Ferrari Footwear in Florham Park
Hi Friends of RPM. Gillian Markowski here, Steve's wife and partner. I'm doing a little guerilla blogging. Steve and I went down to Florham Park, NJ this weekend for the Garden State Ferrari Fall Festival. The event is organized by our good friend and sometimes customer David North.
It's always great to get out of Vermont and see that yes, people actually do live in other places. People in these other places also seem to have more exciting taste in foot apparel. We observed many Ferrari-red socks and shoes at the show. It seems like the one event where the men dressed more colorfully than the women, especially where feet are concerned. A rarity, must be.
We brought down two cars for one of our customers and he walked away with an armful of awards. Steve could tell you more about the cars in a later post. They were a 1961 and a 1964 Ferrari. One of the cars is all original and had only 3,000 miles on it from new. Our customer was beaming like a kid in a candy shop when award after award kept coming his way. He won two Platinums for Best in Class, one award for Oldest Serial Number, and also Best in Show! I had a great time getting to know him and his family better. He has always loved cars but not specifically Ferraris. I think his affection for the make might have warmed with this wonderful show and he is considering showing these at Cavalino this year.
Dave did a great job organizing and "hosting" the show, which was held at the Park Avenue Club. This amazing building is a renovated old barn. I kept looking for a spider in a corner or some dust webs, but everything was impeccable. It's always great to see Dave and his wife Debbie. They are longtime friends, going back to before we were married 6 years ago. I'm going to post some more photos I took at the show.
It's always great to get out of Vermont and see that yes, people actually do live in other places. People in these other places also seem to have more exciting taste in foot apparel. We observed many Ferrari-red socks and shoes at the show. It seems like the one event where the men dressed more colorfully than the women, especially where feet are concerned. A rarity, must be.
We brought down two cars for one of our customers and he walked away with an armful of awards. Steve could tell you more about the cars in a later post. They were a 1961 and a 1964 Ferrari. One of the cars is all original and had only 3,000 miles on it from new. Our customer was beaming like a kid in a candy shop when award after award kept coming his way. He won two Platinums for Best in Class, one award for Oldest Serial Number, and also Best in Show! I had a great time getting to know him and his family better. He has always loved cars but not specifically Ferraris. I think his affection for the make might have warmed with this wonderful show and he is considering showing these at Cavalino this year.
Dave did a great job organizing and "hosting" the show, which was held at the Park Avenue Club. This amazing building is a renovated old barn. I kept looking for a spider in a corner or some dust webs, but everything was impeccable. It's always great to see Dave and his wife Debbie. They are longtime friends, going back to before we were married 6 years ago. I'm going to post some more photos I took at the show.
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