Jennifer, Editorial Assistant

Some boots are made for walking, but pointy, back, leather, slingbacks with a 3.5-inch heel certainly are not. Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way this past weekend. I’ve been participating in the walking challenge for a few weeks now, but haven’t been pushing myself as much as I would like to. So, I decided that my two feet were going to be my only mode of transportation from the time I left work on Friday until the time I jumped into bed Sunday night. I got off to a rough start since I forgot to bring shoes to change in to after work, but I managed to walk over 40 blocks and four flights of stairs to get to my home in my fabulous, yet painful shoes. No pain, no gain—right? With more sensible shoes the rest of the weekend went smoothly, I stumbled upon a Scottish parade, found a fantastic pickle store while running errands ,and managed to log more than 15 miles!

I’m lucky that I live in a city where walking is a feasible mode of transportation, but even if I lived elsewhere I may be more inclined to walk now, just to see what fun, new places and things might be waiting for me around the corner.