From Showrooms to Shoes

One of the great things about "retirement" is that it allows you to do things that you may not have had time to do in the past. For example, accepting an invitation from your best friend to attend a Yankees game and sitting 8th row behind 3rd base, which I very gratefully did on Sunday, May 1. In the past I would have more than likely declined because I was working or travelling for work.

This morning, I attended the kick off keynote of  the Spring Market at the Decoration and Design Building, titled What's Next in Decorating? hosted by, Deborah Needleman, Editor in Chief of the Wall Street Journal's monthly magazine WSJ and Off Duty section (two titles of which both are on my essential reading materials list). See my next post for further details. This post is about what happened after the keynote.
When I returned to my apartment at 11:00AM (keynote 9:30AM-10:30AM), I immediately called my mother. My friend W is leaving for Prague next week and I was hoping that my mother would remember the names of the restaurants she went to. Mission unaccomplished but I did help my mother successfully complete her mission--Do these shoes work with the dress that I am going to wear to your sister's engagement party? Sounds like a yes or no answer, right? Yes it is but in this case it took more than 1 hour to answer it. The Internet is a new world for my mother and one which she does not have the patience for. Don't get me wrong, I do commend her for finally taking the initiative to learn how to use it but we all know what happens when you continuously click and re-click on a page that is not loading at an optimal speed. The screen freezes and or crashes. Sorry mom, you can't blame that one on the high-speed DSL connection. When I finally convinced my mother that neimanmarcus.com was not out to get her and that we were both looking at the exact same page on their website, she was able to show me the shoe, and I told her it was perfect. I have posted an image of the shoe below. Under normal circumstances I would have asked you to post your opinions (I would include an image of the dress as well if that were the case) but in this case I am not going to unless you plan on spending an hour of your time, perhaps even more, helping my mother find another pair of shoes that will work with her Robert Rodriguez sepia-print a-line, strapless dress.
How has the above activity helped my job search?
1. I have the patience of a saint.
2. Perhaps I should consider a career in teaching middle aged women over the age of ????? how to use the internet.
3. Perhaps I should consider a career in online shoe consulting.

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/productImagesPopup.jhtml?selected=bg&item=prod127390019&pageProductId=prod127390019&yB=bg_prod127390019