Dinosaur Attack!

Confession: I love dinosaurs.  I watch pretty much every dinosaur special that the Discovery Channel shows.  I linger in the dinosaur hall of every natural history museum.  I have a toy dinosaur in my office at work.  I’ve seen the Walking with Dinosaurs arena show twice.  (I have indulgent friends who go with me to these things.)

Why do I love dinosaurs?  Because I worked for “Dino Don” Lessem for awhile during and after college on his travelling exhibits program.  There was a triceratops head outside the office door, a raptor on the porch... even a replica archaeopteryx fossil in the bathroom.  Everywhere was the haphazard joy of dinosaurs.

So imagine my happy surprise when I saw that the Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs exhibit at the Franklin Institute is one of Dino Don’s!  You can bet I’ll be going.  In the spirit, I give you shoes inspired by some popular dinosaurs:

The stegosaurus: 30 feet long, 14 feet tall, and spiked like the nastiest five-ton plant-eating cactus you ever saw.

Fab!  The Steampunk Predator Pump by Metropolis has a five-inch heel with ridges up the heel like the plates along a stegosaur’s back.  Not to mention the spikes around the platform—nice.  Also available in white patent leather with silver detailing; yours from Amazon for $110.

The velociraptor: short, smart, and fierce as hell. 

Short, smart, and fierce!  The Honored by Nicole has a leather upper and lining, slingback, half-inch heel, and stones and beading at the peep toe.  Available in honey (shown) and stone for $99 from Zappos.

And lastly, my all time favorite dino:

Ankylosaurus, baby!  The tank of dinosaurs.  What shoe could be worthy of this awesome beast?

Spikes all over, a 1.25-inch platform which would work like a club in a pinch... yes, the Shark Spike Stiletto Pump by Speed Limit 98 will do nicely.  (Not to mention the five-inch heel and abundance of gold glitter!)  Also available on Amazon, for about $48.

The dinos in the exhibit are more exotic than these: super huge, unicorned, feathered... (Though in reality, the velociraptor is feathered too—I used an old picture.  But I digress.)  You’ll need to head to the Franklin Institute to check them out!  The exhibit runs through April 15.  Tickets are $25 if you go during the day (that includes admission to the rest of the museum) or $10 if you go in the evening.  Pretty good deal!  You could get dinner afterwards.

Sales this weekend:
Sorry ladies; my computer's on the fritz.  But it's getting fixed this weekend and I'll have the sales for you next Friday!