Manolo the Columnist: Acrea by Tsubo
Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest colimn for the Express of the Washington Post.
0Dear Manolo,
Unfortunately, my summer is almost over. Soon, it will be time for me to go back to standing at the blackboard several hours each day, teaching math to high school students. Can you recommend some affordable, comfortable shoes that might match my style? I consider myself to be a moderately hip, somewhat quirky thirty-year old.
Charise
Manolo says, ah, how well the Manolo remembers his own algebra teacher, Sister Benedicta, otherwise know to the children as “The Slide Ruleâ€, not simply for her mastery of the numbers, but also for the manner in which she wielded said instrument as the tool of classroom order.
The Manolo still has the slight dent high on the crown of his head, which may be used, the barber of the Manolo claims, to perform the limited number of logarithmic calculations.
But such stern discipline was always the rule at Our Lady of the Flaming Spleen Country Day School, the institution whose motto remains, “The Wrathful Word Turneth Away Evil.†You may be certain that there were no moderately hip, somewhat quirky personalities among the teaching sisters…well, except for Sister Inocenta, who not only taught the auto shop classes but was also president of the local Frankie Avalon Fan Club.
Here is the Acrea from Tsubo, the quirky and comfortable shoe of moderate price and good looks.
Comments
LaLarson 14 years ago
“Our Lady of the Perpetual Spleen Country Day School”
Hilarious turns of phrase like this are the reason I read the Manolo.
Tracey 14 years ago
first off: ayyyy! Tracey loves the Manoloooo!! ayyyy!!! :D – and yes i agree, the hilarious little things on here like “ayyy” :) and fun humor are what make me read this page!!
i LOVE LOVE LOVE also this Tsubo shoe you posted!! .. but.. of course..
there’s an AYYYY! to it for me… they start at size 6! .. and i have size 5 feet! :(
the padding, the comfort, height, hidden platform.. *sigh* .. and the “starving young artist/retail day job” budget hahaha.. le sigh.. how dreamy! – i’d buy it in every color it comes in!
i’m 5ft3in tall.. with wide calves.. size 5 feet.. dress size 10/12.. so i need comfy heels! these are perfect pump-ish shoes! i could live in em!
could you help me find something just as perfect that would fit me?? oo and boots too??
alas, i had the perfect perfect chinese laundry boots for a few years.. wore them all over manhattan and they’ve gone to the boot heaven. they had a perfect almond toe, 3/4-1inch wedge heel, a V-cut front on top that made my legs go on for miles! PLUS! the back had a bit of elastic goring so my wide calves would fit EVEN WITH skinny jeans!! *gasp!* – i’m not sure if they were intended to be a tad slouchy? but since i’m short with wide calves, i wore it that way and thanks to the suede it looked great!
this is my first post on here, so thanks for reading it all the way through! – i’ve gotten all my friends to read manolo blogs too!! :) thaaank youu!
Tracey 14 years ago
oh & p.s.: so you get a sense of my style…
kenneth cole/kenneth cole reaction, i’m a tomboy gone a tad girly who is far from being high maintenence [though i do “cleanup well”], discovered how great pomade is! [chopped off my mid-back length locks. donated to Locks of Love], michelle bohbot, modcloth, Express, Juicy Couture, DKNY, Marc Jacobs, Betseyville… you get the idea. :) – and i adore what i manage to find at places like Marshall’s and Century 21!