Friday, October 01, 2004

Two Lines, No Waiting

I just have to get this off my chest and then I can go on with my day.  There’s a classy kiosk on a prime financial district sidewalk with an ad from a fancy - nay, a fancy-schmancy - department store.  It features two beautiful young women wearing fabulous gowns and leopardprint coats, sharing an umbrella, standing in spike-heeled shoes outside some gorgeous building.  One faces smilingly toward the viewer; the other is smiling, too, but she is turned three-quarters away and grins over her shoulder at us.  The ad copy superimposed at the lower margin of the photo reads, SAKS LOVES IT BOTH WAYS. 

Note to savvy shoppers: Use entrance in rear.  I’m sure I saw her wink at you.