Nicole

The shopowner exchanged the laces he'd cut for me with some longer ones which work fine. Thanks for all the tips.

Neither lace was any good. I didn't realize that it would be so difficult to replace the laces; otherwise I would have kept them.

As it turns out, there is another shoe repair place in the area. This guy was much more helpful. Although he didn't have any prepackaged laces of the kind he needed, he cut a pair out for me. Cheaper than paying for shipping. The only downside- they're still too short. Oh well- I can go back there next week and ask for a couple of longer ones. Thanks again to all of you.

Thanks for the offer GNH. However, I think I'd prefer to avoid leather. I'm going to try one more local place on Thursday and then I'll think about the money order option. Thanks again for every one's suggestions.

Thanks Hoverfly, If the internet was an option, that website would be perfect (although S&H is more expensive than the laces...) Sadly, the internet is probably not an option (family politics...)

I've tried the internet, but perhaps not as effectively as I could. I probably should refine my search. Purchasing over the internet is probably not an option, but refining the search might help me find something closer to home. Corset laces and curtain cord both seem like good ideas. Thanks for your replies.

The shoelaces on my favorite pair (in fact my only pair) of granny boots recently broke. The eyelets are too narrow for the boot length laces that are available at my local WalMart, my local shoe repair shop, and a few other stores that I've looked at. Anyone know where I can get another pair of laces that would be usable for the shoes. Chain stores prevalent in the Western U.S. are applicable, and if you know of some where along the Wasatch Front, that would be brilliant. Thanks in advance.

I don't understand, Nicole. Perhaps you had better explain your comment.

You said:

>We've got to finish the job that Gingus Khan started. Totally eliminating all Moslems and stamping out the religion once and for all time..... Or, until we reach a point where those that remain are willing to join the rest of the world, accepting the fact that most of western culture is willing to live and let live.... keeping foremost in mind forever that if they aren't willing to adjust their attitude, they will be colored "gone."

There are several million Moslems in the world. You are explicitly stating that they should be eliminated- what's there not to understand?

I've been reading with great interest and admiration about many accounts of street heeling, and I get the impression that the vast majority like to street heel in high heeled boots, which (in my view) can be disguised to a certain extent. Is This true or have I got it wrong? How many people like to street heel in more risky styles of shoe, eg stiletto pumps or even high heeled strappy sandals?

Also, when you guys street heel, do you go in full cross dress or do you wear normal clothes, only with ladies' high heels on?

Varies from full cross dress to jeans. shirt and heels. I prefer pumps, but the majority of my shoes are boots.

Marvelous- I come back and people here are using the atrocity in London to propose and justify mass murder.

Nicole,

Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I haven't been on the forum for a whole.

>How was your trip to Atlanta?

It was great.

>Did you get to visit any shoe stores?

I visited DSW- that was the only one where I seriously browsed. I looked at a couple of other places.

>How about the job search?

A lot of positive interviews in Atlanta, but the process is fairly slow, so not much progress since. I do have a phone interview with one place (Central OK) on Tuesday.

Thanks for asking.

The weather in Atlanta was great when I was there. A week later, and of course it would have been a different story.

I'm at a conference. I am not (necessarily) moving to Atlanta. I'm a math student,about to get a PhD, and I am looking for work in academia.

Nicole,

>They do have Taxi Cabs in Atlanta. LOL

they also have busses, and i got a weekly pass. in any case, i can't afford shoes, so i certainly am not going to spend money on a taxi ride to a shoe shop where i will not buy shoes.

>Do you have DSW's in CA? If not you may be in for a treat. I shop at one in Marlton NJ and 2 in the Philadelphia area. You will have a blast!

this is the first one i've been to. i quite liked it, and had a good time.

>Let us know how your trip goes.

tomorrow, the job interviews start. the sightseeing is basically done. thanks for the dsw tip.

The last 4 or 5 times I have tried to log into hhplace I get a screen that shimmies and says Red Devils Crew from Saudia Arabia.

Any one know what thats about?

Jeff

I got it too. I tried running a google search for it, but I did not come up with anything obviously relevant. (I also checked my PC for viruses, but did not find any.)

To answer my own question: >AJS Shoe Warehouse 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30318, 404-355-1760, Atlanta's largest and most unique women's shoe warehouse, this shoe store offers over 30,000 pairs of designer shoes, as well as hats, purses, belts, and jewelry from Europe. The closest station is Arts Center which is close to 2 miles away. >Shoemakers' Warehouse 500 Amsterdam Ave NE Ste 500A Atlanta, GA 30306-3470 Cross Street: Monroe Drive Phone: (404) 881-9301 The closest station is Arts Center which is over a mile away. >DSW 1 Buckhead Loop NE Ste 205, Atlanta, GA A cavernous discount store with than 30,000 pairs of men's and women's shoes. Closest station is Buckhead, less than a quarter mile away. Looks like Buckhead is the place to go, at least if I want to get away from downtown. Thanks again.

Nicole,

AJS Shoe Warehouse 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30318, 404-355-1760, Atlanta's largest and most unique women's shoe warehouse, this shoe store offers over 30,000 pairs of designer shoes, as well as hats, purses, belts, and jewelry from Europe.

Shoemakers' Warehouse

500 Amsterdam Ave NE Ste 500A

Atlanta, GA 30306-3470

Cross Street: Monroe Drive

Phone: (404) 881-9301

DSW

1 Buckhead Loop NE Ste 205, Atlanta, GA

A cavernous discount store with than 30,000 pairs of men's and women's shoes.

Thanks for the pointers. I will certainly get a map of Atlanta before I take off so that I have some idea of where exactly these places are. In the meantime, can you tell me if any of these places near MARTA stations? ( I won't have a car).

Thanks

I'm going to be in Atlanta during the first week of January. I doubt that I will get a chance for a meetup or anything like that since I will be attending a conference. However, I do have a little bit of time for shopping and I was wondering if anyone knows any good shoe and/or female clothing shops in the downtown area.

Scotty, Sorry for your loss. I wish you and yours all the best.

Very cool story Jeff. I wonder if now that it's winter here in the U.S., you could pull off some jeans/pants tucked into kneehigh boots at work. I'd bet my money that if you had an outfit that lends itself to tucking pantlegs into boots (moderately trendy, edgy) you'd do it and get lots of compliments from the ladies at work.

Winter? It was 20+ degrees celsius here in Santa Barbara, with very scattered clouds. What winter?

Hi guys,

I came accross this site.

Have a look and spot the guys in stilettos.

http://www.style.com/w/feat_story/090804/popup/slideshow1.html

Vanessa

Oh her- lots of expensive stuff.

On him- Ellie shoes.

I like it.

I hope the recovery goes well. Best wishes to both of you. Nicole

Just curious as to why you found that joining the Air Force was a big mistake? did it have anything to do with your crossdressing activities (you haven't said what gender you are) or was the authoritarian (military discipline) style of life?

Nothing to do with my crossdressing activities. I'm biologically and psychologically a man. I have implied that I am a man on a number of other threads. With the hindsight of a decade, it is quite possible that my forced inactivity with regard to crossdressing would have made being in the military even less pleasant; but at the time, I was not worried about it; I don't remember why I wasn't worried, since I certainly was a crossdresser at the time.

It was partially the authoritarian style of life, but remember, I went to boarding school, which has some similarities.

Mostly it was a sense of ethics- I am a vegetarian, and at the time, I was pretty fanatical. I stopped eating meat for ethical reasons- my reasons are still there, but I don't really want to get into it here; suffice it to say, it's the same reason that I don't get enthusiastic about leather skirts. Anyway, those same ethical reasons told me that the military was not a good thing for me to go there.

I suppressed those reasons for several months, basically because when I was finishing up my undergraduate degree I did not know what else to do. My grades were very poor, so postgraduate work was not on the cards even though in the long term that is what I wanted to do (and am doing now, less than a year away from PhD). I'd never had a job, and had had little success in looking for them. The military seemed a good way to gain employment and make me more employable.

As it transpired, the Air Force made me wait for 6 months before going off to camp, and in the meantime, I secured temporary employment through a temp agency. At that point I realised that I was employable after all, and my cultivated sense of ethics took over.

Absolutely no regrets about dropping out. Since then, I have:

1) Paid off my debts from school and remained debt free since

2) Secured a permanent job that was blue collar, but quite fun and payed the bills for over five years. I was a shipping/receiving clerk. I got the gig because of earlier temp work with the same company.

3) Put myself through nightclasses to earn my MS.

4) Found a wife who I love very much. She is the sister of a colleague at the shipping/receiving gig.

5) Was able to join a PhD program, become a full-time student once more, but with significantly more success than the last time I was a full-time student; and with the full support of my wife.

Hope I answered your question.

Born Berlin, Germany At 5, family moved to California for economic reasons. At 13, I was sent to boarding school in England (back home to be educated). A wonderful decision. at 21, after finishing uni. I moved back to the USA with the aim of joining the Air Force. A horrible decision- one of the biggest mistakes of my life; although I joined, I was lucky to get a letter of release before I went to boot camp. Since then, through hard work and a fair amount of luck, I've made up for that mistake.

I hope to be wearing heels as well. I would be most likely available in the early afternoon.

Wetzel's Pretzel's is a pretty good meeting point. It's centrally located at the entrance to the outdoor mall (Paseo Nuevo), and within a couple of blocks of Payless and Saks. I believe it's on the 700 block of State Street, just a few meters up from Ortega. It is on the side with odd numbered street addresses. If you walk along State up from Ortega, you should pass by an entrance to one of the department stores (I'm not sure which one), and then the entrance to Paseo Nuevo will be a few steps after that. Wetzel's Pretzels is on the right hand side of that entrance. There are some outdoor tables there, with seats, so it's a relatively comfortable meeting place.