The Sharpening with Amber Tamblyn

The Sharpening with Amber Tamblyn

Good Riddance: Panic in the Shoe Section

Hiking the Dolomites, a dramatic search for an insole, and a special shoutout to Susan.

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Amber Tamblyn
Jun 21, 2025
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A wooden shoe rack with various types of outdoor shoes on it for sale. In front of the shoe rack is one insole for a shoe. It's white but has black marks on it from use.
This little troublemaker.

For the last few years I have been lamenting to my current husband, David Cross, about my lack of adventure in life and how much I've longed for it—longed for a trip that would challenge me and take me somewhere I’d never been before. Then at the beginning of this year, a friend reached out to ask if I’d be interested in hiking the Dolomites in the Italian Alps, and the rest is about to become history.

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