I'm kidding...sort of.
I'm in Canada for a few days on business. And after a full day of standing around and telling people how to talk, write and act - I realized something very disturbing.
I brought the freakin' wrong pair of shoes. (Well, the first part is disturbing too, as these are grown ass men and women and have functioned in the world so far just fine) Anyway...
It became very clear that before I hit the hotel bar or ordered room service - I needed a new pair of shoes.
The problem is this - cute shoes are not comfortable and comfortable shoes sure as eff ain't cute. So it's the amazing pair of boots that will actually disfigure my feet forever OR the cute Sketcher sneakers that masquerade as grown up shoes, but actually should only be worn by cute co-eds OR the leather work shoe that looks like it's probably all the rage with the ladies whoopin' it up at the retirement home.
I finally managed to find this quite cute soft leather Mary Jane-ish shoe that was uber-comfortable. The sales girl made an extra special deal out of these shoes being Hush Puppies. And all I could think was "if you really want me to buy these, you'll take that back right this second!"
Where the hell was I when Hush Puppies got cool? Sure, back when I was in Third Grade there were dreams of a shiny new pair of red Hush Puppies during Back-to-School shopping, but those went side by side with the dreams that my hair was straight and could be feathered (ala Farrah Fawcett)
Is this a geographical anomaly? Is Canada, in fact, the land of Hush Puppies? Or, and this is easily possible - I fell asleep, missed a few episodes of Fashion TV and missed the announcement that comfortable, soft leather shoes are all the rage with Celebretants like Paris and Nicole. Gosh, I hope so. Cause if comfortable shoes finally went and got cool - my life is just about perfect.
Either that, or I'm moving to Canada.
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Hush Puppies cool? That can't be. I think my last pair of Hush Puppies were in 1965. I'm not sure, but I don't think they were really cool then.
Oh crap. My father even knows that Hush Puppies aren't cool. I'm doomed.
Hush Puppies actually got super cool in the mid-nineties. When I coached ice hockey in Harlem, one week all of the kids suddenly showed up wearing them. And if they wore them, they were cool. There was an interesting article in The New Yorker about it.
Canadians, of course, chart their own path. Independent thinkers with free health care and so forth. So if they like Hush Puppies, they wear them.
Hope that fine country is treating you well. Don't be afraid to take in some curling in Listowel this weekend.
I wish I were spending the weekend in Canada and hell, I'll put it out there...Canada is now on my Top 5 Places to Live One Day List. (That list doesn't exist, as such. It's all in my head) But still...I love Canada and don't think there won't be more blogs on our neighbors to the north!
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