Manolo says, this picture of the Kenneth Cole boot with the special place for the MetroCard, it made the Manolo smile.
Underground Fashion
Manolo says, this picture of the Kenneth Cole boot with the special place for the MetroCard, it made the Manolo smile.
Elegant
Manolo says, the Manolo he has recommended this elegant shoe from the Nicole Miller before, but now it is on the sale - 40% off.
Click here for more Nicole Miller shoes
The Shoes of the Ashley Fawkes
Manolo says, the Manolo's has just learned that the Manolo's internet friend the Piers, his brother the Ashley is the skilled maker of the handmade shoes for the mens and the womens.
Manolo says, the feeling of these shoes, they seem to the Manolo to be very aristocratic; a little fusty, a little old-fashioned, but with the sense of the timelessness, and certainly they are of the first quality in material and workmanship.
They are indeed super fantastic.
Manolo says, the feeling of these shoes, they seem to the Manolo to be very aristocratic; a little fusty, a little old-fashioned, but with the sense of the timelessness, and certainly they are of the first quality in material and workmanship.
They are indeed super fantastic.
The Imitation
Look at this, the Fug Girls, they have borrowed one of the Manolo's punch lines.
Here is the joke the Manolo told on the Saturday.
Here is the joke the Fug Girls told on the following Thursday.
Manolo says, at least give the poor Manolo the shout out if you borrow his ideas.
P.S. (The morning of the Monday) Manolo says, yes the Manolo he has the fiery temper, for he was indeed too hasty with the out lashing at the Fug Girls.
In the fact, he is the admirer of the Fug Girls, and now wishes that he had not spoken the words in the anger. It is the petty and ungracious behavior, for which the Manolo he is sorry.
Worst of the all, the Manolo he has forgotten the shoes!
What about the shoes, the Manolo asks?
How can the joy that is the shoes be spread if the Manolo, he is off flying from the handle at the notice of the moment? It is too much for the Manolo. He must go lay down for the second to recover his composure following his grevious error of the decorum.
Here is the joke the Manolo told on the Saturday.
Here is the joke the Fug Girls told on the following Thursday.
Manolo says, at least give the poor Manolo the shout out if you borrow his ideas.
P.S. (The morning of the Monday) Manolo says, yes the Manolo he has the fiery temper, for he was indeed too hasty with the out lashing at the Fug Girls.
In the fact, he is the admirer of the Fug Girls, and now wishes that he had not spoken the words in the anger. It is the petty and ungracious behavior, for which the Manolo he is sorry.
Worst of the all, the Manolo he has forgotten the shoes!
What about the shoes, the Manolo asks?
How can the joy that is the shoes be spread if the Manolo, he is off flying from the handle at the notice of the moment? It is too much for the Manolo. He must go lay down for the second to recover his composure following his grevious error of the decorum.
Presenting
Manolo says, the ladies and the gentlemen, the Manolo he presents to you Mr. and Miss Singapore Polytechnic 2004/2005!
Cynthia Rowley
Manolo says, here is the very recent picture of the designer Cynthia Rowley who is, as you can see, pregnant with the quintuplets.
In the honor of this soon to be blessed event, the Manolo he has found a pair of the shoes of the Cynthia Rowley that the Manolo he thinks are worth the wearing, and, even the better, are on the sale.
Manolo says, this good-looking sandal, it is only $48 of the American dollars, reduced from nearly $200!
There are more such of the bargains to be found at the Manolo's Basement of the Bargains.
D & G 2005
Manolo says, here is the brand new Dolce & Gabbana shoe for the spring. It is, in the opinion of the Manolo, gorgeous.
My Name Is Tommy, And I Have A Torch
Manolo says, Tom Cruise: one of the special people.
(Many thanks to the Manolo's internet friend the Bennett.)
Miss Meghan
Manolo says, if you are the person interested in the shoes, you must know about the Manolo's friend the Miss Meghan. She does not post as often as she should to her blog, but it is still worth the visit.
Undoubtedly, she is the busy woman, as her new book on the shoes, it is coming out in a couple of the months.
Undoubtedly, she is the busy woman, as her new book on the shoes, it is coming out in a couple of the months.
The Donna Karan on the Sale
Manolo says, this beautiful pair of the Donna Karan boots, it is on the sale, reduced nearly $600 of the American dollars.
The Eileen Shields
Manolo says, here is the article on the shoe designer Eileen Shields who used to work for the Donna Karan.
Manolo says, the Manolo he very much likes the shoes of the Eileen Shields, the are good looking and fun, and have the understated, eccentric sensiblity that the Manolo finds refreshing. They are indeed super fantastic.
Any woman who finds herself nodding her head in happy agreement at the mention of flats ought to go take a look at Shields's shoes, STAT. Though the designer's line, now entering its third season, is rich in pumps, the standout item is the 'Juliette,' a round-toed flat with contrasting t-strap; available in a few different colors, they're the kind of shoes committed pedestrians love to the point of destruction. And even Shields's princess heels, such as the sling-backed 'Ameli' and 'Maria' mary jane, offer merely the suggestion of the soigne high-heeled silhouette, while hewing forgivingly low to the ground.
"It's not like I launched the line because I couldn't find any flats out there I liked," Shields notes, "but if it's a niche that works for me, I guess I'm glad to fill it." She laughs again, adding merrily: "I don't know. This is only my third collection; I'm still figuring out what 'Eileen Shields' the brand is all about. I have some ideas, but It's going to take a few more seasons before I can say for sure. For now, I'm just a cobbler, really."
Manolo says, the Manolo he very much likes the shoes of the Eileen Shields, the are good looking and fun, and have the understated, eccentric sensiblity that the Manolo finds refreshing. They are indeed super fantastic.
The Carnivale of the Sins
Manolo says, the very naughty, and yet very nice Alexa has asked the Manolo to remind you that the weekly Carnivale of the Sins, it is looking for the racy blog stories about the Seven Deadly Sins.
The Brad and The George
Manolo says, look at this.
(Many thanks to the Manolo's internet friend the Sarah for the tip!)
Brad Pitt has turned to his "Ocean's Twelve" co-star George Clooney for comfort following the break-up of his four-year marriage to Jennifer Aniston.Manolo says, the Clooney he is the shameless wrecker of the home!
Clooney has been comforting Pitt and even joking about the threat to his position as one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors. He even suggested Brad take a break, offering him his Italian villa as a free holiday destination.
And just days after announcing his split from Aniston, Pitt flew off to Japan on a promotional trip for "Ocean's Twelve," spending two days with George in the Far East.
(Many thanks to the Manolo's internet friend the Sarah for the tip!)
Remembering the Wannsee Conference and the Liberation of Auschwitz
Remembering the Wannsee Conference and the Liberation of Auschwitz
"This article is posted by participants of the January 27, 2005, BlogBurst (see list on left in blogroll), to remember the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, sixty years ago, on January 27, 1945.
On January 20th, we marked the anniversary of the 1942 Wannsee Conference. In the course of that Conference, the Nazi hierarchy formalized the plan to annihilate the Jewish people. Understanding the horrors of Auschwitz requires that one be aware of the premeditated mass-murder that was presented at Wannsee.
Highlighting these events now has become particularly important, even as the press reports that '45% of Britons have never heard of Auschwitz' (Jerusalem Post, December 2, 2004.) Read full story here: BBC: 45% of Britons have never heard of Auschwitz.
"This article is posted by participants of the January 27, 2005, BlogBurst (see list on left in blogroll), to remember the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, sixty years ago, on January 27, 1945.
On January 20th, we marked the anniversary of the 1942 Wannsee Conference. In the course of that Conference, the Nazi hierarchy formalized the plan to annihilate the Jewish people. Understanding the horrors of Auschwitz requires that one be aware of the premeditated mass-murder that was presented at Wannsee.
Highlighting these events now has become particularly important, even as the press reports that '45% of Britons have never heard of Auschwitz' (Jerusalem Post, December 2, 2004.) Read full story here: BBC: 45% of Britons have never heard of Auschwitz.
SHOES FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS
The Holocaust, symbolized by Auschwitz, the worst of the death camps, occurred in the wake of consistent, systematic, unrelenting anti-Jewish propaganda campaign. As a result, the elimination of the Jews from German society was accepted as axiomatic, leaving open only two questions: when and how.
As Germany expanded its domination and occupation of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, the Low Countries, Yugoslavia, Poland, parts of the USSR, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Italy and others countries, the way was open for Hitler to realize his well-publicized plan of destroying the Jewish people.
After experimentation, the use of Zyklon B on unsuspecting victim was adopted by the Nazis as the means of choice, and Auschwitz was selected as the main factory of death (more accurately, one should refer to the “Auschwitz-Birkenau complex”). The green light for mass annihilation was given at the Wannsee Conference, January 20, 1942, and the mass gassings took place in Auschwitz between 1942 and the end of 1944, when the Nazis retreated before the advancing Red Army. Jews were transported to Auschwitz from all over Nazi-occupied or Nazi-dominated Europe and most were slaughtered in Auschwitz upon arrival, sometimes as many as 12,000 in one day. Some victims were selected for slave labour or “medical” experimentation. All were subject to brutal treatment.
In all, between three and four million people, mostly Jews, but also Poles and Red Army POWs, were slaughtered in Auschwitz alone (though some authors put the number at 1.3 million). Other death camps were located at Sobibor, Chelmno, Belzec (Belzek), Majdanek and Treblinka.
Auschwitz was liberated by the Red Army on 27 January 1945, sixty years ago, after most of the prisoners were forced into a Death March westwards. The Red Army found in Auschwitz about 7,600 survivors, but not all could be saved.
For a long time, the Allies were well aware of the mass murder, but deliberately refused to bomb the camp or the railways leading to it. Ironically, during the Polish uprising, the Allies had no hesitation in flying aid to Warsaw, sometimes flying right over Auschwitz.
There are troubling parallels between the systematic vilification of Jews before the Holocaust and the current vilification of the Jewish people and Israel. Suffice it to note the annual flood of anti-Israel resolutions at the UN; or the public opinion polls taken in Europe, which single out Israel as a danger to world peace; or the divestment campaigns being waged in the US against Israel; or the attempts to delegitimize Israel’s very existence. The complicity of the Allies in WW II is mirrored by the support the PLO has been receiving from Europe, China and Russia to this very day.
If remembering Auschwitz should teach us anything, it is that we must all support Israel and the Jewish people against the vilification and the complicity we are witnessing, knowing where it inevitably leads.
Outdoor Shoe Recommendations
Holly posed a question about shoe for cold weather. Regular dress boots are not quite enough in the snow and possible sub zero weather. Heavy duty is the way to go. I would suggest going straight to L. L. Bean. They have shoes for men and women geared to extremes in cold weather. The have a shoe grouping called "Cold Weather Boots." You can view them here.
I am partial to very functional boots that may not look the best with dress clothes as long as they do the job. I have a pair of duck shoes that I love as they are insulated and are for cold and wet weather.
After looking thru the L.L. Bean on line, I like the following and by that I mean I would buy for myself in a skinny minute!
I have these and love them!
These are the snow mocs. I would like a pair of these as the ones above, you really can't wear with dress pants and make them look good. Right now, I totally tuck the pants in and do not worry about it.
This one reminds me of a hiking boot and I am in love with hiking boots. I have a pair of JEEP suede hiking boots that I just love.
The next brand of shoe I would recommend would be the UGGS. I do not have any but they are very good in cold weather as well. Check out the womens line here. I would love to have any they make!
I would love these furry ones!
These are more practical but wonderful!
Hope this will help in your search for shoes!
I am partial to very functional boots that may not look the best with dress clothes as long as they do the job. I have a pair of duck shoes that I love as they are insulated and are for cold and wet weather.
After looking thru the L.L. Bean on line, I like the following and by that I mean I would buy for myself in a skinny minute!
I have these and love them!
These are the snow mocs. I would like a pair of these as the ones above, you really can't wear with dress pants and make them look good. Right now, I totally tuck the pants in and do not worry about it.
This one reminds me of a hiking boot and I am in love with hiking boots. I have a pair of JEEP suede hiking boots that I just love.
The next brand of shoe I would recommend would be the UGGS. I do not have any but they are very good in cold weather as well. Check out the womens line here. I would love to have any they make!
I would love these furry ones!
These are more practical but wonderful!
Hope this will help in your search for shoes!
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
The Super Fantastic (From the Archives of the Manolo)
Manolo says, of the recently many of the Manolo's newer internet friends they have been asking the Manolo, "Manolo, sometimes, the shoe you select I do not like, and so what makes this shoe the super fantastic?"
So, the Manolo he has dug back into his archives and brought out this post from many months ago, to explain what makes something the super fantastic.
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Manolo says, one of the Manolo's many internet friends has written the e-mail to the Manolo asking the question.
Manolo says, sometimes the shoe it jumps out at the Manolo and says, "I am the perfect shoe!"
For the example, the Manolo, he absolultely loves this shoe by the Yves Saint Laurent.
It is, this shoe, the perfect black suede pump; the platonic ideal of the pump. The workmanship is the top level, the material is beautiful, and there is no doubt in the mind of the Manolo that this is a shoe every girl, she should own.
So, it is a very logical that this is super fantastic.
Yet the other times, Manolo says, this question it is difficult because the Manolo he cannot explain sometimes why he thinks a particular shoe it is super fantatstic. For the example, this shoe by the Donald J. Pliner.
Manolo says, this shoe is wonderful!
On the one of the hands it is in a classic although somewhat of the stodgy form, the mocassin toe loafer. Yet, on the other of the hands, the material, it is the calf hair, in the black and white, like the funky cowboy chaps, and it has the red rubber-esque soles
Alone, says the Manolo, these things they would not make for the super fantastic shoe, but somehow, when the Donald Pliner put them together they became more than the sum of their parts! And so, it is difficult for the Manolo to explain with the logic why it is super fantastic, because there is the shoe magic at work.
Manolo has said before there is a place where the fashion it lies, and that place it is on the line between the classic and the trashy. The fashion, the real fashion, it is a balancing of the various, seemingly contradictory elements.
Sometimes the Manolo he can explain why something, it is super fantastic, other times, the Manolo can only feel the super fantasticness in the vibrating of his very being.
So, the Manolo he has dug back into his archives and brought out this post from many months ago, to explain what makes something the super fantastic.
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Manolo says, one of the Manolo's many internet friends has written the e-mail to the Manolo asking the question.
I must ask a question: what are your requirements for a shoe that measures high enough on your superfantastic scale to be featured on your blog? What do you look for? A certain style? A specific look? What makes a superfantastic shoe superfantastic?Manolo says, this question, it is a very good question, but a very difficult question for the Manolo to answer.
Manolo says, sometimes the shoe it jumps out at the Manolo and says, "I am the perfect shoe!"
For the example, the Manolo, he absolultely loves this shoe by the Yves Saint Laurent.
It is, this shoe, the perfect black suede pump; the platonic ideal of the pump. The workmanship is the top level, the material is beautiful, and there is no doubt in the mind of the Manolo that this is a shoe every girl, she should own.
So, it is a very logical that this is super fantastic.
Yet the other times, Manolo says, this question it is difficult because the Manolo he cannot explain sometimes why he thinks a particular shoe it is super fantatstic. For the example, this shoe by the Donald J. Pliner.
Manolo says, this shoe is wonderful!
On the one of the hands it is in a classic although somewhat of the stodgy form, the mocassin toe loafer. Yet, on the other of the hands, the material, it is the calf hair, in the black and white, like the funky cowboy chaps, and it has the red rubber-esque soles
Alone, says the Manolo, these things they would not make for the super fantastic shoe, but somehow, when the Donald Pliner put them together they became more than the sum of their parts! And so, it is difficult for the Manolo to explain with the logic why it is super fantastic, because there is the shoe magic at work.
Manolo has said before there is a place where the fashion it lies, and that place it is on the line between the classic and the trashy. The fashion, the real fashion, it is a balancing of the various, seemingly contradictory elements.
Sometimes the Manolo he can explain why something, it is super fantastic, other times, the Manolo can only feel the super fantasticness in the vibrating of his very being.
My Last Nerve!! Get off it!
Do you ever have days when everything and everyone just bugs you? I was not having a bad day on yesterday but it just seemed like everyone was just a big headache on yesterday. Maybe I just did not want to be around people? Who knows? It was just nerve racking.
It all began as soon as I walked into the office. Finishing shoes was finishing everything I said all day long. She has now learned to speed up in anticipaton of me speeding up what I am saying, so that I can get it out before she does her finishing act! And all day she had lots of questions. Help her with this and what about that and what would I consider appropriate or excessive medical treatment for this client. What was I on yesterday? Ask Jeeves!!??! And there she was with every answer I was giving her, finishing the last 5-6 words of each sentence. I wanted a gun by the end of the day!
Next there was Jolly shoes. Jolly shoes in not on the sidebar over there in the cast of shoes, but he is new and has decided I am the answer man as well. He has been coming to me for months. Boy was I tired of him by the end of the day as well. Having to assist him with negotiations before he had them. He ran them all by me before he did them to be sure he has the right approach. And he just happens to be jolly. Really jolly. Like santa. He is round and has a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly. And he sings. He is a very musical pair of odd shoes. He has a 2nd job as an event planner and does all the music for various events like weddings, parties, office functions...whatever. So he is always singing and trying to dance in the office. Yesterday, it was, "We Are Family," by the Pointer Sisters. And he was doing the Cabbage
Patch Dance in my office. All the time as I watched, I was thinking, do the dumb blonde jokes only apply to women or do they apply to slightly overweight, blonde men doing the cabbage patch to We Are Family, as well? Focus people, focus. Redirection does not work well with him either.
Classic Court. Well What can I say about her. She was in rare form. She was not having any sardine wars on yesterday but the farting was in full force. I passed her by the copier and fax machines in the hallway where she was sending a fax and passed thru a cloud of most smelly gasses. After that, I just wanted her to catch the first boat next to England. I avoided her for the remainder of the day. Emails work wonderfully when you have to avoid at work.
Wannabe Shoes made the big wardrobe malfunction on yesterday. I had to take a double look. It was wannabe shoes in skank shoes clothing. She had on some sort of hoochie outfit not fit for work. Pants...OK. The shirt was some sort of shirt cut down to her navel it was so low and she must have had on a pushup bra because she was busting out all over and jiggling. We work in a very conservative office where people dress in suits and there she was, dressed for a club. I did not even get to see her shoes. I could not get past that shirt.
Snakeskin was all full of venom on yesterday and tried to make a strike at me. She crawled out of the dark hole she lives in around 1:30 with an email to a project manager about something she thought I had not done on a project that she is now handling. Well it all backfired. I had done what she said I had not done in the email. She failed to properly review the file before she sent the email. So I politely send an email to them both telling her where to look for the project details she overlooked. Bad kharma does follow some people. I did not hear any more hissing from her reptilian head for the rest of the day.
Skank is laying low for while. I have not really seen or heard from her. Not after the last bruhaha! Wingtips was wingtips. Wonderful as usual. He was the only bright spot shining in my office on yesterday. That was yesterday and it was not even a monday. Let's just hope today is better.
It all began as soon as I walked into the office. Finishing shoes was finishing everything I said all day long. She has now learned to speed up in anticipaton of me speeding up what I am saying, so that I can get it out before she does her finishing act! And all day she had lots of questions. Help her with this and what about that and what would I consider appropriate or excessive medical treatment for this client. What was I on yesterday? Ask Jeeves!!??! And there she was with every answer I was giving her, finishing the last 5-6 words of each sentence. I wanted a gun by the end of the day!
Next there was Jolly shoes. Jolly shoes in not on the sidebar over there in the cast of shoes, but he is new and has decided I am the answer man as well. He has been coming to me for months. Boy was I tired of him by the end of the day as well. Having to assist him with negotiations before he had them. He ran them all by me before he did them to be sure he has the right approach. And he just happens to be jolly. Really jolly. Like santa. He is round and has a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly. And he sings. He is a very musical pair of odd shoes. He has a 2nd job as an event planner and does all the music for various events like weddings, parties, office functions...whatever. So he is always singing and trying to dance in the office. Yesterday, it was, "We Are Family," by the Pointer Sisters. And he was doing the Cabbage
Patch Dance in my office. All the time as I watched, I was thinking, do the dumb blonde jokes only apply to women or do they apply to slightly overweight, blonde men doing the cabbage patch to We Are Family, as well? Focus people, focus. Redirection does not work well with him either.
Classic Court. Well What can I say about her. She was in rare form. She was not having any sardine wars on yesterday but the farting was in full force. I passed her by the copier and fax machines in the hallway where she was sending a fax and passed thru a cloud of most smelly gasses. After that, I just wanted her to catch the first boat next to England. I avoided her for the remainder of the day. Emails work wonderfully when you have to avoid at work.
Wannabe Shoes made the big wardrobe malfunction on yesterday. I had to take a double look. It was wannabe shoes in skank shoes clothing. She had on some sort of hoochie outfit not fit for work. Pants...OK. The shirt was some sort of shirt cut down to her navel it was so low and she must have had on a pushup bra because she was busting out all over and jiggling. We work in a very conservative office where people dress in suits and there she was, dressed for a club. I did not even get to see her shoes. I could not get past that shirt.
Snakeskin was all full of venom on yesterday and tried to make a strike at me. She crawled out of the dark hole she lives in around 1:30 with an email to a project manager about something she thought I had not done on a project that she is now handling. Well it all backfired. I had done what she said I had not done in the email. She failed to properly review the file before she sent the email. So I politely send an email to them both telling her where to look for the project details she overlooked. Bad kharma does follow some people. I did not hear any more hissing from her reptilian head for the rest of the day.
Skank is laying low for while. I have not really seen or heard from her. Not after the last bruhaha! Wingtips was wingtips. Wonderful as usual. He was the only bright spot shining in my office on yesterday. That was yesterday and it was not even a monday. Let's just hope today is better.
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Cravats Worth The Wearing
Manolo says, the Manolo he has made the website the help the man pick out the ties that are worth wearing. It contains pictures of 24 beautiful ties that any man would be proud to own.
So, if you are the man shopping for the tie, or the woman shopping for the man who needs the tie...click here to go to Manolo's Cravats Worth The Wearing.
So, if you are the man shopping for the tie, or the woman shopping for the man who needs the tie...click here to go to Manolo's Cravats Worth The Wearing.
The Fluevog On The Sale
Manolo says, the Manolo he is usually indifferent to the shoes of the John Fluevog. They are sometimes just too trendy for his more classical tastes.
However, this funky maryjane shoe, of all the Fluevog shoes, is the one the Manolo he likes the best. And now, it is on the sale! Reduced almost $90 of the American dollars.
There are the other Fluevog bargains to be seen at the Manolo's Basement of the Bargains!
The Super Fantastic Newsletter
Manolo says, many of the Manolo's internet friends they have been writing to the Manolo to inform him that, lamentably, they did not receive the copy of the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter in the box of the email.
If this it is the case with you, please email the Manolo to tell him of this, so that he may correct the mistake.
If you have not yet signed up to receive the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter perhaps now, it is the time to do so.
If this it is the case with you, please email the Manolo to tell him of this, so that he may correct the mistake.
If you have not yet signed up to receive the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter perhaps now, it is the time to do so.
What The Manolo Is...
Manolo says, it is the Tuesday, and so it must be the time for the regular round of the What The Manolo Is...
Reading...
Watching...
Reading...
Listening to...
Watching...
Manolo says, serveral of the peoples they have asked the Manolo what he thinks of the new book of the Tom Wolfe, I Am The Charlotte Simmons, which the Manolo he was reading it two of the weeks ago.
Here is the Manolo's opinion on this work. It was just the okay... which in the context of the Tom Wolfe, whom the Manolo thinks is a genius, is somewhat of the disappointment. The Manolo, he wanted to like it, but it was not up to the high standard of A Man in The Full, which the Manolo considers the great work.
Frankly, the The Charlotte Simmons, it was a little boring, a little ridiculous, a little too much of what we already know about the students of the college. ("They are the Horndogs! Quelle Suprise!")
Reading...
Watching...
Reading...
Listening to...
Watching...
Manolo says, serveral of the peoples they have asked the Manolo what he thinks of the new book of the Tom Wolfe, I Am The Charlotte Simmons, which the Manolo he was reading it two of the weeks ago.
Here is the Manolo's opinion on this work. It was just the okay... which in the context of the Tom Wolfe, whom the Manolo thinks is a genius, is somewhat of the disappointment. The Manolo, he wanted to like it, but it was not up to the high standard of A Man in The Full, which the Manolo considers the great work.
Frankly, the The Charlotte Simmons, it was a little boring, a little ridiculous, a little too much of what we already know about the students of the college. ("They are the Horndogs! Quelle Suprise!")
"Hip"
Manolo says, this boot from the Donald J. Pliner, the Manolo he likes. They are the straightforward, the simple, and yet "hip" with the buckle and the heel of chunkiness.
Flaxseed Anyone?
Okay. I have discovered the benefits of flax seed and take a heaping teaspoon of it daily. I saw an infomercial for it about 4 months ago and was intrigued because it was realy good for you. I put on my shoes and ran down to the health food store and bought the smallest bag--13.05 ounces. Try some.
What is flaxseed?
What is flaxseed?
Flax is a blue flowering crop grown on the Prairies of Canada for its oil-rich seeds. The seeds of flax are tiny, smooth and flat, and range in colour from light to reddish brown. They serve a variety of purposes, including baking and other food uses.
People have eaten flaxseed since ancient times. Taste — a pleasant, nutty flavour — is one reason. Good nutrition is another.
Flax benefitsCurrent nutrition research continues to identify various substances in foods that appear to act as protectors against chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease and cancer. Flaxseed, a popular food ingredient in Europe and Canada, is no exception. The reasons are many:
• Several studies confirm that flaxseed can be a cholesterol-lowering agent like oat bran, fruit pectin and other food ingredients that contain soluble fibre. By packaging both omega-3 fatty acids and soluble fibre together, flaxseed presents two ingredients that favour healthy blood lipid patterns.
• Flaxseed contains healthy amounts of both soluble and insoluble fibre. Scientists at the American National Cancer Institute singled out flaxseed as one of six foods that deserved special study. The reason: flaxseed shows potential cancer-fighting ability. Flaxseed is one of the richest sources of lignans, a type of phytoestrogen which may protect against cancer, particularly hormone-sensitive cancers such as those of the breast and prostate.
While flaxseed is rich in protein, research suggests that its health benefits probably have more to do with its fatty acid and fibre profile.
| Nutrient Profile of Flaxseed | |
| Proximate | |
| 100 grams (3 ½ ounces) | |
| Food Energy | 450 Kilocalories (Calories) |
| Fat* | 41.0 grams |
| Total Dietary Fibre | 28.0 grams |
| Protein | 20.0 grams |
*Analysed by the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS ) Official Method Am 2-93, which is based on the Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations Ltd. (FOSFA) Official Method. The American Organization of Analytical Chemists (AOAC International) Method 996.06 will produce a slightly lower fat content.
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
New Addition to the Gallery of the Horrors
Manolo says, he has added this "shoe" to the Manolo's permanent exhibition at the Gallery of the Horrors.
Manolo says, here you see the Dansko Teton, the shoe that its makers describe as the "men's sport clog".
Perhaps, like the Manolo, you are wondering what is the sport that the mens play while wearing the clog? Undoubtedly it must be something that it requires the ability to quickly kick off the shoe.
As far at the Manolo knows, there is no sport that is best played with the clog on the foot, and so it is most likely that this description, it was given in the hopes that the potato of the couch, as he clomped the aisles of the Wal-Mart, or sank into his Boy of Laziness for the protracted TV viewing, would feel good about himself.
The fact that he would not have to bend over, past the groaning waistband of his sweatpants, to untie the laces would be the other point of selling.
Manolo says, the very idea of the "men's sports clog" it makes the Manolo laugh. Ha!
It is ridiculous, and only the most gullible of the persons could be tricked into paying $125 of the American dollars for these glorified, heavy-duty house slippers.
The Dansko
Manolo says, here you see the Dansko Teton, the shoe that its makers describe as the "men's sport clog".
Perhaps, like the Manolo, you are wondering what is the sport that the mens play while wearing the clog? Undoubtedly it must be something that it requires the ability to quickly kick off the shoe.
As far at the Manolo knows, there is no sport that is best played with the clog on the foot, and so it is most likely that this description, it was given in the hopes that the potato of the couch, as he clomped the aisles of the Wal-Mart, or sank into his Boy of Laziness for the protracted TV viewing, would feel good about himself.
The fact that he would not have to bend over, past the groaning waistband of his sweatpants, to untie the laces would be the other point of selling.
Manolo says, the very idea of the "men's sports clog" it makes the Manolo laugh. Ha!
It is ridiculous, and only the most gullible of the persons could be tricked into paying $125 of the American dollars for these glorified, heavy-duty house slippers.
When The Uggs Rule The World
Manolo says, in the future of the post-apocalyptic ice-age we will all dress like this.
Leviticus 20:16
Manolo says, "And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast."
The Second Chance
Manolo says, the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter it was sent out early this morning to the lucky subscribers. If you had not subscribed, or you had not confirmed your subscription, you missed out on the bargains galore...(well, maybe not "galore" but some of the good bargains, none of the less.)
Happily, the Manolo, he is the munificent dictator of the Manolo's Shoe Blog world. And so if you have not already subscribed, he giving you your chance to sign up and receive, this very night, your own copy of the first volume of the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter!
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Happily, the Manolo, he is the munificent dictator of the Manolo's Shoe Blog world. And so if you have not already subscribed, he giving you your chance to sign up and receive, this very night, your own copy of the first volume of the Manolo's Super Fantastic Newsletter!
Click here to subscribe.
Heaven for Your Face
Here is my latest discovery. Bee Good Honey Facial by Bath and Body Works.
I have too many to name. I literally do not have room for all of it to fit in the bathroom. I will not run out of anything for a long time. Each time I go there I discover a new scent. Just yesterday I discovered Cotton Blossom. That will be the next collection I buy.
Back to my dicovery. I use all Estee Lauder skincare and make up products. I use the Fruition which is an alpha hydroxy fruit acid to exfoliate. I noticed on yesterday that I had some flaky skin and I had run out of my Lauder exfoliant so I was shown the Bee Good Honey
Facial by the clerk. It has jojoba beads and needs to be stirred before using. It is just the beads and honey. I used it today for the first time and it is heaven. The honey on my skin felt divine and the jojoba beads were rounded so the exfoliation was gentle. Now my skin feels extra soft and smooth. I recommend it to anyone. Take your shoes down the mall and get some or order on line. With the sale, all the True Blue Spa products were buy one get one free so I got two jars. It is great stuff!
After the detour I looked for shoes. There were several shoe sales going on at various stores and Rack Room Shoes was going out of business and everything was 50% off. I walked that entire store--up and down every single aisle twice--looking for shoes that jumped out at me. None did so I did not buy. There were many I could have but in keeping with my new year's reso-shoe-tions, I can only buy 10 pairs of shoes this year. All these shoes were fall and some spring. I decided to wait. I was good believe it or not. I really could not believe it and neither could dirty Fila. Normally I would have walked out of there with 5 pairs of new shoes and would not think anything of it!
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
I went to the the mall on yesterday with dirty Fila and the red and white signs screaming "Semi Annual Sale!!! " made my body turn into Bath and Body Works. The have a great sale every January.Usually I load up but this time I had a gift card that I got from work to spend on myself--$20.00--so I decided to limit myself to a purchase with just the gift card. I loaded up a few weeks ago when the sale was not on so I really did not need anything.
Have money will spend. See shoes will buy.
I looked and looked. 5 for $25.00.....well, I have so much of their bath collections it is not even funny. I have entire collections of their scents. Having been taught the Estee Lauder way of using fragrance....layering, you just cannot have one thing. You have to layer the scent to make the fragrance last all day. So I have the bath gels, lotions, creams, sprays, soaps, massage oils, room sprays, salt scrubs, sugar scrubs and essential oils in several of their scents. "I mean everything in the entire line so that the scent is layered in many forms. I have too many to name. I literally do not have room for all of it to fit in the bathroom. I will not run out of anything for a long time. Each time I go there I discover a new scent. Just yesterday I discovered Cotton Blossom. That will be the next collection I buy.
Back to my dicovery. I use all Estee Lauder skincare and make up products. I use the Fruition which is an alpha hydroxy fruit acid to exfoliate. I noticed on yesterday that I had some flaky skin and I had run out of my Lauder exfoliant so I was shown the Bee Good Honey
Facial by the clerk. It has jojoba beads and needs to be stirred before using. It is just the beads and honey. I used it today for the first time and it is heaven. The honey on my skin felt divine and the jojoba beads were rounded so the exfoliation was gentle. Now my skin feels extra soft and smooth. I recommend it to anyone. Take your shoes down the mall and get some or order on line. With the sale, all the True Blue Spa products were buy one get one free so I got two jars. It is great stuff!
After the detour I looked for shoes. There were several shoe sales going on at various stores and Rack Room Shoes was going out of business and everything was 50% off. I walked that entire store--up and down every single aisle twice--looking for shoes that jumped out at me. None did so I did not buy. There were many I could have but in keeping with my new year's reso-shoe-tions, I can only buy 10 pairs of shoes this year. All these shoes were fall and some spring. I decided to wait. I was good believe it or not. I really could not believe it and neither could dirty Fila. Normally I would have walked out of there with 5 pairs of new shoes and would not think anything of it!
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Banga! Carnival of Cats
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Very Tasteful
Manolo says, the Manolo, he's been wondering what happened to his Granny's parlor curtains.
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