Goodbye to Lord & Taylor, and the Way We Used to Shop

[montanacowboy]

3. When I was a kid many moons ago

My Mother and Aunt would take me shopping on Saturday on the street car and made a day of it. First taking me to the Buster Brown section of the shoe salon where I could see my toes illuminated in the X-ray machine and made sure there was plenty of room so I didn't outgrow my new oxfords too fast.

Then Mom and Aunt drug me around all 6 floors of Stone & Thomas, smelling that wonderful smell of marble floors and escalators, making the obligatory stop in the powder room, finally culminating in the high point of the day, lunch in the Tea Room. Then a long street car ride back home.

It is a memory you never forget.