We will catch up with this news on Tuesday, but walked on by tonight to see the going-out-of-business sale. Woodacre is an unincorporated town just north of Fairfax in Marin.
Sadness.
Gypsy Honeymoon was one of my favorite stores in the Mission.
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Another bit of long-time Mission quirk and idiosyncrasy leaves.
I await a soothing bromide from Landlord John advising that this confirms the virtue of social Darwinism, and the rest of the property gang can chime in that they never shopped there anyway and they hope an Old Navy store moves in to improve the block.
It’s not closing. It’s moving.
Do you begrudge the owner that, just so you can wallow in your feelings of quirk?
it’s much better to wallow in feelings of smug conformity and bland uniformity.