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BLUE HAIRED LADIES

When we were in Boston, Lord and Taylor was the last place to use hand written reciepts.

You really needed to have their own charge account but they would deign to take American Express and then put it through one of those slider things.

We got a lot of good stuff at Lord and Taylor. They somehow matched our taste.

This is a bit unsettling as the greatest part of the clientele were suburban and Beacon Hill blue haired ladies.

They went on hard times when the 'new merchandising' took over; stacks of shit piled everywhere ala Nordstroms.

I remember that they tried to emulate it but their heart wasn't in it. Then they began to sink.

This is a reprieve from a death sentence:

Lord & Taylor to Remain on Fifth Ave.

Maybe.

There are a lot of fond memories in those pretty script letters.