Word: summers
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...this New York summer has pushed those boundaries into murky waters: I begin each morning stuffing my black (sometimes chocolate brown, occasionally deep red) pointy-toed pumps into my shoulder bag, scurrying over sidewalks and across subway platforms in my well-worn Reefs. The contrast of casual Reefs against the most formal of business attire hardly raises an eyebrow from my subway companions; Fellow female commuters employ similar tactics, some donning socks and sneakers over their pantyhose, others opting for the ballet flat with their flared pant suit. And they do so not just for reasons of orthopedic health...
...quick wardrobe change for my exhausted paws on the elevator ride to work, frantically stuffing the flip-flops into my shoulder bag. My feet remain thankful for the merciful treatment, but my sense of cleanliness remains profoundly violated; the mere knowledge of soiled soles, sticky from the humidity and summer rains, inching near the contents of my purse unsettles my inner South Indian hygienist...
Eight weeks into summer, I must confess that this New York lifestyle is not for the faint of foot, but only for the brave of sole. Each day, my feet yearn for the flat-footed freedom of my west-coast home. But in the meantime, I’m thankful that New York’s shoe obsession is accompanied by nail salons galore: Five pedicurists speckle the six block walk from my subway station to my home—all stocked with massage chairs and bubble baths for the my poor and weary paws...
Adam Goldenberg '08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. He has spent the summer asserting his own national identity (i.e. “not American”) while coaxing the French into talking to him about theirs...
...secret that Europeans know how to party. Countless American college students trek to the old continent every summer equipped with only a backpack as they hop from city to city to booze it up in multi-level nightclubs submerged in the drumming rhythms of techno music and pass out the next day in city caf?...