My sister spotted it first. We were coming out of the fish shop on the corner of Third Street and Seventh Avenue.

“Look there are shoes in the window,” she shouted out noticing that there were boots in the window of the new shoe shop, Eric on Seventh Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets.

We crossed the street.

“I’m not buying anything. I don’t need anything,” she told herself.

When we got to the store we realized that the boots in the window were the only shoes on display in the shop, which is set to open on Thursday.

“Where are the shoes?” my sister asked the owner .

“Keep walking into the back,” the owner joked.

“What size do you wear? You wear an 8 and a half? ” another man said.

“No, I’m a size 7,” she said.

My sister told Eric that she’d been in his shop on the Upper East Side.

“I’ve even been in Eric, Jr., too.”

A friendly grey haired man, Eric seemed pleased to meet someone likely to be a good customer. The boots in the window looked like stylish and streamlined ski boots.

Walking toward 3rd Street, we noticed the black board A-frame in front of Barrio: $5 Margaritas. Priced to sell, my sister and I couldn’t resist.

“Do you have this special every day?” I asked.

“Every weekday,” the bartender said.

Did you hear: $5 Margaritas and Sangrias at Barrio most afternoons. Eric Shoes to open on Thursday.