Sandra Thompson
Charm of department stores is vanishing
I was in Saks on Tuesday afternoon between cloudbursts, not a top day for shopping -- weekday, weather, August. I had a mission that involved a tedious adjustment from another WestShore Plaza store near Saks, so I parked in the garage on the interstate side of Saks and walked through Saks. I do this whenever I can -- park at Saks and go someplace else. Or make up an excuse (usually 30 percent off the marked-down-price sales) to go there.