High Tide Heels

Are the Ladies ready to go on holidays? Are they already done with their luggage? In case a pair of fins is missing, I suggest this evening model, perfect for a Hollywood swimming-pool party or to dive at midnight from a thirty meter long yacht.
This stiletto fins picture has already spread around the world, just Google "High Tide Heels" (or also "High Heel Fins", "Stiletto Flippers" or anything like that), and find dozens of forums and blogs that reposted this topic in the last few weeks.
Since somebody says I post too seldom, I will join the chorus, trying to update the state of the art, inasmuch as it costs nothing.
Let's say first that the picture's origin is still uncertain, apart from the fact that the plate reflected in the display window is Belgian (it's said to be a shop in Liège, maybe an art gallery) and in fact, as long as I know, the first to post it was a Belgian blog in March.
More recently the photo was reposted by British, American, German, Swiss, Greek and Italian blogs, just to name a few, and was sacred by Manolo's Shoe Blog, that also made clear this not being a completely new idea, but already seen on the catwalks by Australian designer Lisa Carney and by more famous Jean Paul Gaultier.
These are the certain facts, then we only have speculations, for example it's not clear whether or not these stiletto flippers, seen also in coral red, are on sale somewhere or if somebody even tried or bought them, in order to sport them on some very stylish beach.

Stiletto Run

Berlin's Stiletto Run, held last August 19th and sponsored by Glamour Magazine, was widely reported and commented all over the press and other media. Some articles said that it was the first high heels race ever, but it isn't true. Similar races were held in Amsterdam on March 9th, and in Moscow on last July 8th. There are rumors about other races planned in July in St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, but there's no evidence about that.
Berlin edition was won by 25-year old psychology student Nadine Sonnabend, who taped rubber strips to the bottom of her shoes, beating the other 100 specially chosen perticipants on a 100 metres track, and winning the 10,000 € prize. The heels had to be (nearly) proper stilettos, at least 7 cm high and a maximum of 1.5 wide.

Italy Four Times World Champion!

Yes we made it! The Italian team won its fourth final out of six played so far. Only Brazil now has a better score. Somebody would say that France played better, and maybe it's true, but we deserved the Cup for the way we played the previous games, especially against Germany. The semifinal between France and Portugal was a boring game, won by a small penalty against a poor team. Which image will stay as a symbol of the italian victory? Maybe that of Fabio Grosso, the humble defender coming from a minor league and now become a worldwide famous football star, or that of the unsurpassable Cannavaro raising the Cup. But I chose that one of the Zidane headbutt, maybe better representing this dramatic and bitter match, ended with penalties. Whatever Materazzi said, that was the worst way for Zizou to end a great career.

The Red Stiletto

Things you find surfing the web. This Red Stiletto car was created by David Crow using a 1972 Honda CB 350 motor and running gear. The car took him four years to complete, and features an alloy tube frame with fiberglass shell and hand rubbed paint. The Red Stiletto was shown at the ArtCar Fest in San Jose, California, and reported by many web sites and blogs: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and maybe more.