[ncpatriot]

" I NEVER remember dressing up to go shopping. "

Oh, we ladies dressed up with hats and gloves! It was a big deal.

[Clemenza]

Yeah, and you ladies used to have tea at the Department Store restaurant at Macy's, Bambergers, Bonwitt Teller, the latter two no longer exist.

I happen to like shopping at Macy's. Designer brands at fair prices relative to Nordstrom or L&T.

[MinuteGal]

Yep, the ladies in my family dressed up to go to Marshall Field's in Chicago.

Mom and little me would ride the El from the suburbs to the Windy City during the Christmas holidays. We'd gawk at the world-famous Field's window displays, each window artistically and luxuriously designed with animated holiday scenes......like winter wonderlands. I was so thrilled.

Then we'd have lunch in Field's tea room where most of the lady diners indeed wore hats. I always ordered the equally-famous Field's Salad which was essentially today's Chef's Salad, but with their own special dressing. The rolls, desserts and everything else was so delicious.....but of course, everything tasted better when you were a kid.

Even Milk Duds.

Leni