POINGGG! You've been served.

He made a fatal mistake. He rolled the ball with a little too much bounce, the kind of opportunity that you know you must take advantage of, the kind of bounce you can get your foot under “just so”. I was able to swing my “Roos” (the blue and whites with the side Velcro pocket) and boot that playground ball so hard back at him, that it passed though his attempt to catch it and made that wonderful empty “POINGGG” sound as it bounced hard off his chest. If you can’t tell what I’m talking about, move on to the next post. If you do, it means you loved the game of kickball as much as I did. I sucked at hoops, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, football and everything else, but in a kickball game, my skill sets garnered respect. Kids would move back, and that’s all a 6th grader needs to see to feel like he has reached the summit of Maslow’s pyramid. It’s that flavor, the taste of childhood and all that’s good with the world, that a new shop in Georgetown is going to bring. Next week will be the grand opening of “Kickballers”, a shop that will offer goods to those who skate, bomb walls, nod heads, and love to be. The owners, Lanir and Diallo are from the area and live the life they are catering to. I was able to sneak a peep at the shop, it’s gonna be dope. They can be found in the space that SMASH used to occupy on M Street. They will be open next week, so drop by, show them love and keep the playground ball going straight and at chest level…..POINGGG! (Below are pics of the empty store ('cept the one shoe there) and the owners Lanir (AD floral hoodie) and Diallo in the yellow shirt. They're good fellas.).....POINNNG. -LU23