God Save My Shoes

Ohh..the perfect movie! All about SHOES! The Phoenix Art Museum - God Save My Shoes, a documentary about our strange relationship with shoes was fascinating. Hilarious. Embarrassing. The closets were unbelievable! The was a baroness, a poker player, a ballet dancer, a starving artist, all obsessed. One couldn't remember spending less than $900 for a pair while another had a limit of $400 so she could still pay her rent. The most I've ever paid was $195 for some beautiful black sling backs for my 20th high school reunion. I figured that they would take at least 10 years off.  It's only been screened in Paris and New York, so we little ol' Phoenicians felt lucky. The crowd was fancy, fancy,

sporting some pretty wild shoes. I wore my most stylish Nordstrom's black patent peep toes (sssshhhhhhh...I got 'em at Last Chance for $14.99 )

There was a great reception with food and wine and feathers in the centerpieces and

 dance, dance, dance music as the hippest crowd I've seen in a long time partied away the night. 

A little leprechaun.

The great exhibit will be up for awhile, so get down there to check it out.

If the shoe fits...

Ouch. Ever since I attended the God Save My Shoes melee and was told that the highest you could go up on your foot without tumbling over was 5 inches, I wanted to try it out. Somewhere between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Shana and I were out and about when I spotted these big, black, beautiful babies. Some fancy designer, marked way down, I shoved my feet in and tried to walk. My right foot was so cramped it didn't move, so I had to sort of limp on the good one. It seemed like these had at least a 6 inch heel, and with the 1 or so inch platform, I was ready for my test.

Total failure. It felt like I was on top of a skyscraper with the wind rushing my back, as I tried to force my body back to avoid falling over the side. I made it two steps. By then, the shoes were almost glued to my feet and I couldn't kick them off, so I bent my knees, squatted, and somehow, totally sans grace, thank God I was way in the back in the clearance section, got down on my butt and used both hands to get them off.

Stunning move, not seen in the film.