On Tuesday I shared the ten posts that have
garnered the most hits on Philly Shoe Fairy over its four-year life. But with over 400 posts, which were my favorites? I tried to pick 10, but since I often used
things I liked more than once, you’ll just have to settle for ten themes
instead. And in no particular order,
they are:
1. Anything
with dinosaurs
I love dinosaurs.
In fact, I’ve written three dinosaur posts: one in 2012, 2014, and 2015. If you don’t think dinosaurs are awesome, I’m
not sure we can be friends.
2. 3D
Printing
During last year’s Science Festival, a friend and
I learned how 3D printing worked, since it’s all the rage on the runway
now. I had the nerdiest,
awesomest time.
3. PMA
Fashion
We’re lucky to have one of the country’s greatest
art museums in our town, and one thing they do excellently is exhibits on
fashion. One of my first posts was on
their Roberto
Capucci exhibit (which may be the greatest thing I’ve ever seen there), but
in 2014 I covered their simultaneous exhibits on Silver
and Gold Fashions Since 1960 and (even better) Patrick
Kelly.
4. How to
Outsmart a Zombie
Thinking about the
shoes you’d need to outsmart zombies was just fun.
5. Miss
America Shoe Parades
Sure, as a feminist I have some trouble with
beauty pageants, but what I don’t
have a problem with is sparkly, state-specific shoes that have their own
parade. In fact, I so don’t have a problem with them that I featured them in 2013
and 2014.
6. Awesome Philly
Women
I always say I’m a New Yorker by birth and a
Philadelphian by choice, so learning about the extraordinary women that have
lived in this city before me made me so proud of my adopted hometown. Three times
during Women’s History Month (2012,
2013,
and 2015)
I profiled a handful of them. My
favorites? Hearing Marion Anderson sing
on her website while doing research, and matching that shoe to Ethel Barrymore’s beautiful costume.
7. Glass
Slippers
I’ve featured glass slippers a number of times,
but give nine masters the chance to reinvent them? Unbelievable
results.
8. New
Years, PA-Style
Have I mentioned how proud I am to be a
Pennsylvanian? It’s things like how we drop
crazy, random things on New Year’s Eve.
9. April
Fools!
Kobi Levi
is the master of shoes that look like other things. That banana peel still gets me.
10. Spy
Shoes
There you have it: my top favorites after four
years!
Sales this
weekend:
Bakers: All dress shoes 30% off
Lord & Taylor: 25% off with promo code FRIENDS
Macy's: 25% off one pair, 30% off 2+ pairs
Nine West: 40% off most expensive item when you purchase $100+
Payless: Buy one get one half off
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