Posted on Dec 25, 2009 under off broadway shoes |
I was looking at shoes at Wal*Mart, Payless, Famous Footwear, DSW, Off Broadway and some other cheap places. Which one would I get the (relative) best quality for what I’m paying?
Also: I know they are all cheap, but I was wondering which would be the best of all the places that sold shoes cheaply.
DSW is pretty good. I’d say they probably have the best quality shoes although they may be a little more expensive.
Posted on Dec 20, 2009 under shoes |
i would like to take ballet. what supplies do i need (in particular shoes) to start? and are the shoes expensive?
You will start with ballet slipper or flats or shoes whichever you prefer (name wise)
Go to discountdancesupply.com
or dancedistributors.com
or allaboutdance.com they have cheap shoes and other ballet suplies you will need
You will need:
ballet slipper
leotard, usually the studio prefers black
pink ballet tights
and if you want legwarmers, a shrug or a wrapskirt
also with your ballet slipper there are a few different options
split sole- i prefer this, i can get onto a higher releve (which is good) and have more freedom to dance in
full sole- i don’t like this as much, restrict your releves
Canvas- i prefer this, you can wash it when it gets dirty and and fits to your food right away
leather- you cannot wash these, but it wil slowly start to fit the shape of your foot perfectly much better than canvas but for the first while they are loose and dont fit well usually
I would also recommend getting them professionally fitted for your first time since sometimes you have to get a street size up or a couple down,( the sizes are wacky) and if you get the wrong size it become very uncomfortable and bad for your feet, especially if you ahve narrow or wide feet you should get it specialized for that (and that’s free btw)
also there are many different barnds: capezio, bloch, leos, i personally i have sansha which i quite like.
also same with a leotard- go to your local dance store to try on a few, the bigger the store the more options*
hope this helped :]
have fun dancing!!!!
Posted on Dec 13, 2009 under off broadway shoes |
i wanted to know what everything hes referring to in his song…
i know a little bit 
Yeah I’m out that Brooklyn.
Now I’m down in Tribeca.
Right next to DeNiro
But I’ll be hood forever
I’m the new Sinatra
And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere
(Yeah they love me everywhere)
I used to cop in Harlem
All of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)
Right there off of Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastry (vanessa simmons from runs house new shoe line?)
Cruising down 8th street (?)
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
(but BK, it’s from Texas!!) (??)
Me I’m out that BedStuy (?)
Home of that boy Biggie (Biggie Smalls?)
now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ta-ta (?)
Still sipping Mai Tais (?)
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N**ga, I be Spiked out (?)
I could trip a referee (?)
…tell by my attitude that I’m MOST DEFINITELY FROM…
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game, (is the x a nightclub?)
sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I ain’t a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t, (?)
home of the hip hop,
yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back, (?)
for foreigners it ain’t fitted act like they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and they’re naked, (?)
city it’s a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,
If Jeezy’s payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo (?)
3 card marley, (?)
Labor Day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade,
long live the king yo,
I’m from the Empire State thats…
[Alicia Keys]
In New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..
[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding, (?)
girls need blinders (?)
so they can step out of bounds quick, (?)
the side lines is blind with casualties, (?)
who sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse, (?)
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd ,
now you’re in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim.
good girls gone bad, the city’s filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends, (?)
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion, (?)
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien (?)
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
no place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York
So the lines with the question marks are the ones you want clarified?
"8th Street": It’s known to be where St. Mark’s Place is (which of course is in NY), which is where urban teenagers hang out, according to Wikipedia.
"BK from Texas": Beyonce Knowles is from Texas. It might be one of the few songs where he acknowledges her, I think.
"Bed-Stuy": Short for Bedford-Stuyvesant, it’s a predominantly black neighborhood found in the center of NY.
"Home of that boy Biggie": Yep, Biggie Smalls. Also from Brooklyn.
"Say what up to Ta-ta": It’s Ty Ty, who is Jay-Z’s nickname to Tyron Smith, who is his "BFF".
"Mai Tais": Drinks. I don’t know the relevance to NY, but he’s probably mentioning in reference to his past where he probably drank it a lot and still do today.
"N*gga, I be Spiked out/I could trip a referee": He could get front row seats to a game and be so close to the players that he could literally trip a referee. Possibly.
"Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game": OG referes to Juan Perez, President of Roc-La-Familia, and co-owner of the 40/40 club.
"Corners where we selling rocks/Afrika Bambaataa sh*t": I think he’s referring to the fact that they’re from the Bronx and they were popular to listen to during the breakout of the hip hop scene when he was growing up (I could be wrong about that, because I’ve no idea how old he is) or the fact they have an album called "Planet Rock", meaning that it can go both ways.
"Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back": He names all types of the most common transportation in NY (yellow cab - taxi, gypsy cab - illegal taxi, dollar cab - one dollar taxi).
"8 million stories out there and they’re naked": Refers to the 1948 film "The Naked City" with the quote: "There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this has been one of them."
"3 Dice Ceelo/3 Dice Marley" - It’s 3 Card Molly. Both refers to the stereotypical "alley" games.
"Lights is blinding/ Girls need blinders" - Just referring to the chorus about the "big lights" being everywhere in NY. Lights go on during the night time, where girls would be on the streets for A. prostitution or B. nighttime clubbing.
"Or they can step out of bounds / Quick, the side lines is blind with casualities" - They could get caught up with the lights (which also refers to fame, the in-crowd as he points out a little later). I’m not sure about the casualty part.
"Who sip the light casually, then gradually become worse" - The fame can become an addiction.
"Hail Mary to the city, you’re a virgin / And Jesus can’t save you / Life starts when the church ends" - Still referring to girls chasing fame in the city, where "virgin" means the innocence they have before they get into the real world.
"MDMA got you feeling like a champion" - MDMA is better known as ecstasy. But it means that the girls, who have lost their innocence when chasing fame, are officially in the "in-crowd" by doing drugs and such (I think I worded that wrong).
"The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien" - Ambien is a drug for people who can’t sleep. Since they’re doing drugs already, why not slip another one?
And that concludes it. I sorta paraphased and did quick research, so there are some parts where it could be wrong.
Posted on Dec 13, 2009 under es shoes |
I need a nice pair of running shoes just to walk around in for some extra comfort when i go to the city. I also want them to look good with jeans (I.E. no outrageous colors). Any suggestions??
I would recommend that you check out zappos.com, they have a huge selection and the beauty of it is that if you don’t like the shoes/clothes(whatever you buy) or they don’t fit, you can return them for free..the shipping is super fast as well. I really can’t say enough good things about them.
I would also like to add in that normally "real" running shoes..don’t normally look good with jeans..nikes, or pumas which I dont consider to be running shoes might be a better bet.
Good luck!
Posted on Dec 13, 2009 under shoes |
My daughter will be 15 months on Halloween and she is going to be a purple plush unicorn with a sparkle mane and rainbow tail. It’s a zip up suit with the unicorn head worn on her head. The legs are elastisized at the ankles. I have no idea what kind of shoes she should wear with this outfit. She’s a size 5 in shoes. Any suggestions? Or links to sites? Thanks!
I am confused about that style of shoes to get her. Maryjanes? Sneakers?
I would get sneakers. When my grand was that age we found a pair of sparkly. silver glitter type sneakers that looked so cute!
The next year she went as "Dorky". That’s what she kept telling me any way, she really wanted to be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. We used red glitter MJ’s with that.
I still have the shoes and she’s 12.
I’d take the stroller too if your going more than a couple of houses!
Posted on Dec 02, 2009 under shoes |
I just bought black pants and a slightly sparkly black top to wear to my work Christmas party. I am planning on adding a little color with accessories, but I still needs shoes. Of course my first option would be black shoes, but I was wondering if it would be a faux pas to wear maybe gray shoes or some other color. Just to break up the black.
Thanks!
I would say Red or even Gold shoes. Plus, this way you could use red and gold accesories and maybe make your lips red if you want to(:
Have fun at the party and hope this helps(:
