities, and the plastic containers with tops still on them may not compact properly during the recycling process. They can also present a safety risk for recycling workers.

“Most plastic bottles are baled for transport, and if they don’t crack when baled the ones with tightly fastened lids can explode when the temperature increases,” Gilson says.

So recycle seperately and check with your local government for concerns.

Either way lets be GREENER!