I got a call from my lady. "Come down quick," she said. "There are cheap shoes sales going on, and I got a pair saved for you." So I met her outside a shoe store on Broadway. It's one of the stores I pass by on the way to work everyday but never thought about dropping in. For those of you who know me, I'm the biggest slob there is. I wear whatever's there. But the fact that I've been wearing same black sneakers my sister sent me a while ago (she works for Columbia Sportswear which is great. Thank you Yoonmee!) had been bothering my lady. She was determined to get a pair of Summer shoes for me for a while.
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At a first glance, this pair was not very unusual.
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"Aren't they cool?" my lady said.
Fragile: Handle with Care? Then I realized there are people's faces inside the shoes.
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There were pictures, of Andy Warhol for the right foot and Candy Darling for the left. The pair was on sale for twenty dollars. I tried them on. Squishy! The idea of Warhol and Darling under my heels made me giddy. My lady eagerly paid twenty dollars for them.
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I don't care if you accuse me of being hipster-ish at an old age. I'm happy to report that their faces are finally in their rightful place.
Ohoho. Gosh darn, I miss you guys.
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