Aloha Kicks Fit: Would This Work?
Would have to wait until 2024 for this combination but would this pairing work?
Guardians of the Galaxy Reyn Spooner shirt (available now).
Nike Foamposites “Galaxy” supposedly coming back in 2024.
Passion
Waiting for the Wie Waves
As Michelle Wie West winds down her competitive days with the LPGA, she’s wearing personalized Air Jordan 1 High “Waves” golf shoes in her last US Open. The design is kinda out there, but there are a lot of ties to Michelle’s life represented.
According to Michelle’s Instagram post, these shoes should have released on “Wednesday,” but no specific Wednesday was specified. Will have to keep watching for them.
Aloha Kicks Fit: Up Next…
Not even two weeks since I picked up the South Park aloha shirt from Reyn Spooner did they release another banger. This time, it’s small kid time memories with Ultraman. While I was more of a Kamen Rider and Kikaida fan, Ultraman as a design for an aloha shirt? It’s a must have.
But what shoes would I pair with this sagebrush reverse print? In some ways, the chutney colorway of the KITH x New Balance 998 Frank Lloyd Wright shares similar hues of red, greens, and tan.
But since I already have the apricot colorway, I don’t have this chutney variation. Based on color name similiarity alone, there’s the Joe Fresh Goods and New Balance 993 Performance Art.
But this sage color way is more green than blue/teal of the aloha shirt design. The Arctic Blue colorway is a closer match but still not quite right. The search for matching kicks continues…
Maybe the Salehe Bembury Water Be Thy Guide NB2002R?
Aloha Kicks Fit: South Park x KITH NB
My most recent aloha shirt and kicks outfit is this South Park design from Reyn Spooner paired with a KITH New Balance Frank Lloyd Wright collab. The New Balance is in the orange/apricot colorway.
Here’s the unfiltered view in bad lighting, followed by an IG filtered version.
I think the orange and green hues of the shoes pair nicely with the South Park crew.
Holiday Gift Guide: Finalmouse Centerpiece
Okay, technically this gift won’t make it for the 2022 holiday season, but come early 2023, the Finalmouse Centerpiece keyboard will finally be available. Maybe it’s all gimmicks, maybe there’s no real point, but dang, this keyboard with an underlying display surely looks impressive. Check it out.
Watch finalmouse.com for details on how to order the Centerpiece.
Holiday Gift Guide: Toto Neorest 750H Toilet
This one is just too good, so it has to start off a (limited) Pulpconnection Holiday Gift Guide for 2022! And the gift is the Toto Neorest 750H toilet. Yes.
Of course, you can expect that top Toto quality and technical engineering featuring dual flush, a washlet with oscillating and pulsing comfort washing, an air purifying system, an UV self cleaning system, and much more. But don’t take my word for it. This is the ultimate testimony when you need to “take a theory”… for $16,000 per toilet.
Bless up to DJ Khaled (and Drake) for motivating this Gift Guide kick off post!
-1 for United Air
For a five-hour transcoastal flight, what kind of power source is this?
Yeah, it’s a regular US power outlet but with the ubiquity of USB ports, these standard outlets aren’t as useful (especially when I packed all power bricks in checked baggage).
Minus one point for United Air.
Pure Genius, United Air
I’m sure not the first to do this, but I found these QR coded napkins at a United Air terminal pure genius.
Now This Is a Banger
Since I must be infatuated with collaboartions, this is also a banger. Check out these OluKai slippers with the local kine Zippy’s motif. That orange is so representative of the Zippy’s logo. Certified banger for sure.
Read about the design concept over at OluKai then see what’s still in stock. Unfortunately, the Ohana (pictured above) in men’s is already sold out.
This Is a Banger
So obviously I’ve been sleeping on Reyn Spooner collaboration aloha shirts. First, there was this Godzilla mindblower paired with the Concepts Air Max 1. Now, I slept again and missed the Reyn’s collab with Kona Brewing Company.
While this design may not be totally my style, I like how it copies the design of the box. I’ve since changed my IG settings to notify me when @reynspooner posts anything.
And yes, this $120 shirt has sold out.
I Am Drawn to This #6
This is the Yeezy 350v2 MX Rock.
This colorway released a few days ago on December 22, 2021 and was heavily overshadowed by the restock of the Belugas (though reflective). This black-based Yeezy features a mixture of organic-looking swirls of colors which freshens up this overplayed silhouette. I was not able to get my size unfortunately but can admire this shoe from afar thanks to Elliot Page’s YT review.
