Angelus Shoe Polish Company: Manufactured Delight
What's up everyone? I'm back for post No. 2.
Ginny and I traveled to Santa Fe Springs yesterday to buy paint for our second round of customization at Jefferson High School (to commence April 14). Adriana Gutierrez, a friend of ours who is the artist behind King of Sneakers custom footwear, told us there really is no alternative to buying paint from Angelus Shoe Polish Company.
Now we know why.
Linda Angelos and her husband, Peter, who own the vertically integrated manufacturing plant, are two of the most delightful people Ginny and I have come across during our time in Los Angeles.
The Angelos' run Angelus in Angeles.
I know, I know.
A few moments after we arrived, Linda, the proud mother of five children (one of whom graduated from USC), described what we'd be doing: Walking through the warehouse and scoping out inventory.
But she didn't term it that way.
"Let's go play," she said.
And play we did.
We told Linda we needed some blue paint. She gathered her five different shades of premium blue paint and dabbed them on her wrist for us to see. We chose sapphire.
Red? Three options. Metals? Four. Brown? Eight.
Soon, Linda's wrist could have passed for a giant DisneyLand lollipop.
Ginny and I walked away with paint, deglazer, finisher, stainer and shoe polisher to boot - all without breaking our bank.
Angelus is one of three family-owned businesses of its kind left in the United States. Linda and Peter informed us that not so long ago, five such businesses existed in Southern California alone.
Here's to hoping Angelus is the last one standing.
Customized concordance,
Peter
Ginny and I traveled to Santa Fe Springs yesterday to buy paint for our second round of customization at Jefferson High School (to commence April 14). Adriana Gutierrez, a friend of ours who is the artist behind King of Sneakers custom footwear, told us there really is no alternative to buying paint from Angelus Shoe Polish Company.
Now we know why.
Linda Angelos and her husband, Peter, who own the vertically integrated manufacturing plant, are two of the most delightful people Ginny and I have come across during our time in Los Angeles.
The Angelos' run Angelus in Angeles.
I know, I know.
A few moments after we arrived, Linda, the proud mother of five children (one of whom graduated from USC), described what we'd be doing: Walking through the warehouse and scoping out inventory.
But she didn't term it that way.
"Let's go play," she said.
And play we did.
We told Linda we needed some blue paint. She gathered her five different shades of premium blue paint and dabbed them on her wrist for us to see. We chose sapphire.
Red? Three options. Metals? Four. Brown? Eight.
Soon, Linda's wrist could have passed for a giant DisneyLand lollipop.
Ginny and I walked away with paint, deglazer, finisher, stainer and shoe polisher to boot - all without breaking our bank.
Angelus is one of three family-owned businesses of its kind left in the United States. Linda and Peter informed us that not so long ago, five such businesses existed in Southern California alone.
Here's to hoping Angelus is the last one standing.
Customized concordance,
Peter
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