Capitol Shoes

Most people in the Capitol building in Juneau wear pretty down-to-earth shoes. Perhaps that's why these shoes stood out so much. It seems the people wearing the shoes were more than happy that I noticed, though other people asked questions about my interest in feet.

Once people heard I was planning on post on Capitol Shoes some suggested a contest. People are welcome to leave their guess about who's wearing the shoes in the comments. Two are legislators and the rest are staffers.

 

  

  

These red ones were borrowed.

 

  

And the store downtown that helps people keep their feet in style. 

And here's one more from First Friday - part of the Earth, Fire, and Fibre XXVII exhibit, by artist Paula Rasmus-Dede.  I don't think this shoe has actually been in the Capitol, but it's at the State Museum for now which isn't far away. [Blogspot photo uploading isn't working, you'll have to come back to see this shoe.]

And since this is dealing with shoes, Runners' World wants to make sure you are tying your shoelaces right.  If they come untied, perhaps you are using a granny knot instead of a reef knot.  They show you how in this video.

And since we're discussing style, here's something that doesn't seem to fit anywhere else.  Rep. Paul Seaton of Homer almost always wears a Greek fisherman's hat.  Since I go to the State Affairs Committee meetings I see him a lot.  And all my pictures have him with his hat.  One day I realized that he probably had to remove his hat when they said the pledge of allegiance during the floor sessions.  It turns out, he's not allowed to wear the hat on the floor of the House at all.  But I also caught him one day at another committee meeting without his hat.

UPDATE: SUNDAY - From the New York Times:

SEOUL, South Korea — In South Korea, where people often remove their shoes before entering homes, restaurants or funeral parlors, it is a nagging problem: people walking off with others’ shoes, either by mistake or, sometimes, intentionally.

Still, Detective Kim Jeong-gu’s jaw dropped recently when he opened the warehouse of an ex-convict in Seoul and found 170 apple boxes packed with 1,700 pairs of expensive designer shoes, sorted by size and brand, and all believed to have been stolen.

“Shoe theft is not unusual here,” Detective Kim, 28, said. “But we gasped at this one.”