sometimes a girl actually needs a trip to texas

i want some boots. not the sexy black to the knee boots, i have plenty of those. i want some boots with a good ol' boy name like justin or tony lama.

i went to 2 different "western" shops in boston, but they were nothing like the western shops of my youth. there wasn't any feed or baby chicks anywhere to be found. one had a couple of nancys behind the counter (they may know leather, but not boots). the other had a couple of hipsters (the people, not the waders). both only had a few boots for women, and they were the fancy inlaid boots like W wears. no thanks. that's like getting a luxury SUV. so i live in the city, but i still want some that i could actually kick shit in (for the times i walk across the common and the mounted cops leave piles on the former cow paths), or at least walk in the mud if i wanted. we do have mud. and one day one of those handsome cabbie horses might get loose and i'll be prepared.