Re: Keds Vacation
Hello INKEDS. There is an outlet mall North of Phoenix on the I-17 freeway up near a community called The Anthems. The outlet mall is on Honda Bow Road I beleive. And YES there is a Stride Rite, Keds, Sperry store there. Look in the Yellow Pages under "SHOE" and I think it's listed there.
Up until last December 2006 there was a women that worked there, her name was Kim. She had worked there since 2002. I would go this outlet mall to buy Keds every April and November while on vacation with my golf buddies. I would always buy something at another store first so I had a shopping bag that didn't have the Stride Rite Keds Sperry logo on it. Then, I'd go in, buy my Keds then have Kim throw the box away and I'd stick the Keds in the shopping bag I already had so my friends wouldn't see that I bought girls shoe for myself. She remembered me each time I came to the store even though it had been about 6 months since the last time I saw her. Finally in November 2003, while I was buying 2 pairs of Keds, she asked me why I don't want the box. I told her my friends don't know I wear women's Keds and if they see the boxes then they will know. We had a good 15 minute talk about Keds, men wearing Keds and life in general. To sum it up she basically said, wear your new Keds tomorrow in front of your buddies. You'll feel better for doing it and if your friends don't like it, then they're not your friends. The next day I wore my Keds to the golf course, and as expected my 3 golf buddies all had to make a comment about my new girl's shoes. The first came as we got out of the van. My buddy looked down and said "nice nurses shoes" The second came from the next guy after golf. He said "OHHH you bought new Keds" And my third buddy's comment came as we were walking into Hooters. He said "my daughter has a pair of shoes just like yours"
Sorry for blabbing on but it's fun to relive that memory.
In the third picture you can see a women in the store in a red shirt, that is Kim
Brian