Junk Thief Regrets He Is Unable to Attend Today

I will probably pass on pass on the opening on Thursday of the new Bloomingdales on Market Street since I am really not that interested in fighting the crowds. The only thing worse would be having the endure today's dreadful Folsom Street Fair, convincing evidence that substance abuse in the San Francisco gay community is so rampant that it has caused significant brain damage. I will eventually make it to the new Bloomingdales, perhaps a part of the past few months' theme of rembrences of department stores past -- from Au Bonheurs des Dames to John A. Brown & Company.