Shoes, bags and Little Italy

Pizza, Red wine and warm apple cider in Little Italy.

and...um.... Shoes

more specifically, Fluevogs.

What is a Fluevog?

A Fluevog is a brand of shoe. But the word shoe is inadequate. Footwear isn't sufficient either. A Fluvog is a religious experience and I bought four pairs when I was in New York!!!!

Thankyou John Fluevog!

That's my pile of boxes! Kim and the sexy sales boy that measured my feet! They work on a commission structure so he was as excited about my purchases as I was.

I had budgeted for this and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to walk into the Fluevog store in Little Italy and make it my own. I did just that! I'll have that one, those, those in green and do have these with an open toe?

Handbag heaven is a nearby shop, aptly named BAG. You can smell the leather from the street and it draws you in as you are captivated by the colors, designs and pure elegance of it all. That's the blue leather bag I bought. Can you legally marry a handbag?

OMG!

The shopping in Little Italy is supurb! Bugger 5th avenue with its ostentatious overpriced rubbish that you can buy in any city in the world. Little Italy is an enclave for those New York only gems!

Plus once your done and you need somewhere to sit to catch your breath while you go into a mild form of shock about how much you spent.

Australian wines are very popular in a lot of the restaurants in Little Italy , while I stuck to the Italian and American wines it was nice to see us on the menu!

Little Italy and China Town are separated by a single road. It is surreal. While we didn't make it to Yum Cha we did walk though illegal reseller ally.

Its worth going to New York just for that, I think. Mainly African Americans standing at make shift stalls screaming,

"Get a Rolex before the cops do!"

But my favorite was the guy that stopped Kim and I and said,

"Hey baby girl, new Rolex? new Handbag? new boyfriend?"

Needless to say I didn't stop there to take photos ; ).