I bumped into an old acquaintance while shoe shopping today and told him I was out looking for kicks.

“Yeah,” he nodded wistfully. Then he told me that he hasn’t bought a new pair in two and a half years because he’s a sneaker fiend. He said he has more than sixty pairs, and that he had to go, “cold turkey.” After that he recommended a couple of stores.

My look held a question.

“I still like to go look,” he admitted.