Dear Manolo: From the Airport to the Boardroom

Dear Manolo:

I've been hired by the my alma mater as a fund-raiser, so I'll be traveling a lot this fall. I need a pair of boots that will see me through from the airport to the boardroom. — Lillian

MANOLO SAYS: Ayyyyy! The Manolo's friend has gone over to the dark side, joining the only organization more persistent than the IRS, more tricksy than the CIA, more capable of finding fugitives than the FBI: your college's fund-raising department.

Trust the Manolo, the National Security Administration wishes it had the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the average middle-sized liberal arts college development department, so efficient are the fund-raisers at figuring out where to direct the guilt-inducing letters and politely hectoring phone calls. "Hello, Mr. Gibbletson? This is Clancy Snaffleton from Faber College, and I'm calling to remind you that the Annual Fund needs your contribution. You're in the Federal Witness Protection Program? Well, sir, we have our ways. Now how about the Class of '78 Homecoming Fund?"

Here is the Mango from La Canadienne ($339, Zappos.com) that is both attractive and weatherproof.

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