Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

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Choose a doll, any doll. Unfortunately, these remind me of Stephen King's Children of the Corn . Watch out grown ups, they're coming...

Well, I couldn't resist.  Around midday today, I peaked my head into the local GameStop. There wasn't 1 single customer in the store...

This was a nice glass display at Saks Fifth Avenue. Somehow they make everything look so cool. The designer clothing from floor to ceiling d...

First day in 15 weeks! that we went to a real store yesterday. Dick's Sporting Goods was open, but still not much else. It was ref...

Thought this was an interesting photo at REI. It says behind the cash registers: People grow through experience if they meet life hone...

So Black Friday Shopping extravaganza that used to happen the day after Thanksgiving has now turned into Black Thursday mega-shopping on Th...

So have you ever gone to the shoe store, but you forgot to wear socks.  Well, this is what you get to try-on shoes. These absolutely c...

I am marveling at the Genius of Amazon and Jeff Bezos but also concerned about their future direction.  Traditionally, they have inves...

Now, how perfect is this guy's suit? I can't imagine who would make such a thing, but WOW! This guy is a walking Mr. Charming....

So this was the entranceway to a store in Florida.  As you can see, the center mannequin is set up sitting in not a very modest way for ...

So this open-door market has no workers there. Someone comes in to stock the shelves periodically, and that's it! It's co...

Thought this was pretty cool art in Anthropologie in Washington, DC. It was different paint cans attached to the wall in the store in...

This little deli and grocery in downtown D.C. always reminds me of the spanish bodegas back in NYC.  The smallish store has just a co...

So lately my feet have been hurting me.  My wife tells me, "Go to Comfort One for new shoes." I say, "But I don't ...

So I don't know how I feel about this or maybe I do.  The Wall Street Journal reports today that from the 10 largest companies by m...

So if you ever go to Barnes and Nobles, you'll see that they have the most horribly hard wooden chairs.  They are so  uncomfortable-...

I took this photo yesterday in a Home Goods store.  This is the aisle for rugs and mats.  And it is a disaster zone! I asked the cle...

So we took my daughter to the Free People boutique store at the Mall.  That brand has such a cool clothing style (although a little pric...

So Microsoft has tried to do the copycat thing of the Apple Store.  See Apple (top photo) streaming with customers trying out their w...