Hanging Shoes
The other day my friend Midori asked me why she frequently sees shoes hanging from telephone and electricity wires throughout the city. I realize at that point that I had no idea why people did it, but that I’ve seen it in many places. Anyway, here is what Wikipedia has to say about the custom.
I guess it’s still sort of a mystery.
So, please enjoy my snapshot of a pair of shoes I saw hanging in Brooklyn, and two more pics that Midori sent me of shoes she saw hanging from wires…
“Yo Brooklyn, Fuhgeddaboudit” Photo Series
My name is Kendra and I am a newly minted doctor about to begin my residency in Psychiatry at 
hey kendra, i just want you to know i based the name of my blog after a place a friend of mine used to live- it was a polynesian community in compton or some bullshit of the ilk. anywho i added you and micah to my bloglist. my blog is pretty much sucky compared to both of yours but it gives me something more to do while i wait for rotations to start. ps- im bobo and tell bindi if you ever see her that im not a bitch, i just deleted my facebook because it was gay and that i don’t have her number and likely won’t be able to call her since my new phone’s “9″ doesn’t work, which means if i ever need to dial 911 im fucked. anyway im starting to ramble hard core now… so now’s a good a time as any to stop. I miss your fresh insight, but cyber stalking you makes up for it :p
OH TELL HER I STILL THINK HER BROTHER IS HOT AND I’D GROPE HIM ON THE DANCEFLOOR ANY DAY…
Hey Kendra, I have been addicted to this blog for a few months now and it is awesome. It is a bright part of my day full of books and exams… I understood the in the U.S. originally shoeflinging was to mark the death of a person ////