Camacho Watcho

This is more of a comment and a mental picture than an important aspect to life in Montevideo. But, being that I am a Camacho girl, and I do love my shoes, I feel I must say something.

Shoes. There was a time, believe it or not, when I did not enjoy shoes as I do now. Somehow in my teens I did not latch onto my mom and aunt’s love of shoes. My sister caught on to this and to date, I believe she has the most impressive collection of shoes that I’ve seen. Although, my friend Kate has the most impressive organization of her shoes (polaroids on the outsides of the boxes…how can you compete with that?). Anyway, sometime after college I started appreciating shoes - they are both a necessity and an accessory…es perfecto!

So what does this have to do with Montevideo? Let’s just say that shoes are not the most practical fashion accessory down here. The streets are older, cobblestone in most cases. The sidewalks are this way as well. The women of Montevideo are very practical and they do not wear designer heels and fancy shoes because of the wear and tear and the impracticality of walking on the cobblestones. Enter…Katie. I brought several pair of shoes down here and only one pair of work shoes. Heels. These are almost unheard of down here for any reasons except to get in a taxi and go dancing…not walking on the street.

So, I leave you with this mental imagine of me on a typical work day. The historic buildings, the cobblestones, the plazas with their beautiful statues, the street vendors selling goods, the rain (unfortunately)…and me, with my heels, hobbling through it all. En el nombre de la moda! (In the name of fashion!)

Posted on October 12th, 2007 by katiejocannon
Filed under: Shopping, Uruguay