Happy New Year!!

This year, my resolution is to, wait for it… finally go back to the gym. I haven’t gone in over 2 months…. I lie and tell myself that it’s only been 3 weeks, but it’s been a while. Anyhow, we’re now January 8th and that since I got Habibi to renew my membership last week – I know I know, I couldn’t even bother going to renew it myself… But I finally found my way back… although, in all honesty, I haven’t actually gone back yet because I’ve been really busy. But my schedule finally cleared up so, as of next week, I’ll be going back to the gym.

All that to say that this resolution sent me into a total frenzy: I needed new sneakers. The ones I trained in 3 weeks – ahem, 2 months ago are still in good shape, but what can I say: new year, new gear. So I enlisted the help of my brother. Not that he has any particular skills when it comes to training – he doesn’t even go to the gym. No. My brother is just highly skilled at buying sneakers. He’s what the cool kids call a sneakerhead: the type of obsessive sneaker collector who sees no issue in buying the same pair of sneakers twice, but never ends up wearing one or the other; for whom size is nothing more than a number – as in a size 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5 or 11 will do – because he knows that some sneakers were only really meant to be admired, not to be worn; who will wait 5 years before wearing that pair of Foamposite he tracked all the way down at that Flight Club on Fairfax Avenue; and finally, who always has a spare pair of sneakers in the trunk – just in case they end up calling for rain later.

So anyways, we ended up at Foot Locker, staring at a wall of sneakers and he says to me: “Everyone has been raving about adidas’s new Boost technology. They’re not my jam but you should try them on”. They really didn’t look that special to me, but they were on sale so I added them to the pile of sneakers I planned on trying on: women’s Nike Free 5.0 and Free TR Flyknit; women’s adidas Boost, kid’s Kevin Durant 8 – I was really all over the place. And yet, the Boost won. And just like that a new obsession was born.

Great comfort and minimalist with a touch of nerdiness – what’s not to love?

Women’s Pure Boost Chill Shoes – adidas

Pure Boost Chill Shoes – adidas

Oh and if they seem to look familiar, it’s because they are. Remember these:

Yeezy Boost 350 – adidas

But now of course, I’m left waiting more. And by more, I mean the adidas NMD.

adidas NMD
Photo by Arthur Hur

NMD – adidas
Photo by Arthur Hur

NMD – adidas
Photo by Arthur Hur

I don’t even know if they’re still available, if they come in women sizes – all I know is that I gave my brother a clear mission: FIND ME THESE SNEAKERS.

Oh, and by the way, I still have to find a new pair of sneakers for the gym, because, while my Boosts are no Yeezys, they are nevertheless way too cute to be worn solely at the gym.

Happy shopping!