Deception I tell you!

New rule:

Walking in a retail district or downtown area does not constitute a genuine walk.

I can't tell you how many times I have been asked by friends and relatives to join them for a walk, only to realize after it's too late that I have been taken shopping.  Even though we have a perfectly good neighborhood in which to walk, parks in virtually every direction and a reservoir of walking trails and bike paths less than two miles away, I am routinely asked if I would like to go for a walk...