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A 90 second diversion: 2046 Shoes in Barcelona posted a quick tour of the shop on their site.

We've been getting some fantastic shop suggestions lately. Here are some highlights.

We don't need any more convincing. Vancouver is one stylish town. At this point, Jonathan + Olivia is just padding the ballot box. With labels like Surface to Air, Herchcovitch, United Bamboo and Opening Ceremony, the men's and women's boutique reminds us of Blackbird and Impulse in Seattle combined.

Speaking of Seattle, Lambs Ear Shoes has quickly established itself as one of the Emerald City's best women's shoe stores. The modern, minimal space is nice but the selection of shoes from Marcello Toshi, Devotte and Chie Mihara is even nicer.

One suggestion at a time, we're also expanding our Barcelona guide. With edgy and/or avant-garde labels like Berhard Willhelm, Bless and Petar Petrov, Doshaburi is a shop after our own hearts.

A little while ago, we were contacted by Emilio and Teresa, owners of a little shoe shop in Barcelona called 2046 Shoes, asking to be included in our shopping guide.

They said:

We opened in April 06 and are working with Pierre Hardy, Patrick Cox, Barabara Bui, Pedro Garcia, Juan Antonio Jopez . . . It is a little nice dark place where shoes are presented as objects of desire.

This sounded intriguing, so we asked for a picture.

So they sent us these:

Our reaction: Uh, yeah, we're going to go ahead and include you in our guide. Immediately.

Furthermore, we'd like to say two things:

1. If anyone out there in the US is thinking about opening a small, high-end women's shoe shop, now you know what you should be aiming for.

2. If anyone out there in Barcelona or elsewhere is an owner a shop of this same caliber, please suggest it to us immediately.