Shoes Fit D.C.’s Power Women

I just love it when two men try to make sense out of women's shoe-shopping habits. Patrick and Jeff did just that today in Yeas & Nays, talking about the high-power event Wednesday afternoon at the Willard Hotel to celebrate the opening of the Bethesda location of the Little Shoebox, a Baltimore luxe shoe store.

What could bring together several of Washington’s VIP women on a weekday afternoon? Shoes, of course. ...

Their mission? To check out the new lines and offer their opinions on styles and brands. Taking up the store on its offer: Assistant EPA Administrator Lynn Buhl; Lindi Harvey, a top aide to Sen. Elizabeth Dole; Janine Czarnecki and Karen Czarnecki from the Department of Labor; and Adrienne Taylor from Deloitte and Touche.

Emilie Blaze, the store’s co-owner, said, “We wanted this branding session to introduce ourselves to these elite women of power. We recognize that the topography is different in D.C., and we want to accommodate these women, and our designers want to accommodate them as well.”

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