Personal Best: Shopping Surprise
The bounty of Marden's took the shape of a leather jacket.
Scott Sutherland
“Shopping” isn’t really what you do at Marden’s. In the Marden’s context, calling it “shopping” is like calling sex “physical contact”: it fails to account for the thrill, mystery, and potential earth-shattering euphoria of the experience. Marden’s is a quest, a treasure hunt, a voyage to the center of your material being. Dowsers, before they search for water, often repeat their mantra of “relax and allow.” So it is with entering a Marden’s: Clear your mind, relax, and prepare to receive the Marden’s bounty [for the rest of this story, see the January 2008 issue of Down East]
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