It has come to my attention that people who blog should be in blogging groups. Well, I've taken care of this with my introduction of BlogHus. (For the sake of full disclosure, Mommy Pie has started a similar group and she's calling it BLOGHERNOT 2008. Go check it out! She's serving pigs in blankets, I hear, so who could blame you?)
BUT . . . there is one issue that keeps coming up again and again, and that's the issue of What Shoes Are You Wearing To Your Blog Party? With, of course, accompanying photos. There are some pretty fancy international-sounding Shoe Guy names being bandied about out there in Bloggywood, so I dug through my closet for MY favorite shoes. The designer is, it goes without saying, Adams & Jones, and the shoes were hand-made in sweaty places, probably. No matter; I got mine for half price. HALF PRICE! And it wasn't even in the alley behind the 1994 San Francisco Fall Gift Show, or anything.
Here are my very special, favorite shoes, for best:
Kicky, no? The toes were hand-painted by tiny women, I think.
Notice the detailing. These are hand-stitched, with nubuck heels, people!
Light as a feather, too. These are NOT your grandfather's Hushpuppies or Aunt Harriet's Doc Martins.
So here's your challenge, BlogHussies and BlogHunks: show me the shoes you would be wearing to a BlogHus event if it were actually happening this weekend at the St. Francis in San Francisco, which it's not. E-mail me a photo of the shoes and tell me why you chose them to share with other Bloghussies and BlogHunks.
foolery (at) clearwire (dot) net EDITED because OH. MY. GAHH I got my own e-mail address wrong!! It just doesn't pay to stay up past 11:00 p.m. SO sorry.
I'll post what you send me this weekend. BlogHus, out! Oh, and we really need to work on some cool catch phrases and stuff, too.
Ronald McDonald called - he wants his shoes back.
Gosh was that snarky? Sorry!
Posted by: KathyLikesPink | July 18, 2008 at 09:07 AM
Your shoes have rendered me speechless. I am speechless in the face of your Amazing Technicolor Dream Shoes.
Posted by: Melanie Beanpaste | July 18, 2008 at 07:16 AM
I'm wearing my old Old Navy flip flops, but can't for the life of me decide whether to choose the silver or the bronze-colored ones. Maybe one of each!
Posted by: Meg | July 18, 2008 at 04:51 AM
Dude!! People on acid shouldn't make shoes!!!
Posted by: Gubby | July 17, 2008 at 10:15 PM
I have NOTHING as cool as those. Matter of fact, my entire summer wardrobe os shoes are supplied by J Crew. (Think flip-flops.)
Posted by: annbb/TSannie | July 17, 2008 at 08:04 PM
I emailed you a picture of my clown hooker shoes, so named because they were a very important part of my Clown Hooker costume, which earned me the Most Ridiculous costume award at the Austin Bat Society Halloween Party, 2006. No lie.
Posted by: bejewell | July 17, 2008 at 06:57 PM
No one's gonna be able to top those! Sweet.
Posted by: All Adither | July 17, 2008 at 01:16 PM
What to choose... what to choose... will it be my comfy clog slippers from LLBean? or my fancy mile-high satin designer stilettos that cost more than a car payment? Oh, wait, I don't actually own the latter. Ok, get ready for a photo of the most comfortable "shoes" ever. (They count as shoes if you can accidentally wear them out of the house and to the store without realizing you forgot to change into real shoes, right?) They aren't as fancy as yours, but they are darn comfortable.
Posted by: MommyTime | July 17, 2008 at 12:19 PM
I'm gonna have to wear my house shoes and come with curlers up in my hair- Just like I do when I goes to the sto!
Posted by: Drama Mama | July 16, 2008 at 07:23 PM
damn, are those bowling night shoes? i love me some bowling shoes.
sadly, i have shoes in my closet that are old enough to babysit my children. hell, they're probably old enough to BEAR children.
oh, you just don't want to know...
Posted by: wrekehavoc | July 16, 2008 at 07:14 PM
Chesapeake Bay Woman: I am dying to know what guerilla's feet slippers look like. I so want a pair to wear to the conference. Are they bathed in blood and bullet shells? You guys obviously have way cooler shoe stores where you live. Seems all we have here are Crocs.
MomZombie
Posted by: MomZombie | July 16, 2008 at 07:04 PM
Oh, man! I didn't realize this was one of those "shirts and shoes required" kinda conferences... I really don't want to wear shoes, but I sure am craving some pigs in blankets!
Posted by: Cactus Petunia | July 16, 2008 at 05:51 PM
Love the shoes! They would go really well with a margarita :)
Posted by: Big Hair Envy | July 16, 2008 at 02:42 PM
I'm diggin those shoes. But I would like to wear a pair of black and white bowling shoes that I used to have. They look great with orange and neon green.
Love
Liz
Posted by: Alias Liz Jones | July 16, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Crap! Decisions decisions!
Posted by: Auds | July 16, 2008 at 11:46 AM
...Okay, I'd have to go with my garden clogs - yeah, I wear 'em everywhere...but then I don't want you all to think I'm some kind of backwoods hick or anything so I'll go see what I'd really wear - off to the closet!
...See ya later Miss Fool'ry...
...Blessings fellow BlogHus' 'n' Hunks... :o)
Posted by: tj | July 16, 2008 at 11:36 AM
I came to ask permission to put BlogHus on my blog and now I have to go dig in closet for shoes picture? I guess so if I'm going to be part of the nongroup. Well, I put it on my blog any way and tracked back to your original post. Does this make any sense? It's Sarah's post about Punk Rock Mommy that has me flabbergasted. Off to closet.
Posted by: Debbie | July 16, 2008 at 10:04 AM
I might wear my slippers to this conference, seeing as I won't actually be going anywhere.
Plus, my slippers are awesome.
Posted by: Raz | July 16, 2008 at 09:35 AM
Man, what a week to still be in California and away from all my shoes! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.
Posted by: all things bd | July 16, 2008 at 08:25 AM
I love the staging (can you even use that word with shoes? I am) to get the different angles on the shoes, which are stunning. You will make a fabulous entrance at the bloghus nonevent. I'll get mine photo'd today.
Posted by: Ok, Where Was I? | July 16, 2008 at 08:00 AM
Betting you designed department store windows in the 'early years'. You have a certain talent that can make a pair of shoes come alive.
Posted by: Rick's Cafe | July 16, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Okay, there's NO topping those. I do believe I have the most UN-kicky, UN-cute shoe collection in Bloggywood.
But for YOU, dear Laurie, I'll give it a shot.
VIVA LA BLOGHUS!!
PS - My bad for not mentioning your group. Tsk Tsk on me. I promise to make up for it.
Posted by: mommypie | July 16, 2008 at 07:31 AM
I have nothing as good as those...but will get to work on finding something acceptable. Are we going to need a quirky give-away too?
Posted by: Mental P Mama | July 16, 2008 at 04:29 AM
This is such a thought-provoking post that I will need the entire day at work to contemplate which shoes I will send to you.... Will it be the Budweiser high-tops, or the bedroom slippers that look like guerilla's feet? These are all critical questions, especially since I am competing against those shoes of yours. Because it is a competition, right?
If your shoes came with a frizzy wig and a big red nose, I can already tell you that you win.
I'll send you my picture tonight. In the meantime, I'm craving some pigs in blankets.
Posted by: Chesapeake Bay Woman | July 16, 2008 at 02:30 AM
Oh! I have those same shoes. I bought them at the Folk Life festival in Seattle.
Posted by: Mrs. G. | July 16, 2008 at 01:45 AM