Baby Pics
Haphazard as usual posting, but I have a good excuse this time: I'm the proud owner of a new store. It's empty for the time being, but in a couple of months I expect it to define fashion for the younger set in Costa Rica.
I'll be bringing in boots and shoes from Brazil, corsets and the like from L.A., stuff from Japan and whatever else I happen to like. Maybe even Dickies. We'll see.
To celebrate the birth of my new baby I'll be doing what all new proud parents do; posting pictures. Here are the first:
Here we have the front door, currently carrying the name "ShoeStock." This of course will be changed, but I'll save that for a future post.
Here is my next-door neighbor. As these things happen, the owner of this store is related to a friend of ours, who also happens to be on the board of our corporation. My landlord, unbeknownst to us at the time we decided on this place, is an old friend of my girlfriend, which made negotiations much easier.
Here's the overview as it is. It's a pretty high ceiling, which I will drop a bit, and has plenty of storage and a place for the office in back.
Speaking of the office, here 'tis. I'll be slapping up a (thick) wall or two to keep out the ladrones. In light of a recent discussion on the internet, I'll be going for a carbine of some sort instead of the shotgun I had in mind. Notice the security window.
La Doña de la tienda, marking her territory where the register will be.
Looking out the front window at Centro Comercial Munoz & Nanna in beautiful downtown San Pedro, Costa Rica, my new haunt for the next couple of years. There are two universities within spitting distance and traffic seems to be nonstop. I hope it stops at least for a few minutes at my place.
I'll post more stuff as it happens, especially the expected bureaucratic snafus with all the colorful details.
