"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue"

So goes the rhyme many of us were taught as a child. It doesn't really matter, I suppose, that he didn't reach the American mainland and the Native Indian peoples until 1498.

Christopher Columbus is my shoes. What do you mean by that, you ask I've recently developed an obsession for Minnetonka moccasins. I know the moccasin trend had its moment three years ago--started by a very hard to obtain Prada shoe--but my obsession has a little twist.

It's the Thunderbird Moccasin in pebbled leather with a boat sole in white. They are a hybrid cross of nurse shoes, Sperry Topsiders, and traditional suede moccasins. They are extremely comfortable and surprisingly inexpensive. I'm wearing mine with wide leg jeans and shorts this summer.

This is perhaps the perfect shoe for discoverer Chris and his "sailing" adventures or just for the girl about town wanting to be cute as she discovers the city.

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