Harp Lady

I was at Macy's today... not that I wanted to, but because I had to. This large department store is a major anchor at Dadeland Mall. They have this young lady playing her harp that really gave a very festive mood to the entire space around here. It's almost Thanksgiving and not quite Christmas which are the two major holidays in the US and the decoration will begin to blossom everywhere very soon. This electric harp does not sound very nice, but she plays it well and I did like her rendering of "Fascination." I wonder if she'll play some rap music. That would be fun to hear that on a harp.

Money Sink

This is Macy's in Dadeland Mall, one of several such stores in Miami. Macy's, Inc., with corporate offices in Cincinnati and New York, is one of the nation's upscale retailers, with year 2008 sales of US $24.9 billion. The company operates more than 800 Macy's department stores and furniture galleries in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as 40 Bloomingdale's stores in 12 states. Macy's, Inc.'s workforce includes approximately 167,000 employees. The company also operates macys.com and bloomingdales.com. Prior to June 1, 2007, Macy's, Inc. was known as Federated Department Stores, Inc. The company's shares are traded under the symbol "M" on the New York Stock Exchange.