THE RED SHOE GALLERY: Episode One
behold a thing of beauty; truly.
so preparation step # 247 to our european adventure was to puchase some very comfortable, arch-supporting, all-weather walking shoes. side note: rumor has it that despite the obscene amount of ale and whiskey travellers tend to imbibe in Ireland, you actually end up *losing* weight due to the even greater amount of walking you do. so after our routine saturday lunch at Gordon Biersch, we headed out to REI for some "practical shoe" shopping. the much dreaded "tennis" shoe, to be precise. we quickly realized that practical and fashionable simply do not jive; a lesson Mrs. Lomdue probably tried to teach us long ago, but we didn't bother listening cuz at the time, what did it matter? so... we perused the assortment of butt-ugly shoes, shared polite comments on their soft soles and arch hugging interior, and then ultimately busted up laughing and said "no way in hell!" god forbid immediate judgement befall us from the Brits on part of our sensible, soccer-mom shoes. it became clear that we were definitely in a quandary. we took a few minute to troubleshoot, and came to the conclusion that really... we couldn't compromise comfort (given the rumors and all), so we figured, when in doubt... GO BRIGHT! color may not disguise the hideous factor, but it sure as hell can put some spunk and spice into a thing. so there we have the bright red tennis shoes. i do truly love them and if i'm being honest, i've been hanging out secretly waiting for a pair of red tennis shoes to claim me as their rightful owner. i have subsequently been planning my outfits around them. drakey also ended up getting a pair of pretty cool shoes as well, although sadly, they are not yet featured on this blog posting. all in due time.
so this drawn out detail is really for the purpose of introducing my red tennis shoes and the artistic (ha!) idea of mine to create an entire "red shoe gallery" as part of our european tour. every picture of me will be shot from the knees down - featuring my red shoes in various cultural and historic scenes: my red shoes visit Buckingham palace, red shoes at the Guinness factory, red shoes do the literary pub crawl, etc. and if i need to stand upside down on my head in order to capture certain signage, well then i'm happy to do so. in fact, all the better.
so... stay tuned - as the red shoe gallery unfolds.
behold a thing of beauty; truly. so preparation step # 247 to our european adventure was to puchase some very comfortable, arch-supporting, all-weather walking shoes. side note: rumor has it that despite the obscene amount of ale and whiskey travellers tend to imbibe in Ireland, you actually end up *losing* weight due to the even greater amount of walking you do. so after our routine saturday lunch at Gordon Biersch, we headed out to REI for some "practical shoe" shopping. the much dreaded "tennis" shoe, to be precise. we quickly realized that practical and fashionable simply do not jive; a lesson Mrs. Lomdue probably tried to teach us long ago, but we didn't bother listening cuz at the time, what did it matter? so... we perused the assortment of butt-ugly shoes, shared polite comments on their soft soles and arch hugging interior, and then ultimately busted up laughing and said "no way in hell!" god forbid immediate judgement befall us from the Brits on part of our sensible, soccer-mom shoes. it became clear that we were definitely in a quandary. we took a few minute to troubleshoot, and came to the conclusion that really... we couldn't compromise comfort (given the rumors and all), so we figured, when in doubt... GO BRIGHT! color may not disguise the hideous factor, but it sure as hell can put some spunk and spice into a thing. so there we have the bright red tennis shoes. i do truly love them and if i'm being honest, i've been hanging out secretly waiting for a pair of red tennis shoes to claim me as their rightful owner. i have subsequently been planning my outfits around them. drakey also ended up getting a pair of pretty cool shoes as well, although sadly, they are not yet featured on this blog posting. all in due time.
so this drawn out detail is really for the purpose of introducing my red tennis shoes and the artistic (ha!) idea of mine to create an entire "red shoe gallery" as part of our european tour. every picture of me will be shot from the knees down - featuring my red shoes in various cultural and historic scenes: my red shoes visit Buckingham palace, red shoes at the Guinness factory, red shoes do the literary pub crawl, etc. and if i need to stand upside down on my head in order to capture certain signage, well then i'm happy to do so. in fact, all the better.
so... stay tuned - as the red shoe gallery unfolds.
posted by E-Rae | 7:17 PM
2 Comments:
The striped jammy bottoms really sets of the red shoes well. =)
Lesbians in comfortable shoes. My, what a surprise.
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