Soles of Silk Blog

Mindee was a big part of 2010 on Soles of Silk. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. When I worked for a newspaper a few years ago at the end of every year we'd pack our final issue with a bunch of year in review stuff. At first I hated it and thought it was a cheap way to fill space. Even though that's pretty much what it does, I also think sometimes it serves a purpose. If done correctly, they're great reflections on a year that was. In closing out 2010 and making way for 2011 on Soles of Silk, I wanted to take a look back at all the things that stood out to me. Time to take a look at the year that was 2010. Year Of Mindee Perhaps no other model on the site had a year like Mindee . It seemed like when Wu posted her Power Girl & Piggies feature set on his site,  Wu's Feet Links , people couldn't get enough of her. I already found her fan base to be considerable...

The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. I was quite surprised by the lack of turn out for this year's trivia contest. In years past there were a good number of both member and non-member entries. This year only eight people entered. With seven prizes to be given out, I just went ahead and gave everyone at least one month memberships for bothering to enter. The two highest scores, I still awarded the three month prizes. I'm not sure if all you members think these contests are only for non-members, but if you do, they're not! This is why I put on the rules pages that it is open to both members and non-members. Giving free months to existing memberships is not a problem to do, so please feel free to enter these in the future. Below I went ahead and wrote all the correct answers below the questions, in case you were curious to what they were. Next to the answers, I also listed the per...

Aliza was removed from the site shortly after her debut. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. In early November I debuted a new Asian model named Aliza - an 18 year old coworker and friend. Her photo sets, of which only one was posted, were really cute and fun. She was an instant hit with many of you based off the forum comments and emails I received. Sadly, Aliza is no longer on Soles of Silk. Last week I was laying down to go to sleep when I noticed that I had missed several calls from her. I sent her a text to see what she had called me about. It was late and I didn't want to wake her if she had went to bed. When I got her reply, I felt terrible, upset, mad, and a countless other feelings all at once. Basically, my stomach sank. Aliza told me that her father found out that she had posed for Soles of Silk and was really upset with her. Even though she is 18, she lives at home when...

The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. I am so excited about this coming Sunday. I am adding yet another 18 year old to the site named Aliza . This new model just turned 18 less than a week ago and has been excited to pose for me for quite some time. And by the title, you might have figured out that she is Asian. I first met this friend when she was hired at work. She was 17 at the time and worked in the same area I did. I trained her and she quickly became friends with some of the other girls at work - a few like Kellie , Kayleigh , Charlee , Katie , and Jamie - either had already posed for me, or since have. They asked her if she was going to pose when she turned 18 - pretty much like they do to all the girls they become friends with. Yes, they like posing for the site and tell the new girls they should too. I, of course, always interject with the, "when you turn 18, you can." At fi...

The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. What started out looking to be another slow Design Contest turned out to be quite good. The first time I ran a Wallpaper Design contest there were 25 entries submitted. With the popularity from that first one, the next one I thought would go over big. I was wrong and the second one only saw nine total entries sent in. I really thought the turn out would be closer to the second contest this time around too, but with some last minute submissions, the total ended up matching that of the first contest at 25. I must say I was quite pleased with the diversity of the model selection, the artwork itself, and the creativity that went into them designs. Not liking to be the one to judge these contests, I once again asked two of the sole mates to do it for me. I would only have served as a tie breaker if they're scoring resulted in ties. That didn't happen...

Jamie posed for this set in our mutual friend's bobble head room - yes, an entire room. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. Good: I got in two more photo shoots with Jamie - including a comic book fan girl set follow up to Mindee's Piggies & Power Girl set that was featured at Wu's Feet Links and a bobble head themed set done in a mutual friend's bobble head room with more than 850 bobble heads. Bad: Jamie left for school at the end of last week and is now over three hours away. Good thing I got about six sets of her to tie me over until I see her next. Good: I should be having two brand new models posing within the next two weeks. One is the younger sister of a friend of mine who pasted away during our senior year of high school in 1997. The other is a girl who attended the same high school as me - someone who I always thought was gorgeous, and who is also a ...

Jaylee Austin (left) & Layla are only one set of relatives who have modeled for the site. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. I just got myself an HTC Evo 4g phone last week and downloaded a few apps for it. A couple of them were of the trivia and useless fact variety. I thought some of the facts were neat, so I thought I'd come up with 25 facts about the Soles of Silk models to share with all of you. 1. Although Madison is currently in the lead with having the most photos on the site at 1,832, the site's second place model, Cierra , is 117 photos behind (1,715), but has three sets waiting to be posted. Madison has been MIA since meeting her new boyfriend and has no photos waiting to be posted. So it looks like Cierra will easily slide into first soon. 2. These girls are related to one another in the following manner: Bethany & Natalie (cousins), Jaylee Ausin & L...

Jamie is Soles of Silk's newest model - who just turned 18. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. Two weeks ago I debuted a coworker/friend who just turned 18 named Katie . Now here I am doing it again. Just yesterday I took a trip to Wildwood, New Jersey for a day of photos with a another coworker/friend of mine named Jamie . On Sunday she turned 18 and on Monday she was before me posing for what turned out to be five sets worth of pictures. Having girls pose right after they turned 18 isn't exactly new around here. Kelsey , Marcy , and Katie all posed within days of theirs and Kayleigh actually posed the day she turned the big one - eight. Just like the girls listed above, Jamie works with me and knows a bunch of the girls at work who have posed. She's been wanting to pose for a bit and has even been telling me things she wanted to do. A few months ago she asked me if she c...

Kim T. is back! She's another model who used to pose for me prior to Soles of Silk. The blog below was originally published in Soles of Silk's Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. Kim T.'s Return The year was 1998. I had just submitted photos of my then girlfriend, Abby , to Leg Show magazine. It was right around that time that we saw some photos from another Maryland couple printed as well. We began mailing each other back and forth through our post office boxes and after months, decided to meet. Come to find out, this couple lived less than 10 minutes from us and over the next year, we did a handful of photo sets together and became friends. A year later I was single, but I still remained friends with Kim T. and her husband. Fast forward 10 years and I haven't seen Kim or her husband for years. Out of nowhere a few months ago Kim sends me a text message asking me if I have any carpet cleaner. Shocked, I ask her if she knew who sh...

This set sees Kimmie join the 1K Club. The blog below was originally published in  Soles of Silk's  Column section. It was archived and then republished here in 2016. Only seven days after Mindee broke the 1,000 photo mark here on Soles of Silk, another model is joining the ranks. With this week's update Kimmie becomes the seventh model to surpass this mark. The company she joins is: Cierra (1,654), Kellie (1,332),  Layla (1,478), Madison (1,832), Mindee (1,002), and Wendy  (1,054). Years ago when I had Kimmie and Kellie pose for their first sets on Soles of Silk, I knew I had something special and two instant favorites. While it's evident by her higher total, I've been able to catch up with Kellie more than Kimmie over the years to do photos, but Kimmie isn't too far behind. She's just been hard to catch up with at times, but when we finally do shoot, it's always good times. During our most recent shoot, Kimmie and I took a trip downtown and ma...