Pittsburgh’s Birkenstock Store is currently celebrating their 33rd anniversary with their only sale of the year. Running until January 16, all shoes are up to 20% off, including Birkenstock, New Balance & custom-made shoes & orthotics.

For more information, call Best-Made Shoes at 412-621-9363 or visit bestmadeshoes.com.

Birkenstock & Best-Made Shoes (Pittsburgh’s Birkenstock Store) are proud to announce they are partnering this holiday season with Soles4Souls, the international shoe charity dedicated to providing shoes to people in need.

Through January 5, 2010, Best-Made Shoes will be collecting footwear donations as part of their Give the Gift of Comfort Holiday Promotion. Everyone donating gently worn shoes of any brand will be eligible to receive 10% off any new Birkenstock footwear.

“Birkenstock is a terrific partner and we are excited they are offering customers a great way to get involved in our mission,” said Wayne Elsey, Founder and CEO of Soles4Souls. “Their efforts will benefit many people in need and we are proud to have their support.”

Hiya, Burghers! PittGirl here.

You may remember me from The Burgh Blog, or maybe you’ve read my new column in Pittsburgh Magazine? Or maybe you don’t know me at all?

I’m awesome. Why don’t you know me?

I kid. But not really, because I’m totally awesome.

I was asked to guest-post here on the wonderful Shopping Bloomfield about shoes.

Men’s shoes.

I don’t know a single thing about men’s shoes except that I imagine they run a smidge larger than women’s shoes and I bet it’s impossible to find a decent heel in a wide width. But I do know a little something about a certain someone who recently purchased some shoes at Bloomfield’s own Best-Made Shoes.

Aussie Alex O’Loughlin filmed the CBS pilot Three Rivers in Pittsburgh during April 2009, and during that time he visited Best-Made Shoes and purchased the Birkenstock Tatami Alton which he can be seen wearing in the pilot episode.

You may remember Alex O’Loughlin from his days as a kinda dirty (but really really hot) cop on The Shield. Or maybe you remember him from his days as a super major hot vampire on the now-defunct Moonlight on CBS.

If you never saw Moonlight, I got three words for you: Robert Pattinson who?

Here’s the shoe as you would find it in the store:

Here’s the shoe on the I imagine totally gorgeous feet of Alex O’Loughlin in the pilot episode:

You don’t know how long it took me to freeze frame that at the right exact second to show you that. Like 23 minutes. Now you know.

And here’s Alex being adorable in the pilot episode:

I don’t know about you, but I’ll be visiting Best-Made shoes to see if I can find out some more information.

Did Alex stand here? What about here? Did he gaze gorgeously out of this window? This window? Did he pee in here? Did he touch this? DID HE LICK ANYTHING IN THE STORE?!

Uh. Anyways. Best-Made Shoes.

Go. Tell them PittGirl sent you, that you think she’s really awesome, and also she’d really like to know IF HE LICKED ANYTHING IN THE STORE.

Best-Made Shoes is currently celebrating their 32nd anniversary with their only sale of the year. Running until January 17, all shoes are up to 20% off, including Birkenstock, New Balance & custom-made shoes & orthotics.

For more information, call Best-Made Shoes at 412-621-9363 or visit bestmadeshoes.com.

January 4th thru the 19th
All shoes up to 20% off including Birkenstock, New Balance
& all custom-made shoes and orthotics.

ONLY SALE OF THE YEAR!
Any questions call 412-621-9363 or visit bestmadeshoes.com.