Posted on March 20, Updated on March 21, And glasses. I just so happen live in one of the best suburbs in the United States as named by several prominent news publications: Decatur, GA. What makes Decatur so great? Worthmore has two locations β Decatur, and also Midtown β and they have never followed the crowd when it comes to what a traditional jewelry store is supposed to look and act like.
Their staff is fun and friendly, and they do their research as it pertains to the jewelry they carry and the watches they offer. This week as I stopped into get a battery on an old Seiko changed, Harris and Leslie welcomed me with open arms and gifted me with a gorgeous leather watch roll created by local designer, Jenae Roseen.
Sixty Swiss Francs. Cough Charris Cough. I always go with a scarf because it can double as a pocket square or triple as a hair tie, plus the folks in the Hermes booth told me how much they appreciate the free advertising. They said it in French so it was either that or they asked me for directions to the nearest Starbucks. Look, we all get that watches are serious business, okay?
We get it. I know. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Posted on January 23, Updated on January 24, My first experience with the European carbonation situation was on a trip to Italy and Switzerland in In American eateries, tap water is largely served with meals and no one questions or thinks twice about it.
That is where, on a sunny April afternoon just two days after my thirtieth birthday, I was first offered the option of either aqua gassata carbonated or aqua naturale non-carbonated water, and that is when I truly understood how much Europeans β and particularly the Swiss β value food, drink, outward appearance, and tradition so much more than we Yanks. Even now, nearly fourteen years later, as I peregrinate to cities like Geneva, Switzerland and to events such as the Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie where timepieces are clearly focal , that evaluation becomes clearer β flawless even β not unlike many of the diamonds used in the extraordinary watches those same cities put forth to the world.
