I AM OFF TO MEET ISAAC

mizrahi that is!!!! eek! can you believe! i am going to be a guest on his new talk show on E!. too fun.

also--i met isaiah thomas on monday night and i am ahppyt o report he wears square toed slip on style shiny dress shoes. but more about that later, right now i am going to get unzipped!!

WHILE LAST WEEK WAS A WEEK TO BRING OUT THE COWBOY-ESQUE BOOT

this week is the week to bring out the flat black suede boot with it's accompanying matching black zip-up spat lined in some kind of warm fur. being fully furry (faux or real) is a necessity when the temp drops in the autumn. i have my jeans tucked IN, a chunky fab black sweater i nabbed at target, my AG's and a fabulous wooden green bangle. fall is fun!

EVEN THOUGH WE LOOK VERY CUTE

this was on the fourth day of WSA and marina and I are super sweaty (excuse me, glistening) and gulping down as many cosmos as possible to deal with the heat on the 5th floor of the venetian as everyone else who had the same idea as us came to crowd in. after four days of alternately getting lost in the venetian and interviewing shoe designers while wearing my 3 inch chie miharas (excuse me WHY did I think that was a good shoe to walk miles in?) i was beat. and marina had written probably like 100 orders that day so she was too. but we managed to have fun, eat some strange appetizers and crack up at fabbi's jokes. fortunately rodney whisked me to dinner later at somewhere fabulous in the bellagio where i recovered. see my pretties, being a shoe guru is not always so glamourous!

CAN WE TALK

about this new phenomenon. the clog boot. part of me thinks oh! how practical for the winter, how cozy, how bohemian. and part of me thinks NO STOP with the uggification of shoes. clogs were never meant to be boots and have shearling and furs and things. they were meant for chefs and nurses and people who need to walk a lot and be on their feet and be cozy.

i am having a split personality moment. the stiletto girl in me says never clog. the ballet flat girl in me says clogs might be comfy in the winter for the long walk to the subway. i am going to let them duel it out and i will let you know what happens at the end of the day.

REUNITED

thats right. 8th grade reunion here in downtown farmington. gotta love it. so many peeps came out and all of them asked me to look at their shoes. and i have to say there was a pretty great selection. from angie and heather's black stiletto boots to carla's round toed brown patent pumps, to mike's state trooper casual lace-ups to scott thompson slip on loafers (man on the go!) there was quite a variety i must say. i sipped vernors and caught up with kerry and dana and carla and dee and cindi and jack and shannon and jim and cristina and scott and mark fraser and kevin and his wife and heidi dillion who didnt look like heidi dillon at all! wow I know i am forgetting people here. paul and his wife bravely donated their first night out since having their babe to our reunion which i found admirable. she had MAJOR shoes on by the way--uber stilettos! i love it when moms rock it!!

IT'S ALL ABOUT DANNY GORMAN

why? because for some reason raguso was convinced that he would make the perfect match with amy. or maybe it just amused him to say it? we don't really know. anyhoo, signing at imelda's closet was so super fun. beth and jamie did an amazing hostessing job and all the LNO came out to give support, buying books, shoe calendars and even my two grandmas stood outside on the sidewalk to do some serious PR! then all the mercy girls came by, the above mentioned amy, nicole, karen and heather showed some serious love chatting away mercy style and discussing all things extrav-DANZA and otherwise!

we hit 220 for din, then DOD for some key lime pie martinis (stoli vanilla, pineapple juice and rose's lime juice) and snakebites. it was very chilly and i was looking super-chic let me tell you in my elegant ports1961 dress, raguso's eddie bauer puffer vest and a giant ziploc bag with all my book-signing pens! birmingham did NOT know what hit it.

ALSO

wedges have been on my mind. ever since sarah jessica wore those fierce pierre hardy ones in london. what say you dear readers about the wedge? love 'em? hate 'em? write in today!

IF YOU ARE IN MICHIGAN TOMORROW

have me sign your book at imelda's closet in birmingham. with super juicy delicious shoes right in the heart of downtown, it will be a blast!

NEW BALANCE ON THE A TRAIN

riding the A train this morning, I was surrounded by new balance! has anyone else experienced this phenomenon? grey. blue. white. everywhere i turned a new balance!

A PEEP-TOE POSTSCRIPT

turns out my jennifer love hewitt statement that jennifer IS a peep toe pump was spot on. she wore her peeps on ellen yesterday morning with a very cute sassy dress!

WHOEVER THOUGHT UP THE BRILLIANT IDEA OF

HAVING A TV FESTIVAL

is a very very smart and fun person. i went to the panel with bigwigs nancy dubuc, michael hirschorn, lou wallach and jon lafayette yesterday and it was really quite illuminating to hear them take the mysterious veil off of TV programming and learn how the networks are dealing with broadband convergence. but ENOUGH with this serious tech talk--nancy was wearing the coolest glittery gold grecian inspired thong sandals! they really blinged up the stage in a nice way i must say.