Metallics

For the past year or so I've been wearing gold shoes (J.Crew offers a similar pair these days for like 3x as much as I paid) and this year I added bronze ones to the mix. All I have to say is metallics go with everything (making them the perfect shoe to pack while traveling)! While gold and bronze shoes can make a bit of a statement, winning a gold or a bronze in the Olympics is a major statement! And watching two of my former teammates - who had never rowed before college - powering to the finish line to win bronze [Wyatt Allen in the men's 8] and gold [Lindsay Shoop in the women's 8] yesterday was just awesome!!! Congrats wahoos!!!!

• Watch the women's gold medal race here
• Big rowing men on little Chinese bikes here
• Any sport done right makes it look easy. See Wyatt's 2004 Athen's gold medal + WR win here.
• All Beijing rowing results here

{Olympic medals - enlayed with jade [pictured above] - unveiled here}

P.S. Is anyone else starting to get annoyed that event results are all over the front pages of Olympic coverage, but none of it has aired yet!?!??!