Marcus Troy's 5 Cool Things I Saw This Week (March 19-25)

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WHAT: IZ hand drawing AF1’s for a Bespoke session
WHERE: 21 Mercer St, New York
WHEN: Sunday (March 20)
I had another great Bespoke experience at Nike’s 21 Mercer store this past weekend. My friend IZ is the man behind 98% of all the Bespokes. If you are lucky he will hand draw your coveted AF1’s almost to spec. It is pretty cool to see him do this live on the NSW sketchpad. If you ever get a chance to do a Bespoke, make sure you ask IZ to hook you up.

WHAT: Bootleg Good Wood Chains

WHERE: Chinatown, New York

WHEN: Monday (March 21)

Yes, they’re bootlegging wood now. How crazy is that? I mean, wood is a fairly inexpensive commodity; why go through the motions to bootleg it? I guess there is a dollar in everything. They even got the homie Chace Infinite’s Africa pieces in weird colors. I guess when you get bootleged it means you made it!

WHAT: Eggs Benny

WHERE: Restaurant at the Soho Grand Hotel

WHEN: Tuesday (March 22) morning

I met my friend Karen for breakfast and we were compelled to order the Eggs Benny. I really needed to see if it was up to standard. They were actually pretty good and the sauce was exceptional. Make sure you ask them for extra hollandaise sauce on the side; it tastes so good. The only issue with hotel breakfasts is that they are very expensive. If you are a guest at the hotel and you ask them politely, they might comp you breakfast for at least one of the nights.

WHAT: Girl in window, training for a marathon

WHERE: Lululemon,  New York

WHEN: Tuesday (March 22)

Is this abuse? I wonder how much they are paying this girl to run in a window all day? It clearly says that she's training for a marathon but all I see is a poor girl having to run on display. If I were to look at this with my marketing eye, I guess I'd say it works because people were crowded around the store, talking about it! What are your thoughts?

WHAT: Wings

WHERE: Bar 89, Soho

WHEN: Wednesday (March 23)

Bar 89 must be the most popular meeting spot for lunch in Soho. It seem like every time I'm in NYC my friends always suggest Bar 89 for lunch. I guess it must be the wings! The wings are quite tasty and their drinks don’t disappoint either. Please make sure you also check out the bathrooms. They're very cool! You’ll see.