Sightseeing....

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At lunchtime I went to buy shoes because my running shoes have not been faring well lately. Four miles a day (or more) wears out shoes quickly; and besides, my doctor told me to get new shoes every six months, not to wait till they wear out. That's expensive - I have the habit of wearing shoes forever, and I'm cheap about buying new ones. But as part of my new self-improvement initiative (love that word!), I'm doing what the doctor told me to do. Enjoying it, too. There's something luxurious about buying new shoes.

Funny, I usually only buy shoes when I travel. My last pair - nice shoes, which I wear for work, not for walking - were bought in Oxnard, California, as a sort of souvenir when I went to Escapade.

I asked Lisa where she bought her running shoes, and she suggested "Sports 4" on Bank Street, a place I'd never even noticed before. She was right: they had the perfect shoes - New Balance - comfortable and green. And the salesperson took care to make sure they fit and the inserts were as they should be.

I am happy. Poor, but happy.

On Bank Street, I saw two girls walking together - in their mid-teens, one red-haired, one dark-haired. One had a Superman-logo T-shirt. The other had an X-Men logo T-shirt. I love it. Their clothes matched my reading material this morning.