A Really Big Shoe

• Extremely thick socks can mitigate that over-wide, empty feeling, but they also negate the ventilation and anti-sweat features.

• They feel great after a five-hour hike up, down and around Mount Bierstadt in stiff boots -- but then, a pair of fuzzy bunny slippers would feel great under those circumstances, too. So would Beanie Babies.

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Anthony Camera

Footloose: Pedestrian Shops owner Richard Polk has sold boatloads of Crocs to kids, seniors and celebs -- and their relatives.

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And, whatever else you do, don't take your complaints to the Shoe Goddess. She has lost all interest in Crocs. The last time I brought up the subject, she dismissed it with a wave of her hand.

"I'm over it," she said. "Let's talk cowboy boots."