People Go Crazy for My Orthopedic-ish Mary Janes

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Senior editor Hilary Reid cannot get enough of these Söfft Elsey Flats. Reminiscent of an old-lady shoe (they aren’t technically orthopedic, she says, but they are “spiritually orthopedic”). They’re stylish enough that strangers have mistaken them for Miu Miu. She’s now worn them everywhere, from a day of walking around the Met and then strolling 60 blocks downtown to vacations in Cape Cod and Montreal. “They are simply the most comfortable shoes I own, which is a happy coincidence given that they’re also the pair that get the most compliments.”

Tabletop Week has come to a close. For the past week, we’ve been directing you to the best bowls, cloth napkins, glassware, and more; waxing poetic about serving sets; and getting some of the coolest people we know to give us a glimpse at their tableware. Here’s everything kitchen and dining writer Emma Wartzman learned after talking to over 50 people about their tables.

More weekend reads: Comedian Tim Heidecker told us about the Calvin Klein boxers that Eric Wareheim turned him on to 20 years ago and the Throat Coat tea he drinks before every show; and here’s everything worth buying from Ulta’s Fall Haul sale. —Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor