If you have to make a last-minute run to Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve,

for this, that, and the other, I can recommend donning full leathers and arriving on a Harley, even if it's all borrowed.

As it turns out, there are 4 shoe sizes in this family --- men, women, little kids, and hipparchia --- so no boots for me. The silver and white running shoes with mint green racing stripes subtracted a measure of fierceness from the overall look, but from the ankles up, I did cut a dashing figure.