World Heel Meet 2007: Testimonials

kneehighs · 10th March 2007, 19:51

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More pics to come later when I have more time. Alot of attendees came after this group pic was taken. We totalled about 25 attendees.

at9 · 10th March 2007, 19:58

Managed to drop in at the Miller for a couple of hours. Good to meet everyone, whether you came from near or far. Somebody also arranged the weather to be on its best behaviour too

crotchhiboots · 10th March 2007, 23:47

I had a great time and I hope that I've made some new friends. To top it off Tara let me try on her crotchhiboots so my screen name fits a little more. Sadly I had to beg off Torture garden due to being in pain from too much walking around.

Dr. Shoe · 11th March 2007, 11:11

I was in pain too (three blisters and some broken skin) but with extensive DIY chiropody and the application of plasters and rubbing strips I was able to come after all. Mind you, I did have to leave early as I knew I had a mile or so to walk to the car and my feet were starting to kill me!

iloveboots · 11th March 2007, 12:22

Without a doubt, a wonderful 3 days. As the folks from Mastercard put it....

.............plane tickets to London from Vancouver, $800

..............hotel in London £60

...............A night at Torture Garden £25

.................A day at the Miller £8

.....................New friendships PRICELESS!!!

First and foremost a big thank you to Kneehighs for the terrific organization and Tara as our local guide/local knowledge. To Admirer5577 for "Tube Knowledge". To 5inchlover to all the new experiences you discovered.

Thank you to everyone for making Angela and I feel so welcome and right at home. We had so much fun!

david

kneehighs · 11th March 2007, 16:45

The Heel Meet was an amazing experience!

I showed up at Starbucks to find Firefox, Robert, and a3 already there. Soon afterwards, Xa and Calv came in.

Within the hour, many others arrived and we made our way to The Miller.

The Miller was an absolutely great venue to host our meet at which commends the solid judgement of both Heelfan and Dr. Shoe. We ordered a buffet for 25 people which had everything from mini pizzas, sushi rolls, and nachos to mini bruschetta's. Drinks were quite reasonable and tasty as well. Plus, it was clean.

As a large group, most of us hung out inside the private function room for a couple of hours and chatted amongst each other. I think Shakedown and Euchrid played a game of pool as well.

After a couple of hours, we decided to break off into smaller groups. But first, we had to take the obligatory group pictures. At this point, I started to lose track of where the individual groups went. Perhaps when the others have a chance, they can fill in my informaitonal gaps.

Throughout the day, other members trickled in. This is another reason why The Miller was such a great place to host the meet. As opposed to searching up and down Oxford Street for the group, people could easily locate us at The Miller.

It was a pleasure meeting everyone. Chatting with iloveboots in his black thigh high boots and Lady Libertee (if I'm not mistaken, her feet were so sore from walking around London so much, she was in trainers), watching crotchhiboots stand tall in his black heels...even euchrid had some stiletto boots on for awhile...shakedown in his typical round toe chunky heels (I think they were the same shoes he wore last year), admirer5577 in his "croco" print boots that he bought in Paris, Fog in his beautiful brown thigh boots, Mrs Fog in her Patent Red stilettos with matching patent red belt, Robert from Gouda in his black boots, Heel-D in his pointy toe kneehigh boots....

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who made this meet happen. Without people like Pam who scheduled business appointments around the meet, without people like crotchhiboots who planned six months ago to come, without dedicated members like admirer5577 and ramon020 who flew in to spend time building friendships that will last a lifetime, without locals like Heel-D and Dr. Shoe who took the time to make it despite their very busy schedules...this meet would not have been possible without everyones dedication and committment to coming. Thanks to everyone who made it possible!

EDIT: A very special thanks to Thighboots2 for loaning me a pre-paid cell phone for the weekend. Very thoughtful!

Pumps · 11th March 2007, 18:55

I was really cool meeting you guys and it was really cool going out to bars in heels. Never did that before

Never tired on womens shoes in store before.

Just one thing is not so cool: The way my feet feels now.

heeluis · 11th March 2007, 19:41

Hi you all, I am still at home feeling solala and snieezing and coughing. Haven´t left the flat since Wednesday. I am happy to here that there were so many of you there and would love to see more pictures and read mor stories about it.
All the best for you all
Heeluis

Firefox · 12th March 2007, 02:00

Another pretty good meeting. I turned up at Starbucks at 10.30 to find Euchrid there and gradually other people drifted in. This wasn't a very good Starbucks to meet at, only tables for two so not suited to a group of 17!

We went off to the Miller and the buffet was excellent. Having seen Oxford Street a few times recently, I decided to stay on at the Miller to drink, chat and Mrs F and I got whipped at pool by Rob and Fred. Later on we met Ritchie who dropped in for a drink.

Rob and I were last to leave the Miller at about 18.00 and we whizzed over to the Reef at Waterloo Station to meet Xa and Calv for an expensive pint of Hoegarden. Rob and I then shot off to Portland place as we were a bit late for the evening meal.

Talk about finding a needle in haystack, we met our friend from Belgium in the depths of Waterloo tube station. The three of us then went off to Sergio's an Italian restaurant, near Portland place. It wasn't a bad meal for £23 and I then left the others to prepare for the Torture Garden.

I didn't have a fetish enough "ensemble" for the TG dress code, but if we do it again, I guarantee to turn up with something interesting.

Thanks to Craig for his excellent organising of a record turn out. Anyone will realise it's a great feat to cajole 25 people to turn up. I had enough trouble getting 5 or 6 in the days of the old heel meets.

But once people do come, they generally have a great time.

Dr. Shoe · 12th March 2007, 11:47

I'm seriously interested in going to the next TG if anyone's interested...

BTW FF, you should have said I could have easily have loaned/given you something.