We were just about to hop on the metro to head off to Notre Dame when all of a sudden my shoe exploded. Well, perhaps it didn't explode exactly, but it most certainly self-destructed. I have never seen a shoe fall apart in such a dramatic fashion... and it certainly isn't something I'd have expected from a Hush Puppy. The lower sole broke into two pieces, the upper sole came away from it, and the central padding fell out, right there on the platform. So, there I was, with my footwear thinking it