Yesterday I was in a bit of a bind. I knew that Kathy and I were going to be out on a weekend together (starting tonight) and that we planned to go cross country skiing. The problem was that my ski boots had come apart from their soles. Kathy had been gently reminding me that they needed fixed for the last two weeks and of course I planned to get it done. I had just never actually done it. I called the shoe repair place that I had found on the web and asked if they could get them fixed in a day and they nearly laughed at me. I made some more inquiries and a few phone calls later I found Tony’s Quality Shoe Repair down in South Bend. Tony is a little Italian guy from the old country whom you can tell by looking at his knotted muscles that make up his hands, he knows what he is doing. Tony took a look at my boots and told me that he could not reattach them the way they had been made (with a rivet through the toe) but that he could do it in a better way. When I got them back less than a day later they were wonderful. Done fast and good for a mere $20. I then noticed some really nice dress shoes in his shop and he gave me a catalog for some REALLY nice custom made shoes. I drooled all the way home. I really like everything on page 11 and the classico loafer on page 13. Now, keep in mind that these shoes start at about $250 and go up to about $350, but oh boy if I had the money, I would have some of those. The white saddle shoes on 18 would definately catch Ash’s eye. If I were a rich man…..