That's me.
who is Steve?
- Steven Swain
- Rocky Mount, Virginia, United States
- I'm one of those introspective, non-threatening, geeky, safe as milk types. Think Linus and/or Franklin from the Peanuts comic strip. I drink some, but I don't do drugs or smoke. I am also a music lover (contemporary jazz, rock, pop, R&B), bookworm (especially history, pop culture & architecture), architect (favorites: Palladio, Wright, Robert A.M. Stern), shopping fanatic (malls rock), budding (if not exceptional) chef, closet techno-geek (viva Macintosh).
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- 36(6), day 22 - clicker
- Sears to shift to independently run units
- 36(6), day 21 - the dream is still alive
- 36(6), day 20 - fragrances in the light
- 36(60, day 19 - waking up late
- 36(6), day 18 - if only the doctor had these in th...
- 36(6), day 17 - heavy reading
- 36(6), day 16 - silver crush
- Nike set to release 23rd Air Jordan
- Happy Smurfday!
- 36(6), day 15 - geek cup
- Typefaces reveal a font of personality traits
- 36(6), day 14 - time is...
- 36(6), day 13 - top cap
- 36(6), day 12 - lie like a...
- 36(6), day 11 - jean-ey
- 36(6), day 10 - wall of sound
- 36(6), day 9 - grumma anna & ganddaddy bill
- 36(6), day 8 - ancient gift reciept
- 36(6), day 7 - ut prosim
- 36(6), day 6 - bert looks peeved
- 36(6), day 5 - unvarnished
- 36(6), day 4 - hello?
- 36(6), day 3 - the most boring confetti
- 36(6), day 2 - my "old guy" shoes
- 36(6), day 1 - goodbye manhattan
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The Brown Gets A Compliment - And the ugly brown color continues. Though I do like the tan-ness of the brick yellow which I think compliments that not so glossy brown. I have a midterm...1 day ago
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Blazer Buddies - On occasions when a necktie might be too much, accompany a navy blue blazer with a Pacific blue ascot with navy dots and a paisley silk pocket square in go...1 day ago
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Chic in Review | Agassi Reveals Mullet Toupee - All the fashion news of the week that's fit to reprint.2 days ago
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How Many Axes Can Be Made? - Newspaper folks used to think that, while everyone has his own ax to grind, most people were grinding one or another version of the same couple of axes. Th...2 days ago
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Big Wings, Tiny Type - I'm treating this as an In Brief because there isn't much to go by and details are still sketchy. Not to mention that the available images look like roadkill...2 days ago
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*Everyday Chatter - "The New Museum...is just a showcase for art bought during the luxury boom, and serves to connect the luxury shopping mall of Soho, the new luxury condos o...2 days ago
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Brunswick Square Mall; East Brunswick, New Jersey - The Brunswick Square Mall is a Simon-managed, 769,000 square foot enclosed mall located along New Jersey route 18, a little southeast of New Brunswick. The...2 days ago
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Getting On Board - One of my contacts on flickr, Katlyn, has been a photographer who has inspired me to strive to become a better photographer for several years. She has alwa...4 days ago
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Phipps Plaza: Atlanta, GA - Phipps Plaza is the kind of mall that is not found in most cities, especially not in the South: a truly upscale mall with upscale stores intended for the upp...4 days ago
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Rent Me: 1911 Ninth Street - Yesterday, I came across this Craigslist Posting advertising that the retail space in 1911 Ninth Street is for lease. 1911 Ninth formerly housed the wildly...4 days ago
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Northgate Mall Grand Opening - Targets LEED Certificiation - The hottest and freshest shopping center renovation to hit the Bay Area retail scene is Northgate Mall in San Rafael. Celebrating its grand opening Thurs...6 days ago
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A Real Early American A&P - A&P, celebrating its sesquicentennial in 2009, still officially goes by its full name – The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Although the “Pacific” pa...1 week ago
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Geaux local - If I had a nickel for every time a shopping-center developer told me that homegrown concepts are now on the hot tenant radar list, I’d be a very wealthy w...1 week ago
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Craigslist Find - Chicken Tractor Coop - $400 - Really? - Somehow, this doesn't seem very spacey... Chicken tractor coop Chicken tractor coop - $400 (Norfolk) Date: 2009-10-20, 3:16PM EDT This is a brand new, nev...1 week ago
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Conversations with my Kid - The following is an actual conversation I recently had with my son*. *The most awesome son ever:* Hey, you should ask Lulu (*not her real name*) to ask...4 weeks ago
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BREAKING NEWS: Food Lion's parent company in talks to acquire Bi-Lo assets - (Associated Press 10/5/2009) Belgian international food retailer Delhaize Group is in talks to buy shops and inventory worth $425 million from South Caro...4 weeks ago
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Charlotte sandwich shops 1976 - An interesting look at the Charlotte deli scene from 1976. Of all the places mentioned, 33 years later only two still remain (Arthur's and Leo's). Please p...5 weeks ago
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9-8-2009: A Matter of Health - I'm quite aware of the health care debate going on right now. It isn't a new issue: The topic has been surging in and out of the spotlight for over sixty ...1 month ago
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New Britain Walmart Closure And Aftermath - Well, that's all folks! That's pretty much what the Bentonville, AK-based juggernaut big box retailer Walmart said to its entire staff and patrons of the ...2 months ago
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Summer Style Retrospective - Part 3 - Swim Trunks - Do you hear that sound? That tapping on your window? There it is again, *tap, tap, tap*. Ah yes, now you remember it. Its Fall, gently rapping at your door...2 months ago
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Say hello to a good blog about ShopKo at BlogKo! - I'd like to introduce you to my relaunched blog a revised article on the history of ShopKo. Currently the nation's largest regional retailer, ShopKo w...2 months ago
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Hot-Air Balloon Landing in My Yard (1990) - On the morning of Sunday, December 2, 1990, a Remax hot-air balloon landed in my own backyard! My dad immediately grabbed our RCA VHS camcorder and bega...2 months ago
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Hot-Air Balloon Landing in My Yard (1990) - On the morning of Sunday, December 2, 1990, a Remax hot-air balloon landed in my own backyard! My dad immediately grabbed our RCA VHS camcorder and began...2 months ago
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It's WAY TOO HOT! - Our car said it was 111 degrees in the mall parking lot today! I swear I'm melting...3 months ago
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It’s a Mall World After All (November 12, 1989) - [image: Inside Near Dillards 1989]I was at the downtown library this afternoon, and I came across this very interesting article from the Greensboro News ...3 months ago
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Laaazzzzyyyy - I was going to post something new, but I'm so fucking lazy I can't even motivate myself to do it. How is it that I had multiple posts on the same day for s...3 months ago
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busy bee - My blogging has reduced itself to random Twitter updates and Facebook stati. Now that learn to skate is ending until next fall, maybe I'll have more time t...6 months ago
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PIATA ROMANA - ....just off the "main drag," surrounded by clutter, waiting to be noticed!8 months ago
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I've Moved...Again - As if moving from Cleveland to Minneapolis wasn't enough, I just bought a house in Minneapolis. Sooo...I haven't had a lot of time to blog. But I'll post a...1 year ago
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ins & outs - i've been lax in updating the blog. part of the problem is internal turmoil of what to write - should it just be a daily log/travel journal of what i've do...1 year ago
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Old Radio Ads - After doing several searches today, I came across a nice website full of awesome radio ads from the '50s and maybe even '40s. Click here to check out these...1 year ago
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ETHAN'S NEW WORD OF THE DAY - Ethan created a new word last night - commerate. While looking for a box he could make his 'treasure chest', he asked if I could 'commerate' some of my stuf...1 year ago
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Southcenter Mall - Tukwila, Washington - circa 1960sHere's an old Southcenter Mall interior image dating to the '60s (not the best quality but you get the idea). The store on...2 years ago
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Size Matters - Featured on Leonard Lopate Show - While I have been pretty busy and haven't been posting lately, I thought that readers may be interested in listening to a particular radio segment on New Y...2 years ago
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Election - * "We came to change government and government changed us" * -- Senator John McCain of Arizona on the fall of the Republicans2 years ago
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Virtual NES Emulator - This isn't exactly vintage computing, but close enough. Remember the original Nintendo Entertainment System? Well, I've never had one. I did have an SNES a...3 years ago
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2 comments:
Hi Steve,
First of all, GREAT shoe collection. One in particular caught my attention. In 2004, you posted a new Nike shoe that you bought at at Finish Line at Carolina Place in Pineville, Charlotte...The link for that shoe was http://stevenswain.tripod.com/shoes/Shoes_009.jpg.
Congrats on an excellent find! I've been searching all over town and the internet to find that exact shoe in that exact color. I've found tons of results for that model, but none in that color. Could you tell me more info on where you bought yours, or provide a model/year info? Thanks so much, and good luck on your future purchases.
~Mike (kappa2345@aol.com)
Mike: Thanks for the compliments. The model number of the shoe you liked is 305618-007. I believe it was a Finish Line exclusive colorway and I bought it at their store at Carolina Place in Pineville, North Carolina in 2004. Happy Hunting!
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