Choose the Right Sandals and Your Feet Will Thank You

Written by Maureen Renard


Summer's almost here andrepparttar warm weather gives us permission to take offrepparttar 130223 heavy socks and let our feet breathe in sandals for every occasion. The varieties are nearly endless.

For all of you working women, look for support and ample straps to give you a comfortable platform when walkingrepparttar 130224 hallways and offices in your business lives. Stay away from high heels and particularly thin heals as your backs and legs tire quickly withrepparttar 130225 uneven stress those styles can create with all-day wear. Saverepparttar 130226 very high style strappy sandals for parties and dates asrepparttar 130227 limited time standing will help your feet surviverepparttar 130228 ordeal.

Platforms are big this season. They will typically attractrepparttar 130229 younger set but can be a fun change fromrepparttar 130230 more conservative styles you might have only thought you could wear. Be careful if you have weak ankles. These high risers are great forrepparttar 130231 stout and strong but not for those of us who trip a lot over sidewalk cracks and toys left aroundrepparttar 130232 house. Huaraches are another good choice andrepparttar 130233 heavier Doc Martens are great for long walks and shopping marathons. Inexpensive styles are good to give you lots of choices to wear with different outfits. Or, of course if your budget allows, invest in several styles that fit your various needs from casual beach sandals to those that will serve you best at dressy occasions.

Who Do They Think They're Kidding!

Written by Jeannine Schenewerk


I recall sitting in a movie theater in 2003, to catch ‘Something's Gotta Give',repparttar film starring Jack Nicholson and Dianne Keaton. I’m not a fan of most of today’s romantic comedies, but I am a Nicholson fan, so I took a chance. I won’t give a film review here; rather, I’d like to share something I experienced inrepparttar 130222 theater.

Atrepparttar 130223 beginning ofrepparttar 130224 movie, we are presented with Nicholson’s character. He’s a sixty-something playboy, involved with a much younger woman, played by Amanda Peet. Very soon, we are treated torepparttar 130225 impending prospect of these two characters ‘getting it on’. Seated a row or two in front of me was a group of young women, all in their mid to late twenties. Asrepparttar 130226 implications ofrepparttar 130227 aforementioned scene began to get through torepparttar 130228 audience, I, and a number of other patrons, overheard one ofrepparttar 130229 young women exclaim, ‘Oh God! She’s gonna do Grandpa!’, at which point, there was a ripple of laughter throughout our seating section.

I must admit, I foundrepparttar 130230 exclamation not only amusing, but as well, rather ‘telling’, likerepparttar 130231 end ofrepparttar 130232 old children’s tale, ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’. You know,repparttar 130233 one where a little child, in his completely honest observation, points out what his elders all know, but refuse to acknowledge, due torepparttar 130234 old ‘herd’ mentality. Inrepparttar 130235 tale, it’srepparttar 130236 fact thatrepparttar 130237 Emperor is not wearing a suit of clothes to die for, no, he is buck-naked! Inrepparttar 130238 movie, it’srepparttar 130239 fact that viewers are to believe that this young woman finds this over-sixty man, sexually attractive, and highly desirable.

There have recently been, and probably will continue to be, these age-gap romantic pairings, in films. One element will always remainrepparttar 130240 same, with these pairings. It will ever be movies withrepparttar 130241 older male, paired withrepparttar 130242 younger, sometimes MUCH younger, female, whichrepparttar 130243 film industry will continually grind out, expectingrepparttar 130244 viewing public to swallow this scenario as believable. Which makes me wonder from what planet do these filmmakers hale? Honestly, when wasrepparttar 130245 last time you noticed a young woman eyeing some average sixty year old man, (andrepparttar 130246 key phrase here is, ‘average’ sixty year old man, not some man coated withrepparttar 130247 sheen of wealth, power and celebrity, as desire-incentives) with total lust gleaming in her dewy eyes? Did you see this atrepparttar 130248 local mall,repparttar 130249 beach, some concert, or sporting event? I can honestly state, I’ve never seen it. In addition, I can honestly state, when I was a dewy eyed girl in my twenties, men older than thirty were just, well, ‘old’.

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