How to make a Dork's Day

I purchased a new (to me) sideboard by my favorite designer, Paul McCobb. (You know Paul McCobb don't you? He's the last word in furniture designers. He died ages ago) It replaced a piece that I had that was exactly like it, except it had significant water damage thanks to it's loutish former owners.

Anyway, I go to pick the thing up, and imagine my suprise and delight. IT HAD A TAG ON IT FROM FREDERICK & NELSON!!!!

Frederick & Nelson, as any CHILD could tell you, was THE classy department store in Seattle. It was a division of Marshall Fields until they spun it off to make some money to fight the hostile takeover by Target corporation (they lost). IF they had just held on to F&N, we'd now have a downtown Seattle with a Marshall Fields (soon to be Macy's) and a Macy's. Wouldn't that be weird?

F&N bowed out in the 90's, and nobody really noticed except for me and some old ladies. The downtown store sat empy for a few years until Nordstrom bought it and converted into their "flagship" store. While it is admirable that they saved the building, and Nordstrom is certainly a fine institutuion (Hear that, Sylvia?) It is mystifying to me how Nordstrom could have taken a lovely building, full of character and with many original fixtures, and turned it into a bland "mall-esque" store. There is NOTHING interesting about the store now, which is a shame, but that's part of the whole Nordstrom/Seattle inferiority complex thing that I've written about before.

Anyway, Here are the tags. I am the happiest old lady in the world this morning!