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Shoe Experimentation

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I’ve went a little crazy over the last few weeks with some new shoe experimentation. To put this in context, I’m a really boring shoe guy. Up to this point in time, I’ve never been a fan of shoes that are “two-tone”, they had to be dark, subtle colors and generally shouldn’t stand out. My dress shoes were all Allen Edmonds, which are great shoes but as my wife points out more fitting for the 50-something crowd.

A few weeks ago we were in Macy’s looking for new dress shoes to displace the Allen Edmonds and I stumbled upon these shoes.

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They were two-tone, and I shouldn’t like that, but I really liked them. I got them and decided that I needed to break out of my many year rut. These Ecco shoes broke the mold. It was time to get crazy!

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These orange (really bright orange) Crocs were the next to arrive. They are ridiculously bright and at a size 13 look a lot like clown shoes. I think their awesome. You can’t beat them for doing stuff in the yard and even the occassional errand on the weekends.

Having entered new territory with my bright orange Crocs, it was time to go even further. Tammy logged me on to Zappos and browsing we went. She was gleeful to shop for shoes with me. :-)

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I love these Campers. They are crazy, and very flashy, but totally cool.

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These Gola’s are also very cool, and really radical for me. They remind me a lot of wrestling shoes. They have an extremely thin sole.

Do you have any orange shoes? Go get some. It’s fun!

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Written by Jamie

May 21st, 2007 at 9:03 pm

4 Responses to 'Shoe Experimentation'

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  1. I cannot even believe this post. It is simultaneously disturbing and awe inspiring. It validates the Interweb ™ and at the same time gives us a reason to turn off all of our electronic devices, move to the woods and contemplate the reason for human existence. I am stunned. Simply stunned.

    Plus, I wonder what your peeps in No-Dak are going to think of your fancy shoes. Come on folks–let’s hear it!

    Jim

    22 May 07 at 10:10 pm

  2. I was not going to chime in until I read Jim’s comments above. I find this disturbing for the above reasons mentioned. I am going to disconnect myself from the grid and go live in the mountains.

    Patrick Hambek

    23 May 07 at 12:20 pm

  3. Those campers are awesome!

    btw- you might want to consider logging errors rather than displaying them.. :)

    Joe Vandermark

    23 May 07 at 6:09 pm

  4. Wow!

    Lou

    25 May 07 at 10:33 pm

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