Friday, January 29, 2010 - "We'd better get back to our
shoppingYou know,... |
| "We'd better get back to our
shoppingYou know, Colum, Jamie has everything you want at his
store
Why don't we just go there?"
"I couldn't put him in a fix
He'd feel bound to make me a price that would hurt him
"Honestly, Colum, you don't have the brains of a flea about business!
Even if Jamie sells to you at cost, it will make him look better to his
suppliers, and he'll get a bigger discount next order She laughed at
Colum's bewilderment"I have a store myself, I know what I'm
saying She talked a blue streak while they walked to
Jamie'sColum was fascinated and obviously impressed, asking
question
after question"Colum!" Jamie boomed when they entered the store
"We were just wishing for youUncle James, Colum's here The old
man came out from the louis vuitton bag with pocket in front storeroom with his arms full of bunting fabric
"You're the answer to a prayer, man," he said"Which is the color
that we want?" He spilled the fabric onto a counterIt was all green,
but four closely related shades"That one's the prettiest,"
Scarlett saidJamie and her uncle asked Colum to make a choiceShe'd already told them which was the best
What
would a man know, even Colum? "Where will you have it?" he asked
"Over the window outside and in," Jamie replied"Then we'll look at
it there, for the light on it," said ColumHe looked as serious as if
he was picking out the color to print money, Scarlett thought
crossly
What was all the fuss about? Jamie noticed her pout"It's to
decorate for Saint Paddy's Day, Scarlett darlingColum's the one to
say what's fake vintage chanel wallet closest to the true green of a shamrockIt's been too long
since we've seen them, Uncle James and me The O'Haras had been
talking about Saint Patrick's Day ever since the first time she met
them
"When is it?" Scarlett asked, more polite than interestedThe three
men gaped at her"You don't know?" Old James said incredulously
"I
wouldn't ask if I knew, would I?"
"It's tomorrow," Jamie said, "tomorrowAnd, Scarlett darling, you're
going to have the finest time of your life!" Savannah's Irish-like the
Irish everywhere-had always celebrated on March l7It was the feast
day of the patron saint of are land, and feast day was the secular
meaning, as well as the canonicalAlthough it came during Lent,
there
was no fasting on Saint Patrick's DayThere was, instead, chanel costume jewelry food and
drink and music and dancingCatholic schools were closed, and
Catholic businesses, except for saloons, which expected and achieved
one of their biggest days of the yearThere had been Irish in
Savannah from its earliest days-the Jasper Greens first fought in the
American Revolution-and Saint Patrick's Day had always been a major
holiday for themBut during the bleak depressed decade since the
defeat of the South, the entire city had begun to join inMarch I7 was
Savannah's Spring Festival, and for one day everyone was Irish
There were gaily decorated booths in every square selling food and
lemonade, wine, coffee, and beer
Jugglers and men with trick dogs gathered crowds on street corners
Fiddlers played from the steps of City Hall and proud, prada black bags peeling houses
throughout the cityGreen ribbons fluttered from flowering tree
branches, shamrocks made of paper or of silk were for sale from boxes
carried by enterprising men, women, and children from square to
square
Broughton Street was bedecked with green bunting in shop windows,
and
ropes of fresh green vines strung between lampposts to canopy the
parade route"Parade?!" Scarlett exclaimed when she was toldShe
touched the green silk ribbon rosettes Kathleen had pinned in her
hair
"Are we finished? Do I look all right? Is it time to go?" It was
timeFirst early Mass, and then a celebration all day and into the
night"Jamie tells me there'll be fireworks starring the sky over the
park until you're fair giddy from the splendor of it all," black chanel tote Kathleen
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