{"id":13344,"date":"2015-07-23T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13344"},"modified":"2025-11-10T01:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:57:17","slug":"the-last-americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ireneeng.com\/?p=13344","title":{"rendered":"The Last Americana"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> \u00a0I haven\u2019t been to Tiffany<\/a> for a few months. Today, when I went there shopping, I stopped short to see the UnionPay \u94f6\u8054 sticker on the door. There\u2019s nothing else on the tall glass door except this colorful reminder just how far the Chinese have come.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t be surprise to see tourists swamp the Fifth Avenue, but come on, this is the suburbs. It seems the last Americana has been invaded. Not mention the shoppers but the half the staff are Chinese and Mandarin is being spoken. Oh boy, I waste so much time to learn a second language, only to find out holding on to the native tongue is the best bet.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Their shopping bags suck: never right. They don\u2019t have skinny tall bag for things like a ball pen. They don\u2019t have right size for a vase. I could have larger one but it would too big for the things I bought.<\/p>\n

When can they get their act together?<\/p>\n

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tiffany courted a friend of mine, who\u2019s Asian, to work there. They hoped she would attract a diverse group of shoppers. She did work there for a short time, then quit. I didn\u2019t know her reason for quitting, but her husband’s Ferrari might explain her short employment period. During the short time I was in Tiffany this time, I could only say I wished for the old-world charm.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I often shop for groceries at the New World Mall in Flushing because it offers free parking for 2 hours with a $30 spend at the grocery store on the second floor. The mall may sound impressive, but it\u2019s really nothing. Food court, hair salon, ice cream shop, small clothing stores, jade shops, and a restaurant on the third floor. These two cars came into my view during my last two trips there. The third picture was taken today: the Chinese driver couldn\u2019t wait for me to get out of the tight spot. He pulled in and had to get out from the passenger\u2019s side. I was dumbfounded. Really? Why can\u2019t you park straight and have a little courtesy, like \u2026 let me leave first?<\/p>\n

Anyway \u2026 more pictures of Tiffany and the Mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0I haven\u2019t been to Tiffany for a few months. Today, when I went there shopping, I stopped short to see the UnionPay \u94f6\u8054 sticker on…<\/p>\n

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