r|break: yesterday's shop-jaunt
before heading south to san jose ... started with a l'il sit-down outside of peet's (in nearby fremont), chit-chat, coffee, cream currant scone, petting and tummy-rubbing shasta (the 7 yr old golden lab), and talking with with g, shasta's dad. nice relaxing way to start a saturday.
after shaking the blonde fur off of my shirt, k & i headed south on 880 to san jose's santana row, shopping at a shopping area that did not exist when i lived in the bay area 19 years ago.(side note: i thought san jose was far away enough to be not convenient. though bart does not extend to san jose, this shopping area is not more than 20 mi from where i live.)
great sunny day, nice weather, convenient parking, and good company. lunch at left bank. k enjoyed her salade niçoise and a glass of white wine, while i enjoyed 
a sandwich jacques pépin because i wanted to see how well i could 
sure there are a lot of nifty shops ... and of the shops there, how happy am i for the following?! paper source (so i have another option than to drive into s.f.), the container store (so i get to relive some of my SD days),
ben & jerry's and sur la table (so i have another option than to drive into berkeley's, which is more than 20 mi away), anthropologie (for which i will seek out the other ones also nearby where i live), design within reach (which is next to the container store), and burke williams day spa (ahhhh!) ... did i mention ben & jerry's? i know, i know ... then there are the other stores - burberry's, lucy, furla, donald j. pliner, etc.will i go back? yup.
posted by shirlnutkin @ 11:51 PM
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We are happy to hear you eating a Vermont product. But you really should eat Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream that would be excellent.
Billn is a resident of the Republic of Vermont and a member of the Colbert Nation.
i have no comment. i can't think extemporaneously.
Now that I have had time to ponder the subtle complexities of squirrley's posting from the weekend, a cloud of perplexity hovers over my coffee-starved brain cells. Does anyone over 30 ever stop to ask what has happened to those old familiar stores: JCPenney, Mervyns, KMart, Target, Newberrys, Wollworths, Liberty House, Emporium Capwell, etc.? You could go to one place and purchase everything that you needed. Now you go to a shopping destination and go from store to store staffed will svelte hungry young girls with lots of body jewelry and attitude. Or maybe I am just getting old.
Happy Birtyday, kevberk. Yer only as old as you feel. Having a kid probably makes ya feel REALLY old, but happy to be part of the cycle of life at the same time.
to kevberk ... you forgot to mention using coupons!
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