Book Signing (San Diego, CA)

August 9, 2007

BOOK-SIGNING for "COWBOY BOOTS: The Art & Sole"

Warwick's
7812 Girard Avenue
La Jolla, (San Diego) CA
(858) 454-0347

Beginning at 7:30 pm. Details on the Warwick's events page.

Come meet me ...and special guest, John Woodward. See samples from the newest Old Gringo's Fall Collection. Try your luck at a special prize drawing!

Don't forget to wear your cowboy boots!

Photo courtesy of Linda June Balogh (a.k.a. "mom")

Update.

Shoot. Looks like I'll be missing a great movie and a swell party.

If you're like me, and can't go to the Bodacious Boot "sneak peak" showing... all is not lost. The folks at AMS Production Group are planning one (or more) star-studded premiere screenings of Bodacious Boots once it's finished and rendered in all its high-def grandeur.

Stay tuned for more info.

P.S. The next screening will be on a weekend to make travel plans easier. See you there!

Rough Cut

Yeehaw! “Bodacious Boots” is almost done. Come sneak a peek at the first-cut of “Bodacious Boots” on opening night at the 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival.

This high-spirited ode to the cowboy boot is directed by Tim Wylie and produced by Laura Neitzel.

Through interviews with boot makers, collectors, and aficionados like Lyle Lovett, Kelly Le Brock, Dr. Laura, Chef Dean Fearing, Kinky Friedman (and yours truly) ...Bodacious Boots takes a broad look at the art, history, and culture of the Western cowboy boot, and explores the qualities that elevate this humble piece of functional footwear into an object d’art and quintessentially American icon.

What:
“Bodacious Boots” screening
at the 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival
(Ticket info at videofest.org.)

When:
Tuesday, July 31 7:30 pm

Where:
Angelika Film Center
5321 E. Mockingbird Lane (Dallas, TX)

You are also invited to the official opening night party of the Dallas Video Festival, featuring the spaghetti-western surfer-twang of The Big Guns (also featured in Bodacious Boots.)

When:
9 pm to midnight

Where:
AllGood Café 2934 Main Street (east end of Deep Ellum) Dallas

...Kindly rsvp to lneitzel@amspg.com.

Think About Cowboy Boots

Think 117. Watch the entire program or fast forward 18:03 minutes into the segment for an interview with Laura Neitzel and a clip from the upcoming film, Bodacious Boots.

In this short clip...you'll catch a glimpse of bootmakers Dave Wheeler, Lee Miller, and the hard working folks at Rocketbuster. The film also includes interviews with talented boot collectors Lyle Lovett and John Tongate.

The 20th Annual Dallas Video Festival begins Tuesday July 31st and runs through August 5th. Laura Neitzel's film "Bodacious Boots" opens the festival on July 31st at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas at 7:35pm. More information about purchasing tickets, theaters, and films being shown during the festival is available at www.videofest.org.

Cowboy Boots p. 250

Click the Gabcast play button to hear more about those great eagle boots on page 250 of my book, Cowboy Boots: The Art & Sole. Click back to read an earlier blog entry about the very same boots.

Shoe are you? Cowboy Boots!

Recently, I was interviewed by Miss Meghan Cleary, America's shoe expert on her stylish weekly podcast, "Shoe are you?"

You can listen to the podcast and view a few photos on Miss Meghan's blog.

Meghan is the author of The Perfect Fit: What your shoes say about you. A swell little book, with a special chapter dedicated to "the cowboy boot girl."

(You can listen to this and Meghan's other podcast episodes on iTunes or PodShow.)

Cowboy Boots Post 9/11

On Sunday morning I get on an airplane headed to Dallas.

I'm getting filmed one last time for Bodacious Boots.

Let's be honest here. I admit that the main reason I went back to yoga class was to get a body better suited to hi-def, but one of the most-excellent side effects is that I can now stand on one leg and pull my cowboy boots off in the airport security line.

("Tree Pose" image courtesy of trustyguides.com)

Cowboy Boots in the Press

There was a mention of my book in the Chicago Tribune this weekend. Yay!

Makers' Marks

Factory-made? Custom made? Take a peek inside the secret language of cowboy boot labels, signature stitches and inking. I've posted a bunch of photos of cowboy boot labels and signature stitches on Flickr. I'm hoping it's a help to boot collectors and a tribute to makers.

Move your mouse over the photos to view extra notes and info.

Add your own photos to Flickr and join the fun! Points awarded for artistic merit. (If you run into to trouble you can e-mail me your photos and I will post them.)