I stopped short in my one-horse open sleigh entering Safeway this week and I was not laughing all the way. My spirits were notably less bright as I perused this three-foot-high tree for the new Inflation Production Act price of $46.99 + tax. Wasn't it just a year or two ago that these little tabletop trees were twenty bucks? I'm not blaming Safeway. I'm pretty sure this isn't a brazen grab of any extra sawbuck or two, but as the bad fiscal policies of the last three years ripple through the economy, expect more shocks. It's a delayed feedback loop and the loop is tightening.
Few people know the third verse:
A day or two ago,
The story I must tell
I went out on the snow,
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away. Ah!
It might have been Gavin in the sleigh, but looked it more like that "other Joe". Santa is facing the same cost pressures as eveyone else so be sure to buy some Toys for Tots this year. Too bad Talbot's is gone after 66 years. Nice work, San Mateo. I haven't checked yet, but the B'game Fire Department (ie. Central County) is probably collecting new, unwrapped toys as usual.
Half Moon Bay. City eyes $20 minimum wage.
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/quotation-of-the-day-on-the-minimum-wage-3/
Posted by: Phinancier | December 11, 2023 at 02:36 PM
The poinsettias look nice out front near the historical marker. I wonder if they are from Safeway or the city?
Posted by: Mom | December 17, 2023 at 01:32 PM
I didn't notice those, but there are a bunch of (well-done cloth) poinsettias added to the existing greenery in those large planters lining Burlingame Avenue. I got fooled and thought they were real--'had to touch as they looked too perfect(!). At any rate, I think they look really nice and festive along with all the lit trees.
Posted by: Jennifer Pfaff | December 17, 2023 at 04:54 PM
We walk the Ave every evening with our Westie.
The Ave does look great nowadays.
Good job Council and workers!
Posted by: Peter Garrison | December 17, 2023 at 07:00 PM
I checked on the poinsettias and they are indeed well-done cloth replicas. Very nice. BTW, anyone wondering about the Citibank building across from Safeway that is being demo'ed (interior) I have it on good authority that it is a remodel for the bank.
Posted by: Joe | December 18, 2023 at 02:14 PM