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...Even with their beach heaven going to hell, Rio residents laughed it off. Small businessman Paulo Rodrigues came to work and found two burnt-out cars blocking the road in front of his tiny shoe shop. When he heard of similar incidents on the normally safe South Side of Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf mountain, he couldn't resist a wry smile. "They're seeing it in Ipanema now," he chuckled quietly. "They've globalized violence...
...chose acting after an unhappy stint as a monk and won seven Emmy nominations as Frank Barone on Raymond. His signature was finding vulnerability or humor in flawed characters, as in a masterly scene from the 1974 film Young Frankenstein. As the clumsy monster, he performs a soft-shoe routine with his creator (Gene Wilder) while screeching Irving Berlin's Puttin' On the Ritz. "He's big and ugly and scary," Boyle said of the ogre. "But he's just been born, remember, and it's been traumatic. To him the whole world is ... an alien environment...
...options abound for shoe shoppers. Last month Gap Inc. launched Piperlime, an online footwear retailer with more than 100 brands, free shipping and tips from guest editors like stylist Rachel Zoe. Another new venture, té casan, in New York City's SoHo, sells the work of seven up-and-coming designers. And at Scholl, Diego Dolcini has transformed the classic Toebar into a sexy stiletto, left...
...Others might list dream destinations where they can disappear (and turn off the BlackBerry) for some respite: a bicycle ride through the Versailles gardens in France or a séjour at Thailand's Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, where guests learn how to interact with elephants. Paris-based shoe designer Christian Louboutin likes to escape to a house he built on the Nile in Luxor, Egypt. New York City--based wunderkind designer Zac Posen recently ventured to Istanbul (a city currently experiencing a major luxury boom) to collaborate on a special clothing collection for the Turkish luxury-goods company...
...only thing more alarming than his articulacy (and he is articulate) is the spandex confederate mask he wears laced like a shoe up the back of his head. I saw it as soon as I logged onto his website. Strung along the top, there are photos: Southern Avenger riveting blonds while groping their thighs; Southern Avenger standing out the window of his General Lee thrusting a thumbs-up; and Southern Avenger pointing at me as if he were Uncle Avenger instead...