They are so easy to wear and so cute and cool and so right for the shore, but unless you have the agility of a ballet dancer or a gymnast, flip-flops can prove to be a dangerous choice, especially for the over-60 crowd.
Take my own example of ineptitude: a rushed afternoon to make an appointment, an outdoor rug with a bump in it, hands full of gardening tools and a sharp twist to the left where one flip-flop crossed the other and sent me plummeting facedown into my yard stones.
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