On The Street – 37th & J
December 11, 2008
Gianni, electrical engineer
Looking very good in old school Police brand sunglasses and a vintage plaid shirt bought at Mervyns in the 1980′s, and found in 2007 neatly hanging in his father-in-law’s closet.
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Looking very good indeed…however, I thought those sunglasses were gone forever? Glad I was mistaken! ; )
R.I.P – Mervyns
Oh, Mervyns. I will forever cherish my childhood memories of annual back-to-school shopping. You had the best knock-off Cross Colors shirts.
It appears that shirt isn’t the only thing that could be found hiding in the closet. Booya!
slick italian style..who is that guy?
yeah…
have i got a story for you about good old mervyn’s…
well, we went there once after a movie, i think it was ‘the hunt for red october’, i was always fascinated with mannequins and human anatomy et cetera…
long story short(er) i took a hand from one of the dummies and when i got home my mother found me in my room petting the cat with the hand…
she took me back to mervyn’s and marched me back into the security office where i had to admit to what i had done…
i was mortified.
the security dyke explained to me how ordinarily she would have to take me to jail (yeahright, i was in like the fifth grade!) and how expensive mannequins were…
in retrospect, i guess it’s just a funny story, i sure was a weird little kid, straight (gay actually) morbid!
i don’t know what my plans were for that hand, but i’m sure there would’ve been some fake blood involved…
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