My grandfather who came from Palermo, had a shoe shop in upper Manhattan (Anselmo’s Shoe Repair), my mother used to go there on the weekends to straighten out because he was so busy during the week, no time for that......He use to fix Kim Novak’s shoes, her maid would bring them over to the shop.....I still have his shoe stretcher, works great!!!
What a heart-warming reminiscence!