FIVE DAYS PLENTY FOR SOME GIFT SHOPPERS LAST WEEKEND BEFORE BIG DAY IS FINALLY HERE.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer Holiday shoppers on Saturday braved packed parking lots and crowded malls for the last full weekend before Christmas. They conferred con·fer v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers v.tr. 1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her. with relatives on cell phones. Draped drape v. draped, drap·ing, drapes v.tr. 1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. shopping bags over both shoulders, on their backs and then carried a few more in their hands. Packed purchases in strollers around tuckered-out tots. And still managed to smile. ``There's no more weekends before Christmas - this is it,'' said Neal Kleinman, general manager of the Westfield Shoppingtown Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, as shoppers bustled by. The mall hired extra help to direct traffic and even offered valet parking valet parking n. Parking arrangements provided by a commercial establishment, such as a restaurant, whereby patrons leave their cars at the entrance and attendants park and retrieve them. Noun 1. this weekend so harried shoppers could simply drop off their cars instead of circling the lot looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. open spaces. Sabrina Soussan, 55, of Toluca Lake found shopping for her two nephews her biggest challenge. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what to get my nephew NEPHEW, dom. rel. The son of a person's brother or sister. Amb. 514; 1 Jacob's Ch. R. 207. - he's 17 and he's difficult to shop for,'' she said. ``I've got another one who's 11, and he's easier; maybe a movie. I could get gift cards, but children like to open up a box on Christmas.'' Tom Clowry, 40, of North Hollywood said he would be buying a lot of gift cards this year. ``I'm trying to buy presents for my 16-year-old daughter, and even if she likes it, she's not going to like it because I bought it for her,'' Clowry said. ``My husband won't shop, so I had to drag my mother and my brother,'' explained Evelyne Teman, 36, of Silver Lake, who was part of a caravan caravan, group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. that included her sons Benjamin, 4, and Jake, 1, in package-laden strollers; older son Brandon, 11; her mother, Gisele; and brother, Michael, both of Sherman Oaks. But a lot of men seemed to be doing just fine on their own. John Sarno, 44, of Valencia, who was lugging several large shopping bags, said shopping this late was normal for him. ``I don't go a lot earlier because then I don't buy, I'll just look,'' Sarno explained. ``I want to wait until I have no choice. I'll do it all in one day.'' Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) SHERMAN OAKS: Salma Bratbak, above, trundles along shopping with her dog Booboo on Saturday at the Westfield Shoppingtown Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks. Above left, Marie Feldman of Studio City hefts handfuls of gifts. (3) Jake Teman, 1 1/2, relaxes in a stroller as his mom, uncle and grandmother shop at the Westfield Shoppingtown Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks. Michael Owen
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