Two alerts today:
Police Alert-
ROBBERY FORCE & VIOLENCE_1901 HOURS_1100 G ST NE_LOOKOUT FOR 2 B/MS, BLACK NORTHFACE JACKETS HOLDING A BOTTLE OF WINE LAST SEEN EAST BOUND ON 13TH ST NE DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/EVENT #I20100058423
Sent on: 02/03 19:05
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Important Alert from DCRSAN
ROBBERY FORCE/VIOLENCE _ 1711HRS @ 700 B/O L,ANGSTON TER NE LOF B/M DK CLOTHING BLK PANTS BLK SHIRT JACKET W/HOOD BLUE OR BLK DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/EVENT#I20100058228
Sent on: 02/03 17:17
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18 comments:
How can someone be *eastbound* on 13th Street NE?
Anyway, a question for those more up-to-date than I: in a lot of these crime alerts, the perps are described as wearing North Face jackets. Are they referring to a style of jacket (presumably a style that originated from or was popularized by the North Face, hence describing them that way)? Or do they actually mean a jacket manufactured and sold by the North Face, logo and all? If the latter, how in the hell did jackets from the North Face -- typically designed for mountaineering or other winter outdoor sports, and very expensive -- get popular?
Ghetto gangsta' - they want what you already have my friend.
same thing with Timberland boots.
There's gonna be a rapper soon called "No'face" or something like that.
Yesterday while parking my car a red, early 90’s, low riding, banged up Cadillac with no license plates pulls up beside me. Inside were 3 young black males, dark clothing, with the vibrating boom-boom music. Should I have been afraid? I was. Turns out they had pulled up beside me to park behind me.
Proper parallel parking techniques are nothing to joke about.
Anon 12:05 am,
it's the same reason you see people rocking a full leisure suit made out of Gucci handbag material. If it's expensive, it must be classy. And God knows we all strive to at least look classy (even if our behavior suggests otherwise).
I love the Tom A. No'face handle!
Anonymous 8:32,
if you didn't have the good sense to throw those guys your keys and run for the front door, you may just be a moron! That's what I would have done given the same set of facts. Heck, I would have done that even if they were a group of emminem wannabes rolling in a beat up caddy with no plates, but that's no surprise because I'm a chicken $hit!
my roommate :(
i would be afraid that a beat up caddy is going to use all the fossil fuels i need for my beat up pick up.
tonyt
But, I wouldn't expect it to be enough that it's expensive. I mean, spacesuits are expensive too; but there's no momentum behind spacesuit-chic. There's nothing particularly glamorous about the way a North Face Mountain Light park looks, nor is there intended to be -- it's not so much an expensive piece of clothing as an expensive tool, intended to help keep you comfortable (or even simply alive) under adverse conditions. It just strikes me as odd that of all the things that would become popular as fashion, it'd be that.
Unless Nordstrom or Bloomingdale's has signed a merchandising agreement with NASA I think your spacesuit example is a bad one. We're talking about expensive clothing here, not expensive anything someone can put on their body, regardless of whether it is publicly available. Same reason why everyone wants a Beemer or a Benz and not some sort of space vehicle. Now this all changes if Bill Gates, Jay Z or some other big money baller is able to purchase a street legal lunar rover. Then you'll see everyone trying to get one, including me!
I'd have been more afraid if the beater had West Virginia tags. Then you'd know the ruffians inside were true monsters, and not just posers in North Face jackets. (btw - all the cool elitist white people wear Mountain Hardwear or Marmot)
tonyt:
I'd be afraid that if your beat up pickup runs out of gas, there won't be any hot cider left.
Anon 12:05...
You must not be a caps fan, otherwise you would know space suits ARE all the rage.
http://capitalsoutsider.com/2009/12/11/fan-of-the-game-an-astronaut/
Just bought two gallons of cider for the upcoming weather event.
Tonyt
Tony -- rumor has it that some places on H are having sales Sat/Sun, scaling discount with snow depth? Any info?
Here is a link re: the drink specials tomorrow:
http://hstreetgreatstreet.blogspot.com/2010/02/let-it-snow-so-we-can-drink-for-cheap.html
North Face is on its way out. Spyder is the new, if not yet as popular thing.
Spyder isnt just outdoor gear. It is uber white yuppy SKI wear. Not snowboarding or cool x-games skiing, but ski racing gear. Like Dumb and Dumber ski wear. Like pizza, french fry, Tad, Stan Darsh, Aspen ski wear. Like...
If you pizza when you should have french fried, you're going to have a bad time. No matter what ridiculous gear you may be sporting. DARSH!
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