Month: November 2010

bookmark_borderThe boot designing cabal hates me

Posted on by Christine Elias

My calves look normal to the naked eye. Shapely even. And if my feet were a size 7 they would not be considered — gasp — wide.

But they are.

You see, my feet are a size 5½ and not unusually chubby but they are not Cinderella slender either. So I need to buy my size in a wide width— not so easy — or a size bigger which gives me the room but alters the fit. That’s how I deal with shoes…

But boots. Oh, boots…

Those people who make boots also make me miserable. I want nothing more than a tall boot. I feel such a boot would complete so many of my outfits. But no. Try to find a size 5½ boot in a wide width/wide calf. You can’t. Or at least I can’t.

I guess the boot designing cabal thinks the dainty creatures with such deliciously petite feet must also have slender calves.

bookmark_borderReal Estate Problem

Posted on by Christine Elias

So I love where I live but I can’t help looking at what else is out there….what else meaning modernist dwellings in the central area of the city. And there’s a lot more to covet these days.

We almost bought one of Radio City’s modernist townhouses on Mutual Street — but we toured one of he last ones left and it was not quite right. (The one at the link is VERY right!)

But I recently found something that is just perfect — the fairly new Corktown Lofthouses on Gilead Place. Wow.

None appear to be for sale at the moment but that’s a good thing given my impulsive nature and also, frankly, because there is no real reason to move….but that has never stopped me before!