Winter Olympics!

Cue the Olympic theme!  Doo, doo, doo doo, doo doo…

I will have you know that I just sat through all four minutes of the Olympics theme song.  I feel the sudden urge to luge, in slow motion, with flags waving.

AAH!  THE OLYMPICS ARE HERE!  I love the Olympics.  I love the world coming together; I love all the random sports (looking at you, biathlon!); I love that Jamaica has a bobsled team this year, in a case of life imitating art imitating life.  (If you consider Cool Runnings art.  Which I do.)

Sorry.  Got a little carried away there.

But tonight is the opening ceremony for the winter Olympics, which ironically is being held in a subtropical city.  That’s right: we’re holding a winter Olympics in a city with palm trees.  It’s like having the winter Olympics in Orlando.  So here are some shoes you might enjoy while enjoying the Olympics in Sochi!

The Vanya by Earthies is a ballet flat in a beautiful orange, blue, green, and white floral print.  This one is fabric, but the other color choices are leather: black, copper, gold, or pewter.  They’re all kind of boring, actually—but not the print!  (Can I also say I enjoy how the name sounds Russian?  Vanya!)  Yours for $160 from Zappos.

Ooh, birds of paradise!  The Cara by Luichiny is a bold platform heel with a tropical-on-black print at the peep-toe.  The two-inch platform and five-inch heel are both covered in shiny patent leather, and the ankle strap too—and that is a statement strap!  Find them at DSW for $50.

The Lucianna is by UGG, believe it or not!  It’s nowhere close to a winter boot, and it’s adorable.  It has a print ankle strap (the toe is the same print), raffia-covered 1.5-inch platform and 4.25-inch wedge, and can I say how much I like the solid purple at the ankle?  Very nice.  Also available in a lovely orange and blue combo; your choice for $86 from 6pm.

Ooh, spring has sprung!  Or it has in the Marlenee by Steve Madden, anyway.  Just look at the beautiful pink and yellow print—I’m also digging the wide ankle strap.  It toughens the look up.  It has a 4.5-inch heel and no platform to speak of so be careful where you go in these, but you can’t deny they’re beautiful.  If you agree, they can be found at Macy’s for $100.

So enjoy the next two weeks, and keep dreaming, Orlando: some day you too could hold a Winter Olympics!

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