We couldn't figure out why we were getting an increase in orders for our 'Lil Doggies this month... until my Sister-in-Law called me from Wisconsin and said "Hey - Congrats on being mentioned in Parents magazine!" Sure enough, there we were at the top of the Goody Bag in the December gift guide. Our little red and black cowboy booties...

This week the National Geographic magazine published a story by Cathy Newman: "Every Shoe Tells a Story". The article spans the most extreme luxury Manolo Blahnik heels to the most primitive fiber-woven sandals found in Oregon from 8500BC. (It was nice to see that Oregon was always a mecca for shoe-making -- they found hundreds of pairs stacked in the...