On Shoes

From time to time I get questions from my friends about shoes of all things. So instead of repeating it every time I decided to make a short post on the topic. There comes a time in every man’s life when one evolves (or should) from a teenager to an adult and clothing is a part of that. Now I’m not an expert on any kind on any of this stuff, so take my opinion for whatever it’s worth.

I think the three pieces of clothing (or accessories) that stand out the most are shoes, a belt and a watch and I guess out of those three shoes stand out the most. I stopped wearing square-nosed or long dress shoes some time ago and prefer to wear something more classy and bold, if I may say so.

Taking care of your shoes. Cleaning steps.

It also makes sense to invest into a couple of pairs of good shoes that can last you for many many years if you take care of them and don’t wear the same pair every day. I really like American made Allen Edmonds shoes. They are high quality shoes that can be had for not an obscene amount of money. They are made of high quality leather and they are sewn to their leather soles, not glued, as proper shoes should be. After a couple of days of wearing the leather molds to your foot and they become very comfortable.

They come in many different styles and colors. Three of my favorites choices at the moment are McAllister Wingtip in walnut — works as cusual as well as a dress shoe, Fifth Avenue Cap-toe in black — goes with pretty my anything and for anything and McTavish Wingtip in gray — simple casual shoe. Allen Edmonds typically has pretty good sales later in the year and that’s when I plan to add Strand Cap-toe in brown — a pair of very class dress shoes.

In: Gadgets & Gear Tags: Allen Edmonds, cap toe, fashion, Fifth Avenue, McAllister, McTavish, shoes, Strand, wingtip
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

7000 Над Землёй

When Arosha was little I sang a lot to him. I can not only carry a tune, but have a pretty pleasant voice as well.

As he got older, he started to protest my singing with an exception of a very limited amount of songs: mainly Kalyhanka — lullaby in Belarussian language and Goluboi Vagon — a song from the cartoon about Cheburashka. I have to be honest, it hurt my feelings a little, because I always thought that we’ll be singing a whole bunch of songs together when he gets older, but it seems that this won’t be the case.

There are very few songs that he likes, and to my surprise he really took liking to the “Bravo” band. The first song that he heard was “7000 над землёй” — I think I was singing at some point, and instead of objecting, he kept asking for more. When I showed him a YouTube video clip of the song, he must have listened to it 10 times in a row. His two other favorites of the band are “Black Cat” and “Orange Tie”.

Anyhow, yesterday he decided to sing it to us with guitar “accompaniment”. The video is not his best attempt, but it’s hard to catch him in the act. Arosha’s grandparents were present when he decided to give us this cute performance, so we all applauded. He really loved it!

In: Family Tags: Arosha, Bravo, singing
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May 28, 2013 @ 18:04

We were all quite surprised actually that he pretty much memorized all the lyrics for this song and just started singing it out of the blue.

I also wish I didn’t turn the video recording as soon as I did to capture more of his “lighting up” at the applause.

As to the scrape on his forehead — he doesn’t really fall often these days, but had a major crash yesterday. He apparently tried to catch some bird on the playground, ran after it, tripped up and hit his head on the pavement and a stone. Had a huge bump with a bit of bleeding. But by today it already healed up quite nicely.