Comments on: Manolo the Columnist http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: the materialist http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-242286 the materialist Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:13:37 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-242286 Shoes- Ah, but the wedge is lovely! I have shoveled a steep, icy driveway at night in similarly heeled boots and did not even slip once- which I am prone to do. Shoes- Ah, but the wedge is lovely! I have shoveled a steep, icy driveway at night in similarly heeled boots and did not even slip once- which I am prone to do.

]]> By: Shoes http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-238861 Shoes Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:07:56 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-238861 Hmm, the boots are nice, however the wedge would probably be a bit hazardous on the ice and snow...since many people fall over on their wedges when it is dry out. Hmm, the boots are nice, however the wedge would probably be a bit hazardous on the ice and snow…since many people fall over on their wedges when it is dry out.

]]> By: betsy http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-232977 betsy Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:38:55 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-232977 "...the first light dusting of snow, at which point the drivers of Washington, all of whom were apparently raised in San Diego, will simultaneously lose control of their automobiles." So, so well-put and so, so true. “…the first light dusting of snow, at which point the drivers of Washington, all of whom were apparently raised in San Diego, will simultaneously lose control of their automobiles.” So, so well-put and so, so true.

]]> By: Dani http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-232819 Dani Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:13:18 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-232819 The wedge may actually be useful for reaching over the top of one's SUV (abandoned or otherwise) to get the snow off of the windshield. Yes, indeed, a much more elegant solution than the long-handled ice-scraper & snow brush. Just in case one needs some kind of practical justification for new snow boots. The wedge may actually be useful for reaching over the top of one’s SUV (abandoned or otherwise) to get the snow off of the windshield. Yes, indeed, a much more elegant solution than the long-handled ice-scraper & snow brush.

Just in case one needs some kind of practical justification for new snow boots.

]]> By: nanflan http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-228502 nanflan Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:33:11 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-228502 Meh. I'm not loving the wedge/boot hybrid although I wouldn't mind having a lowish heel version of this same style. To the nanflan, the wedge, it is for the summer. Meh. I’m not loving the wedge/boot hybrid although I wouldn’t mind having a lowish heel version of this same style. To the nanflan, the wedge, it is for the summer.

]]> By: la petite chou chou http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227884 la petite chou chou Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:21:44 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227884 Meant to say I wasn't in Chicago ever... Meant to say I wasn’t in Chicago ever…

]]> By: la petite chou chou http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227882 la petite chou chou Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:20:53 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227882 Anyone who was raised where it can snow 4 feet in one night knows how to drive in the elements. I wasn't in San Diego ever, but the San Bernardino Mountains get quite the snow....I don't live there now, but in Portland, not a single SUV driving-liberal-hippie-rich person-I-can't-drive-without-studded-tires-no-matter-the-weather-person knows how to drive in anything but rain. It's exhausting. Anyone who was raised where it can snow 4 feet in one night knows how to drive in the elements. I wasn’t in San Diego ever, but the San Bernardino Mountains get quite the snow….I don’t live there now, but in Portland, not a single SUV driving-liberal-hippie-rich person-I-can’t-drive-without-studded-tires-no-matter-the-weather-person knows how to drive in anything but rain. It’s exhausting.

]]> By: Dr. Fabulous Shoes http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227688 Dr. Fabulous Shoes Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:17:19 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227688 I must say, the Manolo, he is one of the reasons that I'm a proud DC-ian, dispite the fact that no one here can drive. Indeed, Annalucia, the only truely sane snow drivers are Chicagoians (my hometown, but partiality not-with-standing). Alas, if only everyone here had fabulous shoes like these, they'd not need to drive! Sure, my ER would fill with ankle sprains, but we all must suffer a little for beauty! I must say, the Manolo, he is one of the reasons that I’m a proud DC-ian, dispite the fact that no one here can drive. Indeed, Annalucia, the only truely sane snow drivers are Chicagoians (my hometown, but partiality not-with-standing). Alas, if only everyone here had fabulous shoes like these, they’d not need to drive! Sure, my ER would fill with ankle sprains, but we all must suffer a little for beauty!

]]> By: Annalucia http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227355 Annalucia Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:19:51 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227355 ``...the drivers of Washington, all of whom were apparently raised in San Diego...'' Ah! The dear Manolo, how he makes the Annalucia laugh. Here in Chicago we have had enough of the snow today to disrupt the schedules at the Airport of O'Hare; in addition the parochial schools are closed and the Riccardino (that is the youngest son of the Annalucia) is in the backyard building the snow-creatures while his mamma strolls about the blogosphere. The Annalucia must echo the question of the roz: how does one wear these boots? With the trouser-legs tucked in, like the nomad of the steppes? “…the drivers of Washington, all of whom were apparently raised in San Diego…”

Ah! The dear Manolo, how he makes the Annalucia laugh. Here in Chicago we have had enough of the snow today to disrupt the schedules at the Airport of O’Hare; in addition the parochial schools are closed and the Riccardino (that is the youngest son of the Annalucia) is in the backyard building the snow-creatures while his mamma strolls about the blogosphere.

The Annalucia must echo the question of the roz: how does one wear these boots? With the trouser-legs tucked in, like the nomad of the steppes?

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://shoeblogs.com/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227083 La BellaDonna Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:35:44 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/12/01/manolo-the-columnist-58/#comment-227083 Hee! Hee! La BellaDonna, she loves the Manolo, who truly knows what it is that will pluck the hibernating elegante from her winter lair. No, not the broad-shouldered athletic boy - it is that the cat needs the milk! The moisturizer, it is also important, but even the cracking and peeling like the snake in spring, it does not galvanize in the same way as the plaintive cry of the 15-pound "baby" that bullies its non-feline roommate! (It is the mortifying truth - last year, La BellaDonna, she mushed out in the snow up to her hips because the cat, he refused to accept, "But it's <i>snowing!</i> There's a <i>blizzard!</i>" as the excuse for not having his dab of the tinned food. The stock of moisturizer, it was mercifully fine.) Hee! Hee! La BellaDonna, she loves the Manolo, who truly knows what it is that will pluck the hibernating elegante from her winter lair. No, not the broad-shouldered athletic boy - it is that the cat needs the milk! The moisturizer, it is also important, but even the cracking and peeling like the snake in spring, it does not galvanize in the same way as the plaintive cry of the 15-pound “baby” that bullies its non-feline roommate!

(It is the mortifying truth - last year, La BellaDonna, she mushed out in the snow up to her hips because the cat, he refused to accept, “But it’s snowing! There’s a blizzard!” as the excuse for not having his dab of the tinned food. The stock of moisturizer, it was mercifully fine.)

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