The Bubbly's Celebrity Shoe Auction to Benefit City Harvest Wednesday, November 16th Salon Written by Wendy R. Williams Photographed by Krisztina Fazekas
	Bejeweled sneak

Are you into feet?

Well, on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 New York City’s closeted shoe people (from the Sex and the City Manolo Blahnik groupies to the “I’ll sleep with your basketball shoes on my pillow” bunch) had a chance to play footsy at The Bubbly’s Shoe Auction. All this fun was held at the uber-cool (and I might add respectable, thank you very much) Salon, located at 505 West Street at Jane Street ( www.salonnyc.net) and was for the benefit of City Harvest.

Philippe Blond shows his shoes (from the Blond line)

There were shoes from a diverse enough group of celebrities to satisfy every possible craving: Ivana Trump; Reese Whitherspoon; Star Jones; Russell Simmons (it’s possible); Carson Kressley; Amanda Beard; Tony Danza (people are into the 70’s); Wyclef Jean. Also up for bid were designer shoes from every corner for the fashion shoe world from Jimmy Choo to Michelle K.

Sneaker given and signed by Jay Z

Phat Farm sneaker given and signed by Russell Simmons

Kim D'Amato and Nansel Zaheer, owners of Priti Spa

The Blonds – Philippe Blond, Sara Stewart and David Blond show off one of their designs

The auction was presented by Martini and Rossi Asti; New York Magazine, ecco shoes and The Bubbly ( www.thebubbly.com) - the vibrant, online lifestyle magazine, covering all things upscale in Soho and Tribeca. The Bubbly was also celebrating its one-year anniversary.

Marina Levine of www.duefarina.com With One of Her Signature Bags	Jade Pressler of The Bubbly with Trevor Oswalt and Mark Growchowski of the Band “Lost Tricks”

Cristina Fernandez -Host of American Latino on CBS	Meghan Cleary– Shoe Expert and Author of The Perfect Fit www.missmeghan.com

New York Cool would like to give a big shout out to The Bubbly and their benefit for City Harvest and in the (paraphrased) words of country singer Johnny Duncan, tell you that “you can put your shoes under our bed anytime.”