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A few weeks ago, in early October, my wife and I spent 10 days in London, England. One of the things that struck me was the amazing number of women wearing gorgeous high heels on the streets. I'm sure I saw more high heels in any ten minute period than I would have seen all day in Ottawa (where we used to live), or Toronto (which we visited frequently), or Vancouver (where we live now).

To all you guys in England who enjoy heel watching as I do, all I can say is, wow, do you know how lucky you are?

Incidentally, I didn't take any men's footwear on this trip. Mostly, I wore this pair of boots with a 2 inch heel:

No one seemed to notice or care, not even the security guys at the Vancouver and Gatwick airports. The security guy at Vancouver was checking each passenger's shoes, and never even blinked at mine.

A few months ago I moved from Ottawa to the Vancouver area. I usually require a size 12 or 12W in women's shoes, and I was often able to find something suitable in one of the Payless stores in Ottawa. I was dismayed to find that Payless (and other shoe stores) in the Vancouver area carry far fewer large size women's shoes than similar stores in Ottawa or Toronto. I suppose that the Vancouver area demographics contain a much higher percentage of Asian women, who, on average, wear smaller sizes, and the demand for larger sizes must be less than it is in Ottawa. I'm not looking for anything exotic, just ordinary boots and sometimes shoes with a medium heel for everyday wear on the street, without raising too many eyebrows. Does anyone know if the shops mentioned in the previous posts carry that kind of thing in my size?

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I couldn't agree more, Heelfan. Whether indoors or outdoors, the heel photos I like best are the ones that show women in natural settings simply enjoying their heels. The photos that show models posed in impossibly contrived and contorted positions usually have me wrinkling my nose in disgust.

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