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The adventure continues: A sincere thanks to Amber Dorko Stopper, a recent visitor who, via e-mail, alerted me to two promising new sources for me to investigate: one in New York City and the other back in Philadelphia. What a coincidence that I was not only attending a meeting in Manhattan the next day, but also planned to visit Philadelphia afterward. Truly good 'Karma!' First, I found the place on NY's 5th Ave. (say no more!) quite overwhelming & wanted to take all 6 exquisite floors home with me... or at least a dozen pair of the very unique, very overpriced chopstick selection. I got two pair & departed hastily before I got into more trouble (I'll be back!). As for center city Philadelphia, things didn't work out as planned. I started at South Street, where you'll usually find me when in town. Unfortunately, this was a rare daylight appearance & my assumption that most of the galleries and boutiques would be open at 10 am proved way off. So I didn't make it back there again. After walking 30 blocks from South Street to west Walnut, I discovered why they hadn't answered the phone that morning: as luck would have it, there was a power outage in the building & they never opened by the time I had to catch the train back home, late that afternoon. While waiting for power to be
restored, I had a brief conversation with another of the
building's occupants who happened to be an internet service
provider. I can only imagine the scene he related to me,
that with nine minutes of remaining battery backup, he was
desperately hoping he could operate the emergency
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