Patrick Spears

We only stayed in Amsterdam for 2 nights, so we weren’t able to see everything. I definitely will be back though. I have never been anywhere with such a relaxing environment and laid-back culture. Until next time…

With my brothers:

Backpack: Jordan
Hat: Supreme
Sunglasses: Tom Ford ‘Campbell’
Camera: Nikon d7000
Watch: Michael Kors
Pants: Levi’s 521
Wallet: Louis Vuitton
Passport
Books: Rick Steve’s Best of Europe 2012 and Merriam-Webster’s French-English Dictionary
Gadgets: iPhone and MacBook Pro
Shoes: Air Jordan III “Black/Cement”

I feel my iPhone vibrate as I’m pulling into my garage from watching the Heat defeat the Celtics in game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Buffalo Wild Wings. After I park I feel my phone vibrate. So I pull my phone out to surprisingly see the Twitter notification from NikeStore that reads, “#NewRelease The Air Yeezy II (Black/Solar Red and Pure Platinum) are now available on NikeStore”. Due to the random late night online releases of the Yeezy I’s I honestly wasn’t expecting the II’s to release online the same day as their store release. But of course I clicked the link on my phone and selected my size 9.5 of the black/solar reds to put them in my cart. I was too late though. The servers had already crashed due to the heavy volume of traffic. Within a minute I was upstairs on my Macbook to see if I would have better luck from a computer. I got my sizes and added them to my cart. After what seemed like forever of blank “loading” screens and “site maintenance” my cart shows up with both colorways in my size. It seemed too good to be true, but I had futile hope. Throughout the entire fiasco I was on the phone with/texting my boys BJ, Dany, and Tayo because we were all trying to get pertinent info on the best way to handle the crashed servers based off of each others experience. I continually try to checkout and the page won’t load. After about 5-6 times of refreshing, a new page comes up and I get this (smh):From “lurking” on my favorite sneaker forum it seemed that almost everyone trying to get their hands on a pair online experienced a similar situation. Oh Nike I have been so loyal, for so long. All I wanted was one of each colorway. Next time just send them to me pre-release please. Thanks!

12/31/11(Photography by: Russell Carpenter)

8/27/11
Little Five Points
Atlanta, GA