Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry “Strategist Brain” is a series where staffers share the stores they’ve stopped into, stuff they’ve spotted, and extra tidbits from stories they’ve worked on. You’ll hear from a different writer every week. I’m trying to be less of a laptop goblin this spring. I’ve been dutifully breaking in these perfect hard-denim jeans from Icon . They are extremely high-waisted and so tight that I have to wear them in increments — an hour at