My friend Eleanor Traubman at Creative Times is getting married next week.   On Wednesday we went wedding shoe shopping.

"Sadie, Sadie Married Lady," I sang to her as we walked to the subway but she was unfamiliar with the song sung by Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.

By the end of the day Eleanor was calling me her shoe fairy or something like that. What I like about the shoe she chose (pictured left)  is the Lucite clear wedge heel and the very 1960's rhinestone beads that look like tiny disco balls. You can read the story at Creative Times. Here's an excerpt:

"You
can ask anyone. I wear running shoes every day for every occasion. I
have feet that require them; I'll spare you the details about why.

I
figured that getting married was a good enough excuse to ditch the
tennies and go for something that seemed fairytale princess-like.

First, I did an online search for wedding shoes. I found a pair I
really liked on the Macys wesbite called The Nina Gamma Evening Shoe.

My
friend Louise Crawford, who is a lot of fun and a great scout, offered
to take me on the hunt. First, we went to Macy's in search of the
Ninas. They did not have the shoe I wanted. It was beyond mobbed
because of Veterans Day being a day off work for many and also a sale
day. I tried on something else but it was white satin-y fabric which
gets dirty quickly. More importantly, it was not the Nina Gamma…"