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It's fun to browse my memory bank about the downtown Sarasota that I remember. Main Street was where it all happened. There was Lebar Jewelers. I loved to go in there and drool over the jewelry, china and silver. I'm still wearing jewelry that was purchased there over 50 years ago.

And let's not forget Jimmy Cash. He had a neat postage stamp size store next to the Ritz Theater before he moved to lower Main St. next to the Sport Shop. Jimmy pierced my ears too many years ago to remember. He was like a father figure to all of us. He was very down to earth as was his wife who also worked in his store.

The one remaining jeweler is, of course, Shrode. Talk about an institution! As the landscape of downtown changes it's so nice to see some things from our early days have remained. There are so few of them anymore.  Life is/was good.