DAILY CANDY WANTS YOU TO HAVE SHOE THERAPY© WITH MISS MEGHAN

DAILY CANDY WANTS YOU TO HAVE
SHOE THERAPY© WITH MISS MEGHAN

From today's Weekend Guide in New York:

BUY
Sole Searching with Miss Meghan
What: “Shoe therapy” (oh, dear) includes closet analysis, customized shoe prescription (shopping), five-star spa pedicure, and overnight stay.
Why: An authentic doctor’s bill of $3,030.
When: When you can’t get ahold of your real therapist.
Where: Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Circle, at 60th St. (212-805-8800).

LIFE, LOVE AND STILETTOS

Miss Meg's new monthly column, Life, Love & Stilettos, is now up at HotForShoes!

Every month, Meghan will address the conundrums of the modern goddess and her shoes. From PMS & Pumps to Heartbreak in a Shoe-box, Meghan writes the narrative of a woman in the city navigating her way, from the ground up.

I.

For every woman, there is a shoe

Sometimes I want to be Courtney Love; hair unwashed, kinda dirty and wayyyy out there. Sometimes I want to be Jennifer Lopez; sleek, glam and couture. Sometimes I feel more like Sleater-Kinney; wanting to wail on whatever instrument is closest to me. And sometimes, I want to be Oprah; rockin’ a serious business suit in the boardroom.

It’s pretty much the conundrum of the modern goddess. We’re all trying to incorporate our high-fashion moment with our actual lives. The days where we hit the ground running, barefoot out of bed, mascara flaking down our faces from the charity event we were at the night before, or the day where we wake up and we’re on deadline, or the kids are late for school, or we can’t seem to find our Blackberry and lipstick and keys in the rush to get out of the house in the morning. . .

Read the rest of column here.

MISS MEGHAN DOES JERSEY

no, not that jersey silly! the UK jersey!
am talking to carrie cooper tomorrow at 11:15 am EST - you can listen live here.

THE BEST BITS

hear Miss Meghan talk to Chris Evans on the BBC2 in his weekly podcast right here.
(fast forward a bit it's the second segment in!)

MISS MEGHAN ON THE BBC2 TODAY AT 12:25 EST

oh wow! i get to have a chat with chris evans, one of the UK's biggest media stars. no i am not going to tell you about how i was a fan of chris when i lived in london in 19-- when he was on the big breakfast because that would date me! listen in today here.

MISS MEGHAN IS A WOMAN OF STYLE ON RUNWAYTORETAIL

Give us an inside look at your career as a shoe expert, author and magazine writer.
Right now I am working on my second book, Finding Your Sole Mate, preparing for a shoot on NY1 about my Shoe Therapy© package with the Mandarin Oriental in New York I also write articles for women’s magazines and get a lot of calls from the media on shoe issues, ranging from do’s and don’ts of the flip flop to what are the hot trends for fall. A day at Miss Meghan Media usually includes working on my writing in the morning, catching up on e-mails and meeting up with my assistant to go over our priorities for the week - which can be a mix of anything from personal appearances and events, book signings, to my Stiletto Strategies©, to figuring out a location to shoot a segment, to going through content for my blog. We also do “market days”which is actually shoe shopping! - we go in the market and visit shops, talk to shop owners and see what is hot and what people are buying. Also, I’m a workaholic, so I try to make sure I stop and take breaks, eat a proper lunch, take a walk. . .

READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW

IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE ICE CREAM

that i spend considerable time and energy trolling for the perfect gelato manhattan has to offer at various and east village haunts. laboratorio il gelato: very good. the place on bleecker street with the wierd name: also quite good. san't ambroues : very good (try the pear sorbetto--like a fresh pear) .then there are the people from vermont who make the micro batches: i am forgeting their name but you can get it at citarella. then there is ciao bella, which used to have a place across from my office where i had many many scoops of their chocolate sorbetti. there is also the newly opened sundaes and cones on east 10th: which i recommend the ginger ice cream. (their cookies 'n cream not so good).

mass market ice creams that give me a headache: haagen daz and ben and jerry's. i do not know what they make their ice cream with, heavy on the sugar?


mass market ice creams that do not give me a headache: breyer's and starbucks.

so we have all of this. and we have now this. jeni's ice creams. i almost feel like i need to get a plane and go to columbus, a place heretofore i would have never ever thought of as a destination. but wait, i think they actually might ship to me ! whew. there is an ice cream goddess.

every season, we have must-have bags and shoes and colors and jackets. must-have ice cream. is that a thing? now it is.

PUT THE PERFECT FIT IN YOUR BAG

it's small so it fits perfectly! and you can have it on hand to turn any event into a shoe are you extravanganza! and if you are bag fanatic, you must check pam's blog. has everything a bag girl could want!

MISS MEGHAN ON NEW YORK 1

if you are in the metro new york area you will see miss meghan on NY1 tomorrow on travel with val. if not, you can see the clip online here. val is the fab travel reporter who interviewed me about Shoe Therapy© exclusively available at the Mandarin Oriental, here in Manhattan. We had a great time getting into Mary's inner sole that day!

BUYING A PHONE IS NOT LIKE BUYING SHOES

there is no gazing with longing at the silhouette, no feeling of different textures, trying on of heel heights. none of that. just a conversation with christian at the tmobile store about how the mda is the worst phone every created, why doesn't tmobile sell the treo 700 which is sooooo easy to use and pretty, and ok, what phone do i need to have so i can get email and write texts in a normal way instead of trying to touch the screen with the side of my fingernail.

so. here i am with the blackberry. i have succumbed to it's buzzing noise. and delight in the way it serves me up phone calls, texts and emails all in the same screen. i will now be one of those people with the square-ness of the blackberry clutched in my right hand, my eye and thumb constantly scrolling. i am sort of excited. i will be efficient and answer emails accurately and in a timely way. perhaps i need a square bag. square bags tend to make me feel very efficient.

also. i will now get your emails. also. you will get less spelling errors from me. also. it lost a lot of my numbers--if u call call or text me, tell me your number.

xo miss meg

OH, PS,

WOMEN LOVE SHOES

JJ LIKES CHUCK TAYLORS

so we all know that jj loves him a chuck taylor. check out the ones in the opening shots of his brand new video!

THIS IS ALSO FUNNY

in a different way.

HAVE YOU READ THIS?

funny tidbits. my favorite kind.

A LITTLE ALAIA MAKES EVERYONE FEEL GOOD

elizabeth ended up in my alaias and a major belt (i am currently convinced everyone in addition to needing alaias in their lives, could also do with a major belt or two) , with her all black ensemble. more than 275 peeps came out to hear curtis, jennifer egan, binny kirschenbaum et al read pieces from this is not chick lit. all the literary power peeps were there including jessa and felicia, wendy, anne, the random house ladies, jimmy, and of course the CBS crew taking it all in for broadcast. elizabeth was giving me her best "ask a question" look when the panel started so i kicked it off with an inane question that fortunately jennifer egan turned into something brilliant. then we all headed to 420, then passer-by, then spotted pig where for some reason, we decided to order a bottle of prosecco and a lemon-lime tart, and radish salads. we didn't realize it was 2am till much, much later.

*note to selves; roll mops are actually the pickled herring (ew!). it's devils on horseback that are the prunes wrapped in bacon.

*second note to self: start blog called highheelsandshorts. the trend is OVER people. over.

then a man tried to seduce me by offering olive oil gelato topped with maldon sea salt. then we took some self-portraits with napkins. then we smoked cigarettes (organic, mom, don't worry!). then finally, finally we smartly headed home.

BE THERE

AUGUST 4, 2006
FRIDAY 7pm
Join contributing authors to THIS IS NOT CHICK LIT:
Jennifer Egan * Carolyn Ferrell * Binnie Kirshenbaum * Dika Lam * Curtis Sittenfeld * Lynne Tillman and editor Elizabeth Merrick

at Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side
2289 Broadway @ 82nd St. NY NY 10024

what will the fab elizabeth m. be wearing on her feet, you ask?
we are going shopping right now!

PAT BENATAR MEETS SHANIA TWAIN

thats what i was thinking last night listening to mary lee rock it out. her new CD is out people. BUY it! learn from what i dream, saving grace, verla, all that glitters is not gold. some of the tracks miss m. is currently digging. support the michigan girls.
you can listen to some tidbits of her songs here.

JUST CHILLIN'