Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/02

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Subject: [Leica] Claro's Market
From: pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)
Date: Sun Nov 2 11:32:42 2008

Aram:  This one is my favorite:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/fall08/claros/claros_market-8697.jpg.html

...because it shows that when you're around certain ethnic groups, you 
start talking with your hands, too  :-)

I remember such places from my grandparent's old neighborhood in the 
Bronx.  Similar gestures, different accent.

--Peter

>At 09:45 AM 11/2/2008 -0800, Aram wrote:
>In the LA area, there is a small chain of Italian markets called Claro?s.
>My wife has been going to them since high school days, way back when?.  When
>we visit her family, we always seem to end up there.  The smells are
>fabulous.  Too bad they can?t be captured on ?film?.  And the samples are
>scrumptious.  The last few times we always seem to get the same butcher and
>he remembers us.  We popped in a few weeks ago and he right away said
>something about his customers from Yakima.  It is usually 3-5 months between
>visits.  This particular store is in Upland.