Wine and Thongs...

Even this flip-flop grinch can see that these folks are doing a good thing. And selling a little wine along the way. Thanking Monica Coppola for sharing this. Check out flipflopwines.com

Recycling!

Old Navy and TerraCycle join together to recycle flip-flops into children's playgrounds. This I can get excited about! Read about it!

Spring has sprung.

It's official, I've seen the first flip-flops of spring. Two young women with sporty capri-length leggings, tiny strappy flip-flops. Never mind that the wind is blowin' hard and the temp is 45 degrees. They were hurrying, scurrying, to get into Panera.

Piper's New Shoes

What are friends for, anyway, if not to mock you? (and by "you" I mean "me")

Friend Julie V. dressed young Piper in some new and stylin' shoes. Doesn't she look happy?

And yes, she (Julie) did it with me in mind. She (Piper) no doubt loathes me now. Sorry Piper.

Monster!

Although I loathe them as footwear, I have come to appreciate them as Art!

Thanks for sharing, Chris H.

Does anyone know where this was?

Flip flops in Weddings

Yes, the wedding industry has jumped on this bandwagon.

I actually thought the colorful parasols were really neat.

Until my eye went to their feet.

Don't Wear Flip-flops on the Subway

Okay, yes, this is a story of the kindness of strangers. My point would be that if the hapless shoe-loser had been wearing appropriate footwear, this never would have happened. With thanks to alert reporter JMY for sharing.

From the New York Times Metropolitan Diary, September 12, 2010

Dear Diary:

On the F train from Brooklyn to Manhattan: A young woman with a New York City map steps on the train at Jay Street-Borough Hall. As she steps on, the woman behind her on the platform accidentally steps on the back of her flip-flop, which ends up falling between the platform and the car.

The New Yorker is extremely apologetic, offering to give her money, as the young woman hobbles over to the pole and balances on her one foot. A few people around her have taken notice and chuckle a little. She says she’ll get off in Manhattan and buy a new pair.

Two stops later, another woman approaches and pulls a single flip-flop out of her purse before getting off the train: “I can’t imagine you walking down the streets with only one on — take it!” Kristin Wartman