Not that I’ve really been keeping track, but I probably wear ankle boots three days a week, regardless of the season. Ankle boots are cool and casual and all about versatility. Plus, and this is kind of a secret, I want to be wearing ankle boots if I ever fall down a hole to the center of the earth, or get sucked into some kind of space/time vortex. Who knows what might happen in a situation like that? Regardless of what’s going on, I suspect I will be mighty happy to be wearing comfortable and versatile footwear. One less thing to worry about, you know?
I have a preference for Chukka-style ankle boots, like the Dr. Martens Reed 3-Eye Chukka (shown above). I can walk all day in those good-looking and friendly chukkas, and whether it’s going across town or scrambling through Aztec ruins, I am ready for the path ahead. Okay, I might swap out the Dr. Martens if Aztec ruins are on my to-do list—the leather on my Dr. Martens is showing the perfect amount of wear. They look cool.
The Merrell Moab hiking boot is more of a rock scrambler’s ankle boot. It’s the one I look for when there’s going to be some combination of dirt, water, sun and shorts. While the Merrell Moabs are technically pretty enough to wear to the movies with jeans, mine seem to have a preference for rocky trails and creek beds. They are somehow unfindable when it’s time for a casual evening. Besides, casual evenings often call for something a bit more subtle.
When I don’t know what others will be wearing to a casual get-together, I tend to go with a black polo and pressed jeans or khakis. Some people call theses pull-on ankle boots “Romeo boots,” but I have no idea what that means (blink, blink). I call them my Timberlands, Chelseas, or officially, my Timberland Mt. Washington City Chelsea boots (which would be a mouthful, if I ever actually said it). They are sophisticated (but not overly so), comfortable and very easy to slip in and out of, say if you end up at a bowling alley or ice skating or what have you. They are also versatile enough to go with just about any long pants I have; except for pajamas, maybe, but that was just to get the newspaper and neighbors shouldn’t be out that early anyway.
Anyway, a quick review of our website could help explain why it’s easy to have so many great ankle boots. If you enter “ankle boots” into our site search engine, you get almost 800 results—and that’s just the men’s styles. There are almost twice as many for women. Try it; you’ll be staggered at the spectrum of ankle boot styles. And don’t be too surprised if you end up with a pair or two in your shopping cart. Gotta be ready for that whole space/time vortex thing. Or maybe bowling.
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