On the red carpet. I mean that literally. In flats.

I'm going to blame jury duty for the fact that I haven't posted here in, ummm... way too long.

Saturday night I was at the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards banquet in San Francisco, covering the red carpet for AfterElton.com and AfterEllen.com. My write-up of the event is over at AfterElton.com, and why, yes, I do manage to work dogs into the piece.  Photographer Steven Underhill snapped this image of me interviewing Robert Gant about his film Save Me and his chocolate Lab, Bodhi... thanks, Steven!

I did the red carpet for this event last year, too, and had a lot of fun. I had more fun this year because I didn't have to stand for four hours in high heels. No, this year, I wore flats:

Yes, that's actually me standing on the edge of the red carpet in my assigned spot. And a special spot it was, too, since my press tag said "Special Press" on it. I asked them what made some of us special and some not, but they wouldn't say. I thought it meant "from the LGBT media," but eventually I found some gay media with un-special press passes, so that wasn't it.

Maybe they gave out the "special" tags on the basis of footwear? I know the gal from Curve Magazine had some sizzlin' hot pumps on, although perhaps they were a tad big for her:

Then there were these, worn by a journalist whose name and publication I missed:

And she stood on them all evening, too. Ouch.

Comments

[Sue Cosby]

What on earth is with the way too big shoes on the Curve Press person? Dressing up in mom's shoes? Wearing sweat socks when she tried them on?

[Kim]

Love the toes!! :O)

[Susan]

You look terrific, btw! And you had the smarts to wear nice shoes that fit!

[Travis]

Ummm, I don't suppose in your offical capacity, you happened to tell Mr. Gant that really enjoyed his work. Or you know, just given him my telephone number so I could tell him? ;)

Oh, you did? Well, great, I'll wait anxiously by my cell phone. ;)

Travis

[Cate]

You look fabulous!

[Kristen]

Christie, you look HOT! And those sandals are fabulous!

[TheWeyrd1]

I wore some good looking, but ultimately pinchy high heels to the HRC dinner a few weeks ago. Yeah, I've got to get the toe boxes stretched on that pair!

[Leanne]

Woohoo, look at you, you gorgeous special reporter you!

[Red]

I had a fashionable orthopedic boot on this weekend. I sprained my big toe. *pouts*

The journalist with the too-big shoes...poor thing, they're friggin cute, and I'll bet her feet hurt like hell by the end of the night!