genebujold

Small world!

I once dated (seriously, I might add) a gal from Columbus, and my cousin moved there several years ago with her hubby. Now they have a wonderful family!

Thighbootguy

Kneehighs;

Thanks for the tour advice. My hotel is right up the street from OSU. My the resturants have been on West 5th.

I am planning to go downtown to the the Art Museum Thursday night (only night it is open).

Thighbootguy

Breakfast as usual, 4” thigh boots. (How's that for status quo)

After class I really needed a reference manual. (Bad class, bad instructor,…) so I got dress in a black turtleneck, black jacket, leather jeans and 4” heel black thigh boots (it has gotten cooler). I asked the desk clerk for directions to a bookstore and he directed me to a Barnes and Nobles in a near by shopping center. In I went and toured the store (couldn’t find the book I wanted). Since it was dinner time I started looking for somewhere to eat and found a Hoggy’s (ribs house). I walked in and was seated in a booth. The waitress was one of these people that is so active I got tired just watching her. I asked her if my boots were too much for the neighborhood and she stepped back a little to get a better look. Then I heard, “WOW those are neat, I really like them”. I thanked her and finished my dinner.

On the way back to the hotel, I saw a book store that was still open. It was a place called Half Price Books that buys and sells used books. I have wanted to go in all week so I took the opportunity. Inside was an eclectic bunch of people. These folks were book lovers and just a delight to be around. Everything from a guy digging through engineering books to another guy very excited about finding a Monty Python CD (for 1$). I think I kind of fit in. I wondered through the whole store and had a blast. (I’m not really a party kind of guy).

I came back to the hotel and got giggled at again. Oh well, ignoring the class and the giggles, this has been a great week.

genebujold

Sixty-three degrees is "cooler?" Even though the wee hours in the morning (like now!) is around 76 degrees, I'm in a T-shit and shorts when I go for my morning walks! (I do wear pants with heels, though, both to hide the heels and because the A/C inside most establishments is quite cold).

Perhaps it's just me, but I don't start wearing long-sleeved shirts with long pants until it gets below sixty, never throw on a sweater or light jacket unless it's below fifty, and never wear a heavier jacket unless it's below freezing.

And I'm skinny as a rail!

I dunno - high metabolism? Natural food-burning heat machine?

Sorry, I don't mean to slight you...

By the way, I've enjoyed reading of your escapades in Ohio, particularly around OSU, as that's where my old girlfriend used to attend. All told I spent only about two weeks there with her (I went to a different school), but we had some good times!

If you get a chance, try this place:

http://www.thirstyeartavern.com/index2.html

My cousin says it's pretty nice, and you shouldn't have any problems, there.

BobHH

Are your boots worn over your pants so they are totally exposed, or under? I've never tried them.

Thighbootguy

Ahh, breakfast in boots. What a great way to start the day. I was wearing a pair of black 4” pull on thigh boots.

I wore those boots back down to the lobby and out to my car and drove to class. I stopped for gas and when I got to class I almost forgot I had them on and started to get out of the car. Realizing my mistake I changed into my guy shoes and went to class.

Tonight is museum night so I changed into my chap boots and drove back to the hotel. These are 5.5” heel black chap boots. At the hotel I put on a black turtleneck, black slacks, and a black blazer with the chap boots. I was thinking this is too warm but I’ll be in air conditioning, and I was thinking this 5.5” heel is a little higher than I’m used to but….

I went back out to my car and drove to the Museum. As I turned in the parking lot I must have caught a sharp curb because I cut the sidewall of a rear tire and it immediately started to go flat. One of the guards came by and saw my problem about the time I was getting the spare out of the trunk. He saw I had things under control and went on his way. By this time I had taken my jacket off, the turtle neck is sleeveless and did I mention I was wearing 5.5” heel chap boots. Oh well, I finished changing the tire and I was drenched with sweat (no delicate way to put that). I put my blazer back on and went into the museum and headed for the rest room to get cleaned up a little. This was the first rime I have gone into the men’s room with heels (never been into the lady’s room, not my style). Of course there were other folks in there. Did I mention I’m wearing 5.5” heels chap boots?

The tour of the museum was nice except it wasn’t as cool as I was expecting so I had to take is very slow so I didn’t overheat. I finally took my jacket off and cooled down again. Hasn’t someone in this thread cautioned about making sure your heels are comfortable before you go out for an extended period? The extra .5” started to get to me and my feet started to hurt.

The guard I met in the parking lot asked if my car was Ok and I asked for directions to a gas station that had an air line. When I left the museum, I stopped and put more air in the spare tire then drove back to the hotel. I changed into my 5” black thigh boots and blue jeans, same turtle neck and a light blue blazer (much cooler) and headed out for dinner.

I went to the restaurant across the hotel’s parking lot. The waitress I had really didn’t like my boots. I asked her about them and she really strained to say they were Ok. With dinner I has two LARGE beers (my limit) and had to navigate on 5”heels. At least the manager and both the reception clerks bid me a cheerful good night.

Back at the hotel I have the urge to pull on a pair of shorts with my 5”thigh boots and go for a walk around the neighborhood but I think that’s the beer so I will pass on that. Besides I’m pretty well exhausted so I think I will just crash.

This has been a fun week and I’m going home tomorrow.

Hope everyone enjoyed the chronicle.


BobHH;

Read back on this thread. The whole thing is about wearing thigh boots fully exposed.

Thighbootguy

I am checking out today so I packed my stuff and realized there was too much to carry in one trip so I made a trip out to the car with part of my stuff, wearing 5” thigh boots, then came back and had breakfast in boots.

I went back to my room and packed the rest of my bags to check out. Then I realized the stuff I still had left was very bulky. Walking in 5” heels is a matter of balance so I had to learn how to carry this stuff very quickly or I was really going to walk badly. Smaller steps seemed to be the answer so I more slowly went to the front desk and on out to my car.

After class I stopped at a supermarket and went in with a pair of 4” boots. There was very little reaction until I was leaving when I heard a lot of laughter back at the registers.

On the drive home (2 hrs.) I was wearing the same 4” pair. These are pull on boots so there is extra room in the ankle and above the arch of the foot. When I am standing my foot conforms to the arch of the sole and the boots fit fine. When I am sitting, however, my foot will straighten a little and, after a while, cause come discomfort where my toe is pushed forward into the side of the boot. That’s a long explanation for why I didn’t wear them all the way home.

I seem to have encountered four reactions to my wearing high heel thigh boots:

• Disdain - The persons body language said, “that’s disgusting, go away”.
  
  Indifference - People just went on their way like I wasn’t doing anything unusual. People would also engage in conversation and not acknowledge anything unusual.
  
  Amusement - laughter
  
  Mildly supportive - The persons body language said, “that takes nerve”. Or they commented on my boots.

I think I was lucky that I didn’t run into hostility, but I do try to be careful where I go.

This has been a great trip. I have another one planned in a week to Reston Va.

Thighbootguy

I had to replace the tire I ruined at the Columbus Art Museum so I went to Sam’s to get a replacement. I wore 4” heel thigh boots with jeans and walked into the tire department of the store. This isn’t like the other sections of the store, it’s more of a guy part of the store. Well anyway it took about 45 minutes to get the tire replaced and I chose to just wait around. I didn’t get any reaction, no comments, no stares, just professional courtesy.

After getting the tire replaces, I went on a normal (note the use of that word) shopping trip in the rest of the store and tool my time. I was in the store for at least an hour and a half. A few customers looked twice but that was it.

I’m starting to feel very comfortable wearing my boots which means I have to be even more attentive about where I go. I don’t want to assume too much about how accepting the public is. I suspect that if I’m paying to go into a place, there is an incentive on management’s part to keep me spending money there, and that tempers the reaction of the staff.

heellover1907

i just wanted say ive really enjoyed reading your last few posts and all your boots sound amazing and you sound like you had a great time wearing them you`ve certainly got balls and i just wondered if ule be posting any pics of your boots lolXXX

Thighbootguy

When I started wearing thigh boots, it was a matter of mustering up enough nerve to go out in public but now I kind of expect to be accepted. I doesn’t take anywhere near as much nerve to get out of my car, while wearing boots, as it used to. As I have mentioned several times, I still try to pick where I go in boots with some caution.

I don’t wear boots around my neighborhood (at least in the daytime) or around work. It’s one thing to encounter someone that does things that are out of the norm and then go on your way, It’s entirely different to have to live next door. My part of the world is paranoid about sex offenders living in the neighborhood and this paranoia can easily expand to include someone that dresses out of the norm.

Work is just not a place for me to be too far out of the norm.

As others have written, going out of town allows you to be out of the norm and not permanently in someone else’s face. And like I said before, if your paying, people seem to cut you a little more slack.


Pictures… I don’t have a photographic record of my exploits. I haven’t joined the digital photography revolution yet but that’s another issue. I’m still thinking about making pictures though. If/when I do, this will be the first place to know but thanks for asking.