So sue me. Confined as I am to wearing hiking shoes everywhere until the right 5th metatarsal bone is all healed up from its fracture – more here – I have acquired a second pair of the things.
The Merrell Passage Ventilator model, pictured here, sports summery blue and gray colors with accents of spring green, some might say chartreuse.
It’s probably a girl thing. If I didn’t have this broken foot thing I’d have two or three main pairs of shoes to wear throughout the average work week. Why lower my standards on account of a little broken bone?
Anyway, it’s sposed to be good to switch between your everyday shoes; give ‘em a chance to dry out etc. for a day between wearings. Especially, I think, in summer.


