This is about as far into the Christmas spirit as I'm willing to delve, but here goes. A couple modslister friends were in Atlanta over the weekend. She had a hair appointment on Saturday at Vidal Sassoon in the mall, so I suggested he and I meet to do some shopping while she was indesposed. Running about 30 minutes late, the snowball grew while I drove around the mall parking lot for a space for nearly half an hour (note to self: continue supporting mom & pop shops). Finally, I park the car and rush to the Salon to find the couple gone already. Great. Where to find two mods in a mall....checked the requisite sites; Church's shoes, the sale racks at Neimann Marcus, Bally shoes, Hugo Boss and Burberry's. Nothing. Not even at the custom shirt shop. Heard a relatively decent piano jazz trio playing near the food court, but no mods. I figured I missed them altogether (sorry guys, if you're reading this). However, as my girlfriend and I were walking over to the camera shop we noted about three cops rushing into the Athlete's Foot next to said camera shop and thought it best to take a detour into Restoration Hardware. Absolutely Brilliant move! Album frames, repros of vintage toys, some very high quality silver plated barware modelled after post prohibition designs, and all kinds of cool stuff. So I picked up a couple album frames for myself and a couple other things for family gifts. I had never gone in there, thinking it was just house fixtures and such (and me not owning a house yet....) but I highly recommend checking them out online. Start here: http://www.restorationhardware.com/images/items/normal/3307.0378.jpg After you enjoy that, lop off everything after .com to get back to their home page. Brian Poust p.s. That's Rover the Space Dog in the picture.