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Autographs

...please

This weekend I went to California to visit Mandy. We went to Beverly Hills on Saturday. We shopped on Rodeo Drive for 6 hours but we didn't buy anything. I mean, sure $14,000 for a Valentino coat or $400 for a Louis Vuitton sweatshirt is a good deal I just didn't see anything I was interested in.

Me in front of the Versace Palace which was unfortunately under construction.

Apparently we looked like we belonged there because we were treated very well by most of the sales people. For instance, in Dolce & Gabbana we were asked by a salesperson if we were "finding everything okay." I said to myself, "I'm finding everything very expensive." They asked if we needed a size or anything, like we could actually afford even a $50 t-shirt, much less the $795 jeans. In Louis Vuitton we were actually asked by a salesperson, "you all didn't buy anything?" Poor Louis...they have to ask poor people to buy their stuff. :-)

A couple of stores treated us like Vivian in Pretty Woman. Those stores were Roberto Cavalli and Armani. Spread the word. One of the very distinguished saleswomen in Armani followed us upstairs then said, "We have some beautiful things, don't we?" Her tone and deameanor led me to believe that this statement translated as, "Get out of our store and away from our pretty dresses you poor people."
It was still a cool experience and I'm glad we went.

A picture of part of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, 90210

On Sunday we went to church at Mandy's church, then to Newport Beach.