Let's Kick It

This is a post I meant to do a week ago.

I found this place called Stil online before I left for Vienna. I sort of stumbled upon it while I was looking for an old GQ article, but thats besides the point. The point is I went there, and it was resplendent; I just learned a new word! Heres the story from the beginning.
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the water. (Gen 1:1-2) Brief aside, if the earth was void and with out form, how was there water, seeing as to hold oceans the earth must have had some form?
ANYWAY, at some point after that Matt had to get a power converter so he could charge his computer. John and I decided to come alone and we ended up at a monstrosity of electrical store/mall call Saturn (Austrians say it funny). In Saturn i realized we were mere blocks away from Stil: The Viennese center for kicks and street culture! Matt and John begrudgingly agreed to come complaining and speculating about the stores lameness the whole way there. But once we walked in that changed. It was sweet. I really like the minimalist aesthetic that most of these types of stores have. Simple and clean lines, mostly white. It serves well to highlight the shoes I guess but it also makes the place feel very open, clean and inviting. I found these shoes which I want. And I will probably buy them soon.
I refer to them as gateway kicks. Sneakers that serve as an entrance into the realm of actually caring about my sneakers as an element of style and may eventually lead to more adventurous shoes like these.but probably not. we'll just have to see.

stay tuned for more info about my shoes and i guess vienna too.
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