Manolo says, nothing cheers the Manolo like the visit from his favorite funky little fashion troll, the John Galliano! Look! He is the very model of the modern major designer! Everyone thinks they’re down there just playing pinochle at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
Manolo says, it is Tuesday, time to see what the Manolo is… Reading… Listening to… Reading… The Manolo is still reading the work of the Mark Helprin. His writing has the magnificent flow, with cadences which the Manolo can only characterize as classical in their sonority and power. And, yet, he is funny! To be the writer such as this is among the chief aspirations of the Manolo, well, that and to have magnificent shoes.
Manolo says, for the past few weeks, since the start of the new year, the Manolo the Shoeblogger has been feverishly writing away at his autobiography. Now, after this burst of activity, the Manolo is most happy to announce that he has reached the 120 page mark, and that his agent tells him that he is ready to take this brief sample of the Manolo’s magnus opus to the publishers, so that they may judge its literary worth in the markeplace. Yes, 120 pages sounds like the large portion, but at the rate the Manolo is going, he expects this…