STROLLING AROUND THE 3RD ST. PROMENADE ON THIS PRETTY DAY IN SANTA MONICA - WINDOW SHOPPING RETAIL - I DECIPHERED STILL ANOTHER WAR- OF NOT JUST INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES - BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT - ALL PART OF THE SAME DECEIT - THE RETAIL FASHION WARS - WHICH ONCE AGAIN ATTEMPTS TO ANNIALATE THE CREATIVE ONES, THE ONES WITH THE IDEAS, THE ONES WHO WORK...
I HAD POURCHASED TWO PAIRS OF MY FAVORITE RUNNING SHORTS, NICELY MADE, WITH A MATERIAL THAT HAD A MIND OF ITS OWN, THAT ELIMINATED SWEAT FROM STICKING TO THE SKIN, AND KEPT ME DRY, ONE PAIR WAS ARMY GREEN, WITH A PULL STRING WHICH ALLOWED ME TO ADJUST THE LENGTH OF THE SHORT, AND A ZIP POCKET FOR MY HOUSE KEYS IN THE WAIST BAND - THE OTHER PAIR, IDENTICAL DESIGN WAS BLACK WITH A GREY WAIST BAND. I HAD PURCHASED THEM AT THE THIRD AND FAIRFAX NIKE STORE AROUND 2011, IF NOT BEFORE. I HAD DONATED A PAIR OF NIKE'S MOST RECENT DESIGN OF THEIR PLATFORM NIKE'S THE ORIGINAL ONES I ALSO HAD PURCHASED AND I HAD CONTINUED TO WEAR THEM, LIKE THE SILVERY GREY MESH, WITH ORANGE PILLARS THAT SUPPORTED THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SOLE, IT WAS THE ONLY COLOR THAT THEY HAD MADE AT THE TIME...
THEY GRADUATED TO A MORE COLORFUL BLACK, WITH PINK PILLARS WITH PINK LACES IF MEMORY SERVES ME AND THOSE WERE THE PAIR THAT I HAD DONATED TO THAT SPECIFIC STORE ON THE 3RD STREET OPEN MALL ON FAIRFAX.
TODAY I HAD ENTERED THE LULU SPORTS ATTIRE TO BROWSE HERE AT THE FAIRLY NEW SANTA MONICA MALL, CERTAINLY YOUNGER THAN THE THIRD ST FAIRFAX OPEN MALL, AND THERE IS A LULU SPORTS SHOP DIAGONALLY ACROSS FROM THE NIKE SHOP JUST WEST OF JAMBA JUICE, AND ALMOST DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE BRITISH PUB.
A SIMILAR SET UP EXISTS IN SHERMAN OAKS WHERE TOPZ HAD BEEN LOCATED, WITH JAMBA JUICE JUST EAST OF THAT STORE- AND THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE ALLEGED ATTORNEY TJ RITZ HAS HIS LEGAL FIRM, ACROSS THE STREET AND SOUTH FROM RITZ THERE IS A TJ MAX STORE, AND IT STANDS ACROSS FROM BANK OF AMERICA...THERE ARE NO NIKE RETAILERS CLOSE BY IN THE VALLEY- NOT SUPRISING - THE MARKET IN MY OPENION IS TOO INCONSISTENT...RETAILERS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE, IN MY OPINIION.
THOUGH EVENTUALLY A CHEESECAKE FACTORY ANCHOR STORE WITH PUAL MITCHELL BEAUTY SCHOOL OPENED LONG AFTER UNITED INT'L SEVENTIES HAD CLOSED AND "BEN" THE PRODUCER OF THE SOUTHWEST BELL COMMERCIAL WAS ALSO IN THAT BUILDING AND ACROSS THE STREET WAS, CB RELTY WHICH COULD'VE BEEN THE INITIALS OF MY EX AND WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF HILLSIDE GARDENS HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, ALLEGED LY HAD WORKED AS A REALTOR WHILE HER "HUSBAND" , THEY ALLEGEDLY HAD MARRIED IN CHINA, GRAHAM MILLER WAS THE VP OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THEM BOTH EARNING CLOSE TO 3K PER MONTH, IN AMERICAN DOLLARS.
AND THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE GRAHAM'S BUSINESS MGM REALTORS WITH TWO LOCATIONS BOTH IN BEVERLY HILLS, ONE CLOSE TO WHAT HAD BEEN THE BISTROL GARDENS, WHICH LATER BECAME "SPAGOS" AFTER IT MOVED FROM A LESS TONI LOCATION ON SUNSET AND SAN VICENTE, AND JUST WEST ON THE OPPPOSITE SIDE OF SUNSET, WAS 9000 COLDWELL BANKER BUILDING WHERE I HAD WORKED FOR COINEX, AND WENT WITHOUT PAY FOR SIX MONTHS, UNTIL I HAD FINALLY MADE MY FIRST SALE. I RECALL SEEING ALL OF CASSIUS CLAY'S TROPHIES IN THE COLDWELL BANKER OFFICE WONDERING HOW THEY HAD GOTTEN THERE.
THE SECOND LOCATION OF MGM MANAGEMENT WHICH IS GRAHAM'S COMPANY IS LOCATED RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHAT USED TO BE THE MAGIC PAN, A GREAT CREPE PLACE, LIKE THE ST GERMAINE ON MELROSE, AND THE HOUSE OF IRAN, ALL THREE FALLING TO THE WAY SIDE FOR SOME REASON...AS MANY OTHER WONDERFUL EATERIES SUCH AS LAMASIA, ... THE MILLER'S SECOND LOCATION WAS LOCATED AND STILL IS I IMAGINE IN THE WELLS FARGO BANK BUILDING ACROSS FROM MY EX HAIRDRESSER, "JOSE WHO WAS MY STYLIST AT UMBERTO'S WHICH HAS SINCE MOVED SOUTH OF WILSHIRE ON ROBERTSON, AND JOSE OPENED HIS SHOP, NORTH OF WILSHIRE ON FAIRFAX WHO I HAD PROVIDED MUCH INFORMATION ON BUYING HIS FIRST HOME IN NOHO (NORTH HOLLYWOOD), DUE TO HIM REQUESTING THE INFORMATION, BY HIS MANY INQUIRIES...BASICALLY WANTING TO KNOW HOW I HAD DONE IT.
I WAS DISAPPOOINTED TO SEE THHE VARRO COLLECTION WHICH HA BEEN ON A HIGHER TIER, IT IS NOW ON STREET LEVEL, AND I HAD PURCHASED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM THE STORE LIKING THE DESIGNERS BOLD COLORS, AND THE FIT WAS PERFECT FOR ME, AND AS I ENTERED THE NEWER LOCATION I NOTICED THAT THE STORE WAS FEATURING IT APPEARED OVERSIX STYLE, NOTHING LIKE THE ORIGINAL MERCHANDISE.
WHILE ROAMING AROUND BLOOMINGDALES IN SANTA MONICA, WHO SHOULD I ALMOST COLLIDE WITH WAS, LIAM NEESON (OR HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO THAT SIR NAME) WHO WAS IN MOTION, ASKING AS HE PASSED ME TO, "PARDON HIM" TO WHICH MY RETORT WAS, "NO I WON'T PARDON YOU." HE WAS WEARING HIS HAIR IN A SHORT PONY TAIL, AND THE COLOR WAS A REDDISH BROWN, AND HE WAS DRESSED VERY CASUALLY WEARING A JEAN JACKET...DIFFERING FROM WHEN I HAD LAST SPOTTED HIM DRIVING A BLACK SHINY BRAND NEW BMW, NOT FAR FROM THE "GRASSY KNOLL" SPEEDING DOWN THE BLOCK WHERE A CONSTRUCTION SITE HAD RECENTLY BEGUN, LOOKING BEHIND WITH A SMIRK THAT SPOKE, "CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!!"
I BELIEVE WE JUST DID LIAM, AND HOW IS YOUR WHITE QUEEN DOING TODAY?
(C)COPYRIGHTED BY GWEN MITCHELL ON SUNDAY, 9/11/2016 AT 1:08PM, AT THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401
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