Fashions

[karentoe]

I spent part of this long weekend browsing the latest fsshions in the shops - the part of the weekend where my arm didn't feel like it was going to fall off. This is the first intense looking at clothing (16 pounds to goal!) I've done in over two years, and I've concluded I'm a Lands End Woman

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[jennetj]

Which bookstores are gone? And Puzzlebox is gone? Yikes!

[karentoe]

McDermott's, which was in the same place as Tropic Jewelry. I think they may have gone last year. Bookworks closed sometime this year - they're still in the phone book. He did good business, but I know he was more interested in the rare book side of thing. I met him a couple of times at Booked for Murder. Bookworks was just a block down from the Capital.

Moore Books (which had a different name before it closed) moved it's stock back to Avols. The Moore's bought the Avols out a few years ago, and kept both stores going. Avols is now in the Canterbury Bookstore place and the building they were in was bought biuy a developer who wants to put up yet another highrise.

Shakespeare's Books is still on the Square. 20th Centur Books and Pic-a-book have been gone for a few years - victims of rent. 20th Century moved away from the Square and struggled on for a while, but it's gone now. Paul's Books is still at the campus end of State Street.

[karentoe]

The Puzzle Box closed a year ago. I didn't spend much time downtown last fall at all - half the streets were torn up through the end of November which made getting around difficult - and of course, more road construction and Overture construction this year! Although they did finish all the road stuff downtown this month.

My niece, former downtown resident, said there's a similar shop now open between Gorham and Johnson. I may make it down this weekend to check it out.