Introducing Andy Carrizales – Our Guest Blogger
Andrea Carrizales arrived in Dallas from Mexico raring to make a name for herself. Andrea is a passionate student at Eastfield College, working towards her Associate’s degree with a field study in Communications. When I told her our summer internships were filled, she showed up anyway raring to work. She is the epitomy of persistence.  Over […]
UTD Embraces SOLE SISTERS
I am talking to University of Texas at Dallas students about their shoe stories. I hope that the co-eds will see their experiences in a whole new way. What was the shoe that you wore to your college interview? What was the shoe that you brought to tell me your story. This should be a […]
A Night to celebrate MOOR (MOTHER)
I was on a lively panel at @Indie Meme’s showing of Pakistan’s Oscar consideration of the powerful and poetic film MOOR . My panel colleagues Jim Falk of the World Affairs Council and talented actor Hameed Sheikh were delighted when Jami Mahmood Raza was Skype into the packed theater from India to answer the audience’s […]
UTD Hosts Sole Sisters
I had on my black and white spectator shoes and stood in front of a packed room of students, international visitors, deans and professors and community people. I loved talking about SOLE SISTERS. The talk was billed SHOE CONFESSIONS and I looked around the room and saw that women had brought their own shoes to […]
Fab Shoe Shoot at Neiman Marcus
Finding the top shoe salesman in Texas was an easy “feat”. So many people said you need to talk to Greg Hicks at Neiman Marcus at Northpark. What a find. He is the prince in Cinderella. He makes every customer feel special. He listens and he cares. And he loves- really loves what he does. […]
Downsizing is a Big Shoe Deal
When my ShoeAholic friend Vicki Meek decided to downsize her shoe collection, she became a perfect person to include in my #SOLESISTERSFilm. She owned over 200 pairs. And she was giving them away-well many of them. When I arrived at her home, she must have had over 100 pairs arranged like an art installation. They […]
Hilary Kicks Through the Glass Ceiling in Kitten Heels
Hilary wears flats and kitten heels on the campaign trail. The kitten heels  have been controversial.  And why not? People seem to find fault in everything she does and wears.  But not me. She is my hero. When I am down, I say to myself, “Hilary would get back up and continue to go […]
Missing Shoe Sole
 While waiting for a plane at Southwest, a lovely lady in shoe distress limped off the plane. Her shoe sole was flapping in the wind, People were calling to her–“you are going to fall.”  She was cringing. I had the perfect solution. Marjorie tells it in her own words. The pictures say it all. […]
Shoes Walked Me Thru Cancer Into The Spotlight
Michelle Berndt is a former Mrs.Texas International 2013. She contributed a very powerful story. A story that brims with love, friendship and hope. And of course a very special Shoe. “In 2012 I was diagnosed with late stage 2 invasive breast cancer.  I went through a bilateral mastectomy, chemo, radiation and a hysterectomy.  Four […]
Shoes That Tell a Sad Story
Last week I was filming at the Dallas County Jail. Three of the women I interviewed had been sexually abused . Some from family members and another by a friend. As I listened to them tell their stories through their shoes, each had found strong footing in the Sole Sisters project. I listen to so […]
