We have two Cobblers right near our house. I think of shoe repair as a dying art form. George's, the place nearest our house, is just a wonder to look at. He probably has unfinished jobs from the 70's hidden away somewhere in the huge mess. I think his shop would make a great photo study and I wish I had the courage to go in and ask if I could spend a day with him just taking pictures of his place and his craft.
George's is actually listed on our local city search and was reviewed by one customer who said:
"My shoes were done 3 weeks late, and
only got 1/2 soled when I asked for full sole.
Many excuses were given."
Fantastic.
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Big can't believe that we refer to the shoe repair place as the cobbler. I am often obsessed with finding a good cobbler just like finding a good dry cleaner, whenever I move somewhere new. Of course the hometown Bernies (cobbler) and Louigis (drycleaner) were the best. We do have a pretty good cobbler here that I go to and it also Georges. Great drycleaner.
I will admit that from the title I thought the entry was going to be about fruit desserts. I think I would become apoplectic in that shop!
I too anticipated an entry about sweet crumbly dessert (when I saw the word Two I'd hoped you'd be comparing apple cobbler to peach cobbler, mixed berry cobbler, etc., etc.). The shift to George-The-Shoe-Man was less thrilling for me. (It's good I'm joining a gym this week). I always wonder what exactly George and his cast of characters are doing in there all day. You really should stop by. I'm sure they'd be happy to see a guy with a camera.
Okay, I'm a bit behind here in my reading but I still have to comment about the cobbler--cobbling is definately a dying art form and I really think you should go in there and photograph George. I just had a pair of shoes repaired and I really need to bring another one in. The problem, as discussed with the cobbler, is that some repairs are would be more expensive than just going out and buying new shoes. I think we just get rid of things too quickly here. We had a tv that worked fine--until I broke the on / off button...long story short the tv repair guy said it would be better to buy a new tv for just a pinch more money than fix my older version. So sad. What a throw-away culture.
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