In May I’m going to Montana for the wedding of my niece. Although the ceremony will be at a church, the reception is billed as a “barn dance.” Should I show up in wester...

This year, the whole family is going to New York to spend Easter with my in-laws, who are wonderfully sweet people, whom I adore. The one problem is that they go to a very tra...

Although the weather has been unseasonably warm of late, I’m worried that it could still take a turn for the cold. It is still March, after all. So, I’m not quite ready to...

This summer, my husband and I are taking our honeymoon in Ibiza. Sun, sand and dubstep concerts for two weeks! I don’t usually fall in the category of girls who need help pi...

In a few weeks, my daughter will receive her first Communion. She’s so pleased with her little wedding-dress-like outfit, it’s made me start thinking about what I’m goin...

I am going on a romantic vacation to Venice this spring. I’d like shoes both comfortable enough for walking all those canal sidewalks and glamorous enough to impress my swee...

This month, I’m taking a series of exams, the final portion being an oral defense of what I wrote in the written exam concerning marriage in Rome, Latin poetry, necromancy a...

I’m a teacher at an all-girls high school. I need a pair of low-key heels to wear to prom, graduation and a family wedding this spring. It’d be good if the shoes did not b...

I’m subjecting myself to a “speed date,” where you spend five minutes each with 20 different people, trying to decide who you’d like to see a second time for a real da...

We’re just three weeks into the new year, and I’ve got the doldrums. Maybe it’s the weather; maybe it’s the let down after the holidays; maybe it’s that I’m stuck ...

I’ve been promoted to detective after almost a decade as a patrol officer. I’m happy to be rid of clunky, black cop shoes but stumped as to what would look good with the s...

I’ve been searching for the perfect pair of black booties for what seems like eons now. I’d love a walk-able heel (I live in Toronto and walk a ton) but nothing dowdy. I'm...

Now that all my Christmas shopping is done, I can address finding a pair of shoes to wear on New Year’s Eve. My husband and I are going out with some people from his office ...

My semi-serious boyfriend of five months has asked me to come to his parents’ house for dinner on Christmas Day. I met them once before, and I don’t think it went so well,...

I walk at least one mile (sometimes two) every day between buses and Metro stations. When it snows, my flats aren’t good enough, but snow boots are often too much. What sort...