Normally, as I trek down Broadway, I am either:

A. Late.

B. On my cell.

C. Late and on my cell, calling my meeting to say I am ten minutes behind schedule.

D. Shopping. Which makes me late.

Today, as I walked from Dean and Deluca, (where I ate standing up at the mini-bar with several other Manhattanites and about ten Swedish shoppers) I made my way to an appointment near B’way and Grand. It was quite cold for this time of year–and I kept my head bowed down to concentrate on my urgent texting and to avoid the now chilly temperatures. As I make this trek quite often, I know the stores, the earring selling street vendors, the guy who sells hot nuts, the guy who gives out haircut flyers, Etc. And, as per usual I have to walk past the always bustling STEVE MADDEN store. Techno blares as girls from far away places look at giant wedges and lots of things covered in patent.

Today, as I brushed passed the SM store, again eyes to the concrete, something caught my eye—then made me smile. There propped up against the window of the Madden store was a hot lady wearing a JEFFREY CAMPBELL moc. (The Jeffrey Campbell “LOVE BEADS.”)

I don’t think I have ever been so happy standing in front of a Steve Madden Display window, as I was today. The two ladies, in town for fun, said they got the shoes from Milwaukee. She Purchased her purple suede flat at FRED BOUTIQUE, which carries tons of Jeffrey Campbell. As I snapped their photos, we laughed about the background–and secretly I was the happiest I had been all day. Say Cheese and snap!!

(*as my day continued I saw LOVE BEADS at LF on Spring too for NY shoppers!)