Friday, August 31, 2007


I saw a woman getting her shoe fixed while she waited, which I thought was neat. There are a lot of little street cobblers, on the streets and at the train station. They sit and knock their instruments on their work board to get people to look down at them and to drum up business. This was the first time I has seen one at work, it was just funny to walk by and see a woman standing barefoot on the street getting her shoe fixed.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Many years ago when women wore high heels (almost stiletto!) to work, in the 60's and 70's, I often snapped a heel crossing the cobblestoned streets in downtown Pittsburgh or in Mt. Oliver. There was nothing worse than walking around an office all day in the limp mode missing a heel. A shoe fixer repairperson right on the street? Wow - he or she would have made a bundle. Cassie

evelyn in taiwan said...

they are all over the place. train stations, street corners.