LA DOLFINA

Specifically how to store them. The other day while snooping around my one of my favorite haunts I spied this very tall old metal file cabinet . All I could think of was how it could hold 40 pairs of shoes!  I had visions of taking it to Maaco or Miracle Auto Body and having it painted a fabulous color in a high gloss finish. Wouldn't it be amazing in a loft space? I've been thinking a lot about how to store shoes beautifully and efficiently lately and it's paid off. I'm a believer in what you focus on expands and just a few days after seeing this old file cabinet, I returned to the same place and this time found what I think might be the perfect solution for my shoes! Stay tuned...

Recently when Napa Valley vintner Perry Butler counted his wife, Carolyn's, pairs of shoes, he stopped at 500.  Obviously, she had a passion for more than making fine wine.  He thought, "Why not combine both passions, which involve high style and world travel?"  While Perry is tasting wines for his label, Juslyn Vineyards, in London, Milan, New York and Paris, Carolyn could meet with designers on the Left Bank or its equivalent.  And so, Footcandy was born.  The elegant shoe shop now sits squarely in the heart of Napa Valley wine country, in the quaint village of St. Helena.  Despite its country locale, the tone is decidely upscale and international. Carolyn's buying philosophy, "I am the consumer, I sell to myself" Footcandy opened a second store in Walnut Creek down the street from Filthy Gorgeous and right next store to one of my favorite consignment clothing stores, Labels, which I will do a ...