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By John Kim
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Every day, hordes of working professionals commute into or within Manhattan on a daily basis, plugging away at 9-to-5s in a variety of different industries. Only a handful can claim to work for sneaker media with an audience in the millions, and that’s the Urlfreeze News team – a group based and founded in downtown New York City. We’re a tight-knit, hard-working collective of sneaker-minded individuals with hordes of knowledge based on years and years of obsessing over shoes and basketball. Our staff ranges from fresh college graduates with internship experience in the music industry, to former sneaker shop owners that boasted an A-list clientele with the likes of Dave Chappelle, The Roots, and other sneaker-crazed New Yorkers in the game. We all have distinct roles – think of it like a well oiled NFL offense – and we all depend on one another to produce what is deemed the best in the business.
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Onitsuka Tiger contrast-panel Derby shoes

399 W Broadway (Marathon Running Shoes Sneakers W480HS5.)

7AM–8AM

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Notice that our days don’t start as early as most other New Yorkers in the commuting grind. But we’re in media, which means that there is no real predictable down-time if you’re in the business of disseminating the latest info to millions of readers. Some of the staff is usually up until the wee hours of the morning, flipping through our phones; others are up bright and early doing the same. The actual work day can start the moment we find something worth writing about. Typically, we get into the office an hour to noon, on the border of Little Italy and Chinatown; not everyone’s a coffee drinker, but those who are stop by Ground Support on West Broadway for an Americano or cold brew, or Ho Won Bakery Shoppe around the corner of our office for that bare-boned drip variety for a buck.

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Ho Wong Coffee House

146 Hester St.(Hester St. and Elizabeth St.)

6AM – 5PM

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They greet me in Chinese every day, and every day I say ‘Nope, still not Chinese

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By 11:00 AM, the entire staff is fired up and ready to go. The editorial team is plugging away, bringing to our readers the latest in sneakers, the industry, or whatever gripping viral content is deemed relevant. The first few hours are always the busiest and believe it or not, it can get really hectic and tense. Other team members are occupied with special projects like Hogan Hyperlight Sneakers Schwarz and other features that we proudly build up in-house. In reality, “sneaker blogging” is just the tip of the iceberg. We wish it were that simple.

This doesn’t happen often, but some of the staff will take a break and hit up one of the local shops; the cure of the itch of being exposed to shoes all day, every day is to see what’s new on stores shelves at local spots like Supreme (when the line isn’t wrapping around the block), Opening Ceremony, and a few other select shops in the SoHo shopping district. Occasionally, we’ll dart out of the door and power-walk to NikeLab after their official Twitter announces a surprise release – the most recent being the fourth and final version of HTM’s Kobe 10 Elite. The rush to Mercer St. causes a half hour delay, but we make up for it later on.

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Supreme

274 Lafayette St.(FN s Achievement Award for Shoe of the Year in 2017)

11AM – 7PM

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Nike Lab

21 Mercer St.(Milley high boots Braun)

11AM – 7PM

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ADDITIONAL SHOPPING
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Saturday’s Surf

31 Crosby Street(Sneakers 76 x Le Coq Sportif R1000 The Guardian Of The Sea)

8AM – 7PM

Nike-Lab
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195 Mulberry St.(PUMA Cassia sneakers Schwarz)

12PM – 7PM

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Stadium Goods

47 Howard Street(Suede Britten Ankle Boot)

12 – 8PM

LUNCH TIME

GRUB STOP

Lunch is, of course, a daily routine we all pretty much look forward to the moment we set foot in the office. It’s really the only break we have throughout the day. But unlike other places of work, where the mid-day meal takes place around noon and in a communal lounge of some sort, the Urlfreeze News team gets to grubbing around 2:30 PM and is always done at our own desks. Some bring a meal from home, others have an money-saving set-up with cold cuts, iceberg lettuce, and a loaf of wheat.

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Parisi Bakery

198 Mott St.(Lamo 2 Toggle Quilted Girls Fashion Boot Grey )

7:30AM – 4PM

2-23-pm
ADDITIONAL EATING
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Cafe Habana

17 Prince Street(Sneakers 76 x Le Coq Sportif R1000 The Guardian Of The Sea)

9AM – 12AM

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Xi’an Famous Foods

67 Bayard Street(PUMA Cassia sneakers Schwarz)

12 – 7PM

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Egg Shop

151 Elizabeth Street(Elizabeth and Kenmare)

8AM – 11PM

I’ll wait in line for two things – shoes and sandwiches

John Kim

The rest typically frequents some well-known establishments of the Little Italy/Chinatown area like Parisi Bakery, a generations-old spot that produces “The Dennis.” It’s one of the heartiest, coma-inducing, authentically Italian sandwiches in New York City, stacked high with classic paisano fare like chicken cutlet, prosciutto, and fresh mozzarella cheese; it gets a tad oily should you opt for the roasted red pepper.

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Chinatown’s Deluxe Food Market

79 Elizabeth St.(CALL IT SPRING Sneaker bassa 'VALERI' argento)

7AM – 8:30PM

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Prince Street Pizza

27 Prince St.(Thong sandals like Muniz s are a)

11AM – 11PM

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On the days we want to be a bit frugal, a solid option is Chinatown’s Deluxe Food Market, which offers a smorgasbord of traditional grub and the cliché roasted duck hanging on the front window. The go-to is the basic lunch combo, which includes a ridiculous amount of hot food for under five dollars. Finally, us New Yorkers have to treat ourselves to the official food of the city, and nothing in the area beats a slice of sicilian with pepperoni from Prince St. Pizza, just a few blocks north in Nolita.

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The staff gets hit with the late afternoon munchies around 5PM; we get in touch with our inner snack gods with the help of cookies and other goodies from local shops or a freshly popped one-foot-high stack of crack-dusted potato crisps known as Pringles. Hong Kong Supermarket, situated just around the corner of our home base, has been around for years. Inside you’ll find all the household essentials of a Chinese kitchen, but we just make a bee-line to the downstairs level where all the snacks are on display.

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Hong Kong Supermarket

157 Hester St.(zapatillas de running New Balance hombre talla 40 azules)

8AM – 8PM

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Kenn’s Broome Street Bar

363 W Broadway(W Broadway and Broome)

11AM – 2:30AM

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ADDITIONAL DRINKING
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Spring Lounge

48 Spring Street(A closer look at Page s sneakers)

8AM – 4AM

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Top Hops

94 Orchard Street(Orchard and Delancy)

1PM – 1AM

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Whiskey Tavern

79 Baxter Street(Baxter and Kenmare)

11AM – 4AM

On Thursdays or Fridays, we’ll crack open a case of beer and finish out the day downing some Tecate or Budweiser. When we hold off the urge, we hit up local watering holes like Broome St. Bar or Whiskey Tavern for some happy hour deals; those usually last until around 8:00 PM, but we often stay for a few more, or until whatever televised sports game humming in the background comes to an end. When we’re in the mood for a more formal dining experience, Seamore’s is one of the hotter newer establishments.

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Seamore’s

390 Broome St.(striped buckle-fastening sandals)

11:30AM – 12AM

2-23-pm

As mentioned before, we’re a tight-knit group that shares more than just a love for sneakers; we talk sports, vintage clothing, 1990s wrestling, Griffey Jr. rookie cards, and Seinfeld ad nauseum. We openly discuss the impact of sneaker re-selling to effects of climate-change and everything in between. The Urlfreeze News staff is indeed eclectic, but we’re all unified by our passion of sneaker culture and our hard-working culture. All in all, it’s just another day in the life of a Urlfreeze News staff member.

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