Dane Rivera

5 days ago | uproxx.com | Dane Rivera

Grandma’s Couch is getting a sequel! A couple of years back, Adidas linked up with the Cincinnati-based streetwear boutique, UnheardOf, for a special take on the Rivalry Lo silhouette, dubbed “Grandma’s Couch.” The sneaker was inspired by UnheardOf owner Phil Lipschutz’s grandma, Naomi Phillips, with a floral upper design pattern that took its design cues from Naomi’s couch, a respite for Lipschutz and his friends in his youth between skate sessions.

6 days ago | uproxx.com | Dane Rivera

Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers of the week. For five months now, we’ve been finding excuses and justifications for why this year in sneakers feels so uneventful. Our thinking was that the big brands were responding to an oversaturation of the market, focusing on quality drops rather than quantity. It really felt like that was the trend until these last two weeks.

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Dane Rivera

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Is it safe to say Cinco de Mayo is America’s favorite underdog holiday to celebrate, even though 95% of people celebrating it don’t know the significance of the holiday? Now granted, there is a case to be made that July 4th is technically the ultimate underdog’s holiday, being that it marks the formal declaration of independence from the British Empire, but what sounds better? Hot dogs, hot weather and fireworks, or tequila, Mexican beer and tacos at the height of spring?

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Dane Rivera

For one week last year, Taco Bell introduced chicken nuggets to its menu, and quite frankly, it was a weird move. People don’t associate chicken with Taco Bell, and for good reason, so when I’d mention the nuggets to friends or family, they’d all instantly recoil at the thought. These couldn’t possibly be good, right? Initially, we wrote them off as little more than an interesting — and surprisingly tasty — novelty.

1 week ago | uproxx.com | Dane Rivera

Concert tickets, new clothes, wellness hacks, sneakers, a Nintendo Switch 2 — there are no shortage of cool things this summer that you can be spending your money on, but if you’re in the habit of checking your bank app often only to wonder how you’re going to pay for everything, have you considered how much you’re spending on food?