The Shoe Code
By: Lan Do you ever catch yourself sizing someone up, or reading into their personality based on a quick glance at their shoes? Admit it, we’ve all done it – people-watching is the new HBO. We don’t set out to judge or make assumptions; it’s just human to do so before reason takes over and […]
A Lost Sole
By: Lan Earlier today, I went with Cynthia and a few of the SOLE SISTERS team to the Senior Source to collect stories. Being fluent in Vietnamese, I was asked to translate any interviews or stories that came along from the Vietnamese seniors. The lady, Xuan, was a very gentle and petite woman who chose […]
My Wish For Red Shoes
By: Yvette Benavides After learning about this website, I returned to this email message I received from my mother in 2006. The subject line was “My Wish for Red Shoes.” This is my mom’s story about red shoes. Why did I, at the tender age of 66+, all of a sudden bring back a memory […]
Sole-stice
By: Lan This morning I woke up, got ready and made my last drive to the office. Today marks a little over 4 weeks, and at noon it will have been 280 hours since I joined the SOLE SISTERS team. It has definitely been a long journey, but one that I am very glad I […]
FLASH YOUR RED SHOES A Success
Over 450 women Flashed their Red Shoes yesterday to celebrate Women’s Equality Day. This is the story behind FLASH YOUR RED SHOES. A special thanks goes to the young women who are on the Sole Sisters Film Project Team- Lan, Alyx, Kristen, Nadia, Valen and Laura This summer my SOLE SISTERS interns, Lan, Alyx and […]
The Original Sole Sisters
I was rooting through old albums looking for some pictures for a very dear friends birthday party. I found this picture of me and my sister sitting in on my Grandmother’s swing. Obviously, we were the most glamorous kids in the neighborhood. I emailed this to my sister and her comment was : ” Look […]
Put the Right Hip in and Shake It All About
I thought I would be walking around by now. I finally got a new hip last Thursday and have been able to walk two blocks with a walker. Two blocks in black ked shoes. I thought I would be bouncing around and walking all over town by now. Everyone says I am unrealistic. My daughter […]
Haute Dog!
I love shoes and I love dogs. Puppies and beautiful leather mules are a match made in dog heaven, but for the shoes, puppies are hell. An acquaintance of ours recently purchased a chef-cooked dinner at a charity auction and invited a group of us over to join him and his wife for the elaborate […]
Haute Dog Confessions: “Best in ShoE”
Conventional wisdom says that we canines chew shoes because the leather elicits memories of our time in the wild, long past eras when we teethed on the hide remnants of those lower down the food chain. Today’s bourgeois pups, however, chew shoes, slippers, and socks with nary a whisper of leather about them, or any […]
From Tevas to Ballerinas
Many thanks to all who have shared their stories with our SOLE SISTERS community! It is so exciting to watch the growth of this emerging model of documentary. I encourage you to get involved with this project and push the limits of the technology, perhaps using the video or audio functions to share your story. […]
