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December 7, 2005
Trees of many colors 
A garland in SW in an expensive part of town
The Santaland monorail in action
Santaland used to be this big room that had a monorail for little kids. The kids glide above the room, above Santa and their families and the giant miniatures displays with train sets and the likes. And while Santa was most definitely there, it was a much more informal setting than most mall Santas.
Meier and Frank has been bought and has been declining rapidly, and I guess they had pulled out the flooring in the Santaland area when municipal government stepped in and put some sort of kybosh on further demolition. And so there is a Santaland again, for the last year, which is unlike it used to be.
There's still a monorail. There's still a miniature, albeit much miniaturer. But now, it's all about Santa, all about corralling your kids, having to stand next to a bunch of toys while waiting to talk to Santa, about paying for the priviledge of talking to Santa, blah blah blah.
What's amazing to me is: Meier & Frank doesn't sell toys. Or at least didn't.
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Yesterday was a workday like I'd like to have more often. I was very productive. And then I got to attend a class which made me all excited about work again. It was great!
After work, we went out and tried a new (to us) Chinese-American dive. I'm such a sucker for a good neon sign, and Sweetie has been very willing to try these places out with me. To our great shock, the food was good, though the atmosphere was sorta surreal (note to self: never use blue translucent ceiling tiles).
Posted at December 7, 2005
Comments
Did you get a pic of the ceiling tiles? That sounds bizarre!
Posted by: neca at December 7, 2005 10:44 AM
I want that pink tree!!!
Posted by: Dawn (aka Pink Lady) at December 7, 2005 6:40 PM