Leaders 1354

It's gone... Man, I'm actually actually pretty speechless. On the site is says, "Write to them about your favorite south side store memory. I got so many I'll drop two on you all though.

The First One:
It was like the summer before my freshman year in high school. My friend says to me, "hey you wanna go to Leaders? Their having a half off sale." I'm just now getting up on Leaders, I mean I knew about it, I just never went there, so, I'm like, "cool, it's just like any other store, right?" Wrong when I got there, the first thing I noticed was the sign. I'm thinking, "Why is it so, rusty and dingy." I liked it though, it was different and you know me, the fresh weirdo. So, I stood in line. Yes, there was a line surrounding the whole parking lot, like a white picket fence. When I got in, I was amazed by the art on the walls, but I only looked for a brief moment because I didn't want all the stuff to be gone. I got one shirt, thinking it was about to be hella money cause I had nothing but empty card slots and about $100 in my wallet. I went to the register with my friend's stuff too. He got some shoes, like 5 shirts and some jeans. It all came up to 70 something dollars, I was like, "um...you forgot the other stuff...". The dude on the register, I believe it was Mike, was like, "what other stuff, that's everything..." I stood in awe, my mouth open wider than a lion while roaring. So I wanted to go and get more but, after you go to the register, that's it. I remember, he didn't give me a bag so, I think, Vic, who was standing at the door, said, 'Ay dude, where the f*** do you think you're going, where's your bag?" I was kinda of hurt, I was young and I was trying to tell him "the dude didn't give me a bag," but the words came out like stutters. I heard Mike say, "He good, He paid" and then Vic let me through. They all laughed and I laughed with them so I wouldn't feel embarrassed, it didn't work.

Second Story:
I'm well acquainted with the Leaders crew now... It was actually last year, this school year. After a long day of earning my A's & B's in my Honors and AP classes, I went to go see Kory (kind of, sord of my mentor he taught me a lot and he probably doesn't even know it). We were talking about The Shop, which has been burned down (R.I.P. thanks for the deal on the Supras) and Kory was like, "you like The Shop" and I made the mistake of saying "yeah, it's just like Leaders." Kory went CRAZY...lol. He was like "JUST LIKE LEADERS?" "What?". He said, "Did you know Leaders is one of the top five 'streetwear' stores in the country, in the world?" He pulled out the New York Times article, and the New York Times is suppose to be one of the most respected newspapers, like, ever. So he brought it to me with some highlighted sections about Leaders and dropped it on the glass display table smoothly, picked it back up without me even getting a glance at it and started reading it aloud. After he read it, he started talking about raising the prices so that people would never get those two stores mixed up again...lol. I was in there for a little while longer and then I left with a book that he gave me, because of a phone call from my aunty.

I'm really going to miss going over there after school. In fact, it's been a week in school and I want to go visit. But, I'll just have to deal wih it. Kory hit me up on the e-mail or the celly. I need to start saving up for prom and post-graduation activities...lol. I'll come and see you all when you open. For now, I'm
Peacin' Out!

I'm Marty McFyling Out!!!
Delorean Style!