Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Tonight, on our stage...


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A REALLY BIG SHOE!
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7 comments:

Parm said...

Nice use of that lens.

So, I'm guessing some little theater in some medium-sized museum that focuses upon some obscure aspect of human history?

May 6, 2010 at 4:49 AM
Willard Biscuit said...

Well, yes and no.

What we have here is an composite image created with picasa's "collage tool". The two photos fit together rather nicely, don't you think? They were taken in Bakersfield, about 2 hours (0930 v. 1130) and 2 miles (931 Chester v. 3801 Chester) apart.

The moving picture venue, with the trademark pedal extremities in the foreground, is the Hippodrome Theatre. The theater is part of the Kern County Museum's exhibit, "Black Gold: The Oil Experience". The photo shows TSG relaxing (obviously) prior to the screening of a featurette documenting the oily history of Kern County.

Now, the "big shoe" image pasted in--over the blank movie screen--is (perhaps unsurprising) called Big Shoe Repair. TSG encounted the large loafer as the result of a serindipidous road trip wrong turn. Having gone south instead of north on Chester, and looking for a spot to make a U-turn, we spotted the outsized oxford...a happy photo-op and fine fodder for a blogpost.

May 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Fudd said...

How long have you had those sandals?

May 8, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Willy B said...

That particular pair? Just a couple of months. They are Merrell "Tremor Convertibles", so named because the heel strap is removable.

I used to be a big fan of Teva's "Spoiler" line of sandals; I think I wore out 3 or 4 pairs over the course of a decade or more. But Teva sold out to some off-shore outfit, and the quality went all to hell. Plus, Teva's new owners changed the last/footbed configuration. The result was that the size 10, which fit perfectly, was too small, while size 10.5 was just a tad too long.

(The same thing happened to Pumas, dammit!)

May 9, 2010 at 6:52 AM
Parm said...

Good grief. When I buy a pair of footwear, I usually work 'em for more than a decade, so that by the time I'm needin' a new pair, I can't begin to figure out the brand of the old pair. Except for my Redwing boots, that is. Not that I need a new pair of those - the pair I have is only about 25 years old. And the only reason they are that young is because my original pair of Redwing boots was eaten by our German Shepard back in 1976, hence forcing me to buy the present pair.

May 9, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Teh Shoutin' 'hopper said...

I'm sure that your Redwings have served you well. But I'm pretty hard on my sandals--I wear them literally every single day when the weather is nice--not to mention usin' 'em for creek whompin' on a regular basis.

Plus, even with "microban" technology, the EVA footbeds acquire a certain, shall we say, "bouquet" after a couple of seasons...and it ain't the kind of bouquet you'd send on Valentine's Day.

May 9, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Parm said...

Well done! I just googled "creek whompin" and got nothing relevant!

May 11, 2010 at 5:02 AM

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