The Sea of Cortez

My Sneakers

I just bought a pair of nylon, Nike Cortez with the blue swoosh from this site. I was going for comfort, plus I like plain sneakers. And also, you can wash the nylon ones, unlike their leather cousins. So the Cortez was the perfect choice.

It's been a while since I last had these things on my feet. As soon as I slipped them on, I was taken back to 1987. I was 13 years old. I was sitting on my couch, eating from a box of Bugles as I watched Teen Wolf on HBO. We had a Zenith television that weighed 220lbs. I weighed 75 lbs. My hair was long and parted in the middle. Later in the day, I rode my Mongoose bike up to Atherton Hough to meet up with some friends and play stickball. I gave up a homerun that almost hit the 216 bus as it passed by(would've been a grandslam if the kid hit it). On our way home, we stopped in at Bernies General Store. I propped the Oakley grip on my bike up against the wall, so it wouldn't fall on the ground(cool bikes didn't have kickstands).

My grips

I bought a Pepsi and candy bar for a little under $1. The $1 bill was a bit sweaty after I pulled it out of my sock. I was always a little nervous when I came down the ramped entryway as I exited Bernies. You never knew if your bike would still be there. Yep, people stole bikes back then too. Before going home, we headed down to the PL for a quick jump. The tide was in so it wasn't that high of a leap. Probably like 15 feet from the railing, 10 feet for the wussies who jumped pylon. Then it was back home to the couch. Just in time. Remote Control was starting on MTV.

My show