I recently spent a few days at a trade show and conference where I had the dubious pleasure of walking for hours upon hours each day. By the end of the show my feel were swollen and sore, and I had a blister on each foot. And because at the end of each day I stumbled into my hotel room [...]

I had a weird childhood memory float up to the surface of my brain the other day. It was of myself and my mother shopping for shoes (for her) back in the ’60s. This was before the big chain shoe stores, back when personal service was the way of the world. Anyway, what I remembered was that my mom would [...]

I found out recently that a number of my Facebook connections are planning to run in marathons this Fall and Winter. Not being much of a runner myself, I did a little research on this and found a wonderful blog called fixingyourfeet.com. The writer spends a lot of time at races and marathons, fixing the feet of runners. “I have [...]

That’s right – water shoes. Next to clogs and those things nurses wear these days, the most unattractive footwear design ever conceived of. Well guess what … sometimes you have to choose safety and comfort over design. Who knew? I suppose that is what they mean when they refer to function over form. Anyway, I learned this lesson the hard [...]

OK Ladies, be honest … how many times have you put on the perfect pair of killer high heels, knowing all you were going to do all day was sit at your desk, only to find out you have to spend most of the day on your feet? Ouch! You look awesome, but by the end of the work day [...]

Last weekend was America’s birthday; it was also my granddaughter’s 3rd birthday, and that called for a very big party! Lots of typical July 4th food, fare, fun, and fireworks. And it actually cooled down a tiny bit so when I kicked off my shoes I just forgot to put them back on. Four hours later I had two popped [...]