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Date: May. 15, 2007
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On the first day in a large city, I like to walk. Where I like to walk, is towards the largest department store in town. So we walked towards the queen Victoria building which is lovely! It’s on the same WOW level as Harrods and it is appropriate that I begin our time in a big city with a trip to the better shopping center. Loved the Victoria building, bought a postcard. The surrounding malls, the galleries Victoria and the Pitt mall and the mall at Martin place.Of course is a few days before Christmas and there is a lot of action in and around the streets but it wasn’t’ crowded in the Victoria building, at least not with shoppers. One young man was on the phone and said “where are you?” pause “it’s a huge building you idiot”The streets were filled with purposeful people. We are staying in the financial District, the CBD or Central Business District, so it stands to reason we are with the workers and yuppies. Women dress in skirts and high heels, the men in ties and shirts – no jackets on the men and no pantyhose on the women, it’s summer after all. Everyone is on the phone.Most women in the Financial District wear black: black skirt, black top, all in stretch fabric and ubiquitous tiny, high-heeled shoes. They all look very focused. Women and men carry wrapped gifts, maybe one or two, not the huge pile of gift American wrestle into the back of already overflowing SUVs.People buy flowers here. The Christmas trees are fake, but decorated and live music from street musicians but no piped in music in the stores. Of course I don’t feel frantic about Christmas its essentially over for me. Which is marvelous. This is a great way to spend Christmas.
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