The Shoe Diaries

I wasn’t around to watch the original Get Smart in the 1960s, but I definitely remember loving this comedy on Nick at Nite when I was younger.Although I can’t recall much about the plot or specific episodes, the signature shoe phone is certainly hard to forget!

Paul Gardner-Stephen from Australia seems to think so.According to SliceofScifi.com, he and a friend have created a working shoe phone based on the one used in Get Smart. It was created for use in a play, but received so much attention that Gardner-Stephen is thinking about setting up a website and selling them to the general public. (For those of you who are wondering – yes. You do actually have to take your shoe off and put the sole to your ear before using this phone.)

What do you think? Would this be something that people would actually use? Or have cell phones made this product unnecessary?

For more information, including Gardner-Stephen’s other shoe ideas, click here.

Photo from http://www.linkinn.com

Now that spring has sprung, people are stocking up on new clothes for the warmer weather.  For me, this includes new sandals and a new swimsuit.  Funny, but somehow I never thought to put the two together until I saw this picture…

I doubt that I would wear this myself, but it is pretty creative.Now if only someone could find a bikini printed with sandals to match!

Image from ShoeBlog.com

It looks like Coca-Cola and Manolo Blahnik have found a way to combine two of my biggest weaknesses: soda pop and beautiful shoes!  According to ShoeBlog.com, these limited edition Coke bottles are being produced in conjunction with Fashion Week 2009.   

Good luck getting your hands (and taste buds) on this fun find: Fashion.at breaks the sad news that these Coke bottles won’t be found at your average gas station.  They will only be ‘available at  exclusive fashion events from summer 2009 on.’

Spring is here, and many of us may find ourselves looking for signs of the season.  Warming temperatures, cloudless blue skies, gentle south winds . . . and bright surprises budding on tree branches.   I don’t know about you, but I would definitely prefer to find this spring surprise growing in my neighborhood trees!  How about you?   

Shoe Tree

 Photo from MillionLooks.com