You read about my misadventure with my slippers on Sunday at the concert.
These were the pair that I lost.
I went looking for exact replacements at two of Pune’s largest Bata shops and could not find one. I had to settle for a pair like this.
Not quite what would have satisfied me but comfortable enough.
Have you ever thought of putting a short chain with a combination lock through them? Or the plastic ties they use to tie up airplane passengers who act up and carry a pair of small rounded children’s scissors to open them, Or get a beautiful shoe bag half price at an airport dutyfree. Or do as an orgainist girlfriend of mine-who has to have special shoes for the pedals-does and carry them in a briefcase.
I rarely wear slippers while going out and do so only when I know that I will have to take them off to enter wherever I go. Those places are all safe places and this experience has been a rather disappointingly singular exception.