Yes, I often go by Jadis. It is always closed.
Is it pronounced "yaadeez" or "jade-iss" or "zhaadee" ???
I assumed that entry was by invitation only, or something. Not very
profitable, though, to own a store that is always closed! I recall
noticing a really cool Hungarian typewriter (it was obvious - the long
and short umlauted vowels are a total giveaway!). And yes, all the
"mad scientist" lab stuff. Awesome. But the best I could ever do was
look inside the window and never enter. I suppose that I was not
worthy of an invitation!
Hmpf!
Yes, Jadis is never open. Yet it was open on Sunday. A contradiction?
No, rather an exception: "It is the exception that proves the rule."
Someone used to say this all the time in High School. I dunno, I
thought it needed to be said again.
:-)
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "barkofdelight"
<barkofdelight_at_y...> wrote:
> I generally start my Sunday morning walks along the
> sidestreets to the beach. From there I walk south
> into Venice along the boardwalk. When I return I
> cut over to Main Street to hit the Farmer's Market
> before heading home.
>
> Last Sunday, however, I had to stop by the bank, so I
> cut over to Main a bit further south than usual. That
> took me past the shops on Main, specifically "Jadis".
>
> For those of you not from Santa Monica, Jadis is a
> store that specializes in movie props. They always
> have a very impressive window display, full of big,
> old-fashioned technology, and featuring the robot from
> the movie "Metropolis".
>
> http://www.seeing-stars.com/Images/Slides/Jadis.JPG
>
> Oh, one other thing about Jadis: It's never open. I
> don't mean that it keeps odd hours. It's _never_ open.
> This is one of those things on the short list about
> Santa Monica: There's a fireworks display on the 4th
> of July. A bus ride costs 25 cents. Meet at station 8.
> Zucky's is always open. Jadis, never.
>
> Well, as we all know, nothing lasts forever, rules were
> meant to be broken, and jackdaws love my big sphinx of
> quartz. Sure enough Zucky's has closed, and at least
> last Sunday, Jadis was open!
>
> I was astounded, of course, walking around the
> shop. It was not quite as filled-to-the-brim as it
> might have been, but it was cluttered. Lots of lab
> technology, like those HUGE glass bulbs that hold
> boiling chemicals. There were old typewriters, big
> viewfinder cameras, and many telephones. One amazing
> device was an old quack medical thing, lots of dials,
> very cool.
>
> And of course, you could hear everybody saying as they
> were browsing, "but ... this store is _never_ open ...."
>
>
> Bark!
Received on 2005-08-23 10:07:20
