Best of...Store's selection makes less into more.Byline: The Register-Guard BEST DISCOUNT STORE Ross Dress for Less What: Bargains galore Where: Gateway Mall Gateway Mall may refer to:
We could have called today's Best of ... a lot of things: Best Place to Get Some Quick Retail Therapy. Best Place to Buy a Brand Name Gift on the Cheap. Best Place to Find a Wacky White Elephant White Elephant Any investment that nobody wants because it is unprofitable. Notes: The term 'White Elephant' is derived from Thailand, where an Albino (white) elephant was given to unfavored people by the ruler. Gift. All of which explain why the Ross store at Gateway Mall gets our blessing as Best Discount Store. The official name is Ross Dress for Less, but don't let the moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. fool you: Apparel accounts for only a fraction of what's fun about this store. Start with the genuinely friendly sales clerks. From Manager Will Silvestri on down, they greet you in a way that makes you believe they're glad to see you from the moment you walk in the door. In particular, there's none of that fake familiarity of stores that force clerks to try using the name on your credit card - "Thank you, Ms., um ... Bestoff?" - at the end of a transaction. But it's the wares that really get us going. Nothing lifts the "I'm such a loser" doldrums like wandering the aisles of this store. We like the spacious new TJMaxx Home Source on Coburg, but a place can be too spacious and too nice. The most exciting finds come in a place so small, there's only one or two of each item. We love pawing through a rack of cheap tops and discovering a $5.99 Columbia Sportswear Columbia Sportswear Company NASDAQ: COLM is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. Founded in 1938 by the late Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. cotton tank top (still bearing the original $30 price tag) among a sea of shiny polyester and spandex. We love buying a tastefully tie-dyed Jerry Garcia tie Jerry Garcia ties were originally inspired by the paintings of Grateful Dead's lead singer Jerry Garcia. These ties reflect the psychedelic spontaneity of his music and life. for $9.99, knowing we can send it to our ex-hippie corporate executive uncle and he'll think we spent $35 on his birthday. We love stumbling across a gift in July for the office white elephant December gift exchange. Say, the T-shirt (also $5.99) we found last week, depicting a golden-fried basket of Ore-Ida's finest, with the inscription: "Gimme gim·me Informal Contraction of give me. adj. Slang Demanding material things or especially money; acquisitive: today's gimme society; tired of gimme letters. n. Your Tots - I'm Freakin' Starvin'!" When we're feeling emotionally puny pu·ny adj. pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est 1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses. 2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill. , there's always something we never knew we wanted to boost our spirits. A pink, push-up bra ($3.99) decorated with red cherries and ladybugs. A set of "Home Run" martini glasses ($4.99) with ceramic baseballs for stems. A pair of linen and white leather cowgirl boots ($13.99.) And we ask you: Where else can you find "James Earl Jones Earl Jones may refer to:
No one will ever know you're wearing a cherry-and-lady-bug bra while you listen to it. To cruise the virtual aisles of the Best Of ... archive, go to www.registerguard.com/bestof. |
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