NEW YEARS EVE.

For New Years Eve, we will be open from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and we will be CLOSED on New Years Day. We just received almost 50 pairs of of new arrivals today, mostly DEADSTOCK kicks, so make sure you check out the website or come by the shop. Remember, its GOODLUCK to be wearing a brand new pair of shoes for New Years Eve!

New Arrivals <-- C L I C K

tons of 10.5-11 sbs...

Midnight @ The B'ville Cinemas

Bernardsville, New Jersey.  30 December 2010.

That Midtown Glow

Everything looks like it's lit for the holidays... Even the things that aren't.  NYC.  29 December 2010.

Prince @ MSG > PERFECTION!

If you didn't come to party... you really didn't have a choice.

Every seat in the house was a great seat.  Every moment was pure magic.  

Prince was ON HIS GAME in every conceivable way tonight.

MANY thanks to Kristen for inviting me to join her for a show that exceeded our already high expectations of this timeless, ageless artist.  We are so lucky to have an all around songwriter, performer and personality who doesn't have to try... he just simply IS.  

I'm also lucky to have such wonderful folks to share the love with....

SET LIST: 

1. The Beautiful Ones 2. Let's Go Crazy 3. Delerious 

4. 1999 5.  Little Red Corvette 

6. Uptown 7. Raspberry Beret 8. Cream 

9. Cool 10. Let's Work 11. U Got The Look 

12. The ? Of U  13. Purple Rain

ENCORE:

14. Kiss  15. She's Always In My Hair  16. If I Was Your Girlfriend (With Janelle Monae)

PIANO MEDLEY ENCORE:

17. Condition Of The Heart  18. Do Me, Baby  19. I Wanna Be Your Lover

20. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore  21. Sometimes It Snows In April

ENCORE:

22. Jungle Love (With Cyndi Lauper & Egypt Sherrod)

THROW IT IN THE BAG!

This CHILI Loco Moca is probably as rare as a pair of AIR YEEZYs, Aloha Cafe (located on 2nd & Central) only offer it once or twice a month. Good thing they call us when they do have it in, and its a must try if your ever around the area.

BBQ Ribs & Chow Fun ..RIF APPROVED.

Mr. Feld came by and brought along his nephew Bradley, remember he was the miracle baby we posted months back. I see Mr. Feld is still spoiling him!

baby cool grey xis ....icey

Seems like its been "THROW IT IN THE BAG" days @ the shop ever since December started and NYE is right around the corner. Did you know its goodluck to be wearing a FRESH brand new pair of kicks for New Years Eve? I plan on breaking out something really nice for that day, what do you plan on rockin? Better yet, send over a picture of your New Years Eve kicks and we'll post it up that night! email: RIFLOSANGELES@YAHOO.COM

Well, well, well look who's here today to keep us company. If you don't know then you better catch up in this industry. OG Zee, the man behind TANTUM.

Big shouts to Edgar for the Dissizit hoodie and also shouts to George for the HUGE Gift card :) Ya'll are the best!

You know Ed loves himself some loafers, Mr. Lee came by today to drop him off a nice fresh pair for Christmas. These are easily like $250+!? All about giving, thanks yall!

Our blog is kind of different compared to others, we don't post shit to be COOL, we don't post shit to show that we know CERTAIN people, we don't post shit to try n brainwash you, we don't post shit to make money, we don't even post shit to show off, we don't care about any of that crap. Its a daily blog about our store and all the great people we've met through the process. Just thought I'd make that clear....

Anyways, the homie MEKA was in town for the holidays and he finally made his way to visit our shop. He happens to run 1 of my favorite websites that I go on every morning and night, the only website you need for anything HIP HOP music related: 2DOPEBOYZ.COM

If ya'll ever wonder where we get all of our music from, its from 2dopeboyz, and its all FREE.

DMP 6s are on the way bro!

Sneaker Gods AL contributing to the GPHGP cause... thank you sir.

If you waste your time on Twitter and you follow us, then you know we always give out little deals here and there..STRICTLY for our supporters. We always have to find a way to give back to people who truly support us. Today we tweeted:

"If you purchased our 4 YEAR #GPHGP tee and you need a COOL GREY 11 for RETAIL, please let us know and we'll take care of you (TODAY ONLY) #ONLYSUPPORTERS "

Handful of people took advantage ofcourse so if you don't want to miss out next time, maybe you should follow us on Twitter: HERE.

postal man perjean took advantage!

We stay eating GOOD at the shop, for dinner, Murad and Juaneats made a trip down to Philippes to grab some French Dipped Sandwiches. This is another MUST if your ever near RIF because they are literally 5 mins away!!!

The wait can be crazy long, but its well worth it!

Original

Murad said at least its better than waiting for some shoes outside of HOH.

potato salad, don't mind if i do ...

In 10 years we will have the same kind of picture up @ the shop but it'll be EDOUCHE!

double dipped ::

WDYWT:

white supreme lows(10.5) that jeff will be putting up for $200 tomorrow...

B R U N O

ILNOJ x RAIN

RIF's TUMBLR

This next project that we have in the works is going to be BANANAS! Its taking a lot of time, so we'll be taking snap shots of a few goodies via RIF TUMBLR every week or so. Slow and steady wins this race, FCUK leading.

Parking Lot Glacier @ Twilight

I wonder how many shopping carts are buried beneath THIS behemoth.

Strip mall parking lot off of Route 1.  Princeton, NJ.  28 December 2010.

Exterminating The Zeitgeist

No other store rides the zeitgeist with the marketing savvy of C.H. Martin in Ewing, New Jersey.  

Such timely grace.  Such merchandising class...  Truly inspiring.

Sunlit & Snowbound

After the snow.  Scott's house.  Yardville, NJ.  28 December 2010.

#SETBACKS 01/11/11

Heres some footage of MURS, SchoolboyQ, and Kendrick Lamar in the studio listening to some samples from SchoolboyQs upcoming Mixtape titled #SETBACKS which is set to release on 01/11/10. Make sure you grab that on itunes when it drops, you won't be disappointed!

Kendrick stays rockin our PUSHING WEIGHT tee and check out Q rockin our LA CITY LIGHTS tee thats currently SOLD OUT. Bless your closet one day, and come by RIF to pick up some clean tees :)

#APPRECIATE

We hope everyone had a great Christmas weekend with their family and friends! Hopefully everyone spent it with their family and not at a club or something. Did everybody get what they wanted for Christmas? Maybe a nice pair of kicks?!

Thank you GUY for the Christmas card! shabu shabu when you get back?

AL, the man behind SNEAKER GODS. Thanks for all the goods you've been blessing us with!

Good People bringing by a couple pairs of donations, ya'll are appreciated.

Someone dropped their babys pacifier on the floor, so if you want it back, MANNYfresh will have it on his finger for the meantime.

Speaking of baby shoes, HEFFE just got another package today, yes more baby shoes...

those pink xis are just fire...

Edouche blessing Willie with 2 pairs of DONATED jordans for Christmas, I can't even explain how happy he was! Isn't he looking quite sharp for the holidays?

big reppin that 334A ...

snowboarding shoes by Nike ACG... nice.

Shouts to the good peoples over at PRIMITIVE for kindly giving us a couple necessary hooded jackets for the cold holidays. Thank you guys!

speaking of giving, thank you EDOUCHe for giving me a bag full of socks for Christmas! Thats all I ever wanted :) you the man!

speaking of giving, I just had to give myself these huaraches below! NAVY is my color.

Been dumb busy @ the shop, everybody got that Christmas mula on deck and they ain't sleeping today.

and the other side...

NIKE AIR 4 EVER.

Seems like everyones been visiting us today, homie Alfred swung by to drop all of us off a couple MONOTONE tees ... thank you sir.

Look who else stopped by, Paula, super photoshopper of RIF LA. She said all she wanted for Christmas was a picture with the infamous JUANeats, so of course we had to make her wish come true. Merry Christmas guys!

Its always good see your favorite couples get back together right on time for the holidays, ya'll are meant to be... i'm tellin you! They stay reppin us, thats love!

homie Max also came down to chill for the day and he even bought all of us some Curry House for lunch. Thank you boss, can't wait for that special chair by the way..

It was Manny and Juans first time eating Curry and it took them just 1 bite to get hooked, but next time we'll be ordering the hamburger patty curry. yummmmmm