During our visit to the Lloyd Center shopping mall this afternoon, we came across a familiar shoe store where I had purchased some Keen walking shoes a couple of years ago during our first visit to Portland. Lo and behold the same gentleman who helped us that time was working again today and was even more helpful; he convinced both of us to get new shoes this time!
It didn't hurt that he used the slick computer system pictured above to show us what our arches were like. After standing on a special platform for a few seconds the pressure points are depicted on the screen, and apparently I have some super-high arches and may really be some sort of advanced humanoid life-form from another galaxy. Luckily they had some shoes and inserts that could meet even the demands of my alien soles, and we both walked away happy customers.
Coincidentally, it turned out he also enjoys spending time fishing in Westport, WA (site of the wedding this weekend). A few other factoids: he was drafted for Vietnam while in the middle of art school, and he now does pen and ink sketches in his spare time and has occasional showings around town, presently at Cooper's Coffee in Portland. Hopefully we'll make it there to check them out!
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Those are some weird feet. I hope they're not contagious.
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