Thursday, February 16, 2012

New Walking Shoes and a surprise

Many years ago during the early years of my career the airline that I was working for made an earnest effort at enforcing the dress code to include high heels for our required footwear.   Fortunately, after a few years of policing somewhat unsuccessfully,  they resigned themselves  reluctantly allowing more comfortable, sensible footwear for us airport agents.   

 

I probably jumped the “dress code Nazi ship” earlier than most of my colleagues and started with the purchase of my first pair of SAS walking shoes.    The shoe is certainly not going to win any awards for fashion design however they are practical, durable and very comfortable.   To make a long story short, I have  since recruited Bob to wear them as well over the past several years. 

 

Since we are visiting San Antonio and this is where the headquarters and factory is for the  SAS shoe, we paid a visit to the store for a new pair of shoes for each of us.   What a surprise we received.   This is by far the most interesting shoe store we have ever been into.

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P1010238P1010200The grounds of the SAS Factory is like stepping back 75 years in time.   There are old classic cars, vintage clothing, antiques, reconstructed service stations like this picture above, old fashioned ice cream shop, very old advertising signs, cobble stone street, as well as an area to watch the stages of shoe making.  

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Remember the classic Burma Shave signs…they are here too.

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For the first time in years Bob was asking to go shopping just in order to see the sights.

 

If you are in the San Antonio, TX  area this is a fun stop to add to your list of things to do.

 

Have a good day, we did ! 

 

9 comments:

  1. Had no idea that was there! How interesting. Loved all your pictures.
    Tell the truth now, how many pairs did you buy?

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  2. Wow, what a fascinating place. Loved the pictures and would love to visit there someday. Russ is diabetic and the only shoes that are comfortable are SAS. He has worn them for years.

    P.S. You might want to reconsider word verification. They now require two words and they are impossible to read. Lots of blogs about it tonight.

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  3. We were there a couple of years ago... we were with a tour group and I think one person bought a half dozen pairs of shoes...(she said they were for friends ;-) ..... I get kidded a lot because I carry around WAY too many pairs of shoes... but, hey.. I NEED those steel-toed boots ... Loved your pictures.. brought back a memory or two.

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  4. Okay, just checking to see if word verification is gone (LOL)...

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