South Bay Blogs

Holiday Cheer at Shopping Malls

Southbayblogs.com — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:53:18 +0000

You hear talk about economic hard times and people cutting back.

At the Galleria Mall in Redondo Beach we saw quite a lot of people this afternoon. Mervyns is going out of business so things are 50%-70% off the lowest ticket price. Starbucks is also giving away free scones for the holidays. Of course, this is Saturday and not Black Friday. Not crazy enough to do the Black Friday thing. Tragic about the WalMart employee in Long Island who got trampled to death. Insane.

But you know what I noticed though… there may be lots of people but I hadn’t noticed people carrying loads of shopping bags. Maybe there’s a lot of window shopping and comparison shopping going on, but not as much purchases being completed. In other words, people are looking but not always buying.

here in north redondo the air is thick w …

Southbayblogs.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:39:49 +0000

here in north redondo the air is thick with particles from the fire. the sky is a grayish salmon color, almost iridescent.

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1547041620081115

Can California’s Property Assessment Ap …

Southbayblogs.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:37:15 +0000

Can California’s Property Assessment Appeals be scarier? I’m not new to forms and even I’m scared.