We used to have several excellent shoe stores here in Denver. Since my last long-standing theater work was in Boulder––Boulder, along with Eugene, Oregon, a gathering place for world-class runners from all over––I'd buy all of my shoes at a little shop in Boulder: a fantastic place where the staff was the best in the business, I'd gotten my best shoes there. But I no longer have reason to go to Boulder (only 35-ish miles, but with PN … well, you understand), and the decent stores we once had here in Denver have all been replaced (all but one, but the staff there are not very knowledgeable) by online stores, like Zappos.