Sign of the times?  Today while at Fashion Valley Shopping Center in San Diego, I was surprised and disappointed to see that Saks Fifth Avenue is going out of business here in San Diego.  Years ago when I was in college there was a Saks Fifth Avenue on Girard Avenue in La Jolla, along with an I. Magnins nearby.  Then Saks moved over to Wall Street for a short period of time before Brooks Brothers came in. 

The salespeople told me that Saks has closed all their San Diego locations, but we can still shop at the one in Orange County, California.  It seems like all the stores that I used to shop at are now gone or have merged with other larger chains... Robinsons, May Company, Broadway, Buffins, Walker Scott, I. Magnin, Joseph Magnin, Bullocks, Marshall Fields and others are now gone. 

I am not saying that change is not a good thing, but there seemed to be so many more choices of stores years ago.  In the words of Bob Dylan, "The times they are a changin'"...