A Sad Closing, A Waited Opening

OUR community lost a wonderful community bakery last month, with the closing of Ramona's Bakery.

Sure, my family has shopped there countless times and Ruth, Terri, and I are sad to see something we loved, now closed.

Terri was able to remember several of her favorites from that bakery.

I am sure other members of OUR community fondly remember some of the items that made Ramona's such a great bakery.

Now we have to keep our fingers crossed and more full of crumbs, chocolate, and cake, and shop more often at Polly Ann's Bakery on 8Th.

We still can count on some terrific bread bakeries in the area like Joseph's Buscemi's, and Portafino's for our daily bread needs and the great rolls each one of them make.
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Thursday March 6, 2008 8:00 AM, the doors will open for the Grand Opening of Marshall's on the upper level of The Terraces, on Western Avenue.

If you are a parent of a young human who you drive to school, then you may be one of the hundreds of parents who will gladly drop off their offspring and hightail it over to the new store.

There will be a section of the store called a shoe megastore. Terri is already chomping to get her eyes on pairs of shoes she may select. She also thinks I need a new pair of walking shoes.

I'll be nice and walk, instead of adding one more vehicle to the suspected carnage, or minivanage that should fill up the upper parking lot by about 9:00 AM.

I don't think I need to warn you any further because if you haven't read my previous warnings about Western Avenue, then I don't think anything will get to you, except for, perhaps, the photos I take and post later on in the day.

The only thing that is constant is change. Out with the well loved, in with the megastores and discount outlets.

The "Walmartization" of San Pedro is coming, even though the two nearest Wallmarts are in downtown Long Beach and on Normandie at 190Th Street.