Love this place!!! Kevin always does my nails my favorite!!!!

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Everytime I travel, I have to go to Whole Foods Market for supplies, water, fruits, raw snacks if available... I am impressed by this enormous store. The selection of raw snacks and prepared foods is immense, I've never seen anything like it. I felt like a kid in a raw store. *Esther contemplates why NYC Whole Foods isn't like this...Esther contemplates why not live in the West Coast...* But putting all fantasies aside, there's a huge selection of everything. There's a section with eco-clothing, pretty neat for both men and women. I found this cropped jacket/shrug, cute and airy. I found Evergreen frozen wheatgrass juice, yay, so I can store in my hotel mini-fridge/freezer. I only just realized last night when I rushed in for a late night fix of kale chips, btw, don't get the Barbi Kale chips, horrible...there's actually a juice bar! Cool. But it's not organic, so I'm sticking with Go Raw Cafe's juice. Still, this is my market away from home.

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Among my favorite memories from my days as a student at Illinois would have to be when a professor saw me working on a project late one night in the lab and said "oh Hi Michael, we have some leftover pizza, want some?" And the leftover pizza turned out to be half a deep dish pizza from Papa Dels. That I devoured completely on my own. Oh sweet free deliciousness. Everybody has their own opinions about the best pizza in Chambanavoy. Unfortunately, many of them are wrong. Papa Dels is the best. Half a medium cheese deep dish is enough to kick my fat butt. However, it does take forever and it is fairly spendy. Eating in is not always awesome. Being that it takes them 45+ minutes to cook a pizza, you'll see a lot of people sitting around waiting for their pizza (since some people are silly enough not to call in their order ahead of time). This means that it can sometimes be tricky to get seated - due to all the people waiting (AKA Papa Del's noobs). Service ranges from mediocre to OK. Bathrooms are clean and they have toilet paper that is a step or two above the stadium grade/industrial sandpaper variety. Overall, I can't imagine Chambanavoy without Papa Del's. It is awesome. I wish it were cheaper and faster, but I also wish that I had Super Man's abilities. Can't have everything you want in life, you know? I guess I'm just going to have to drown my sorrows in another delicious Papa Del's pizza. Nom nom nom.

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A long term consignor, I didn't really keep track of the items I brought in, or the individual amount received for them. I donate many things to charity, but take the more expensive things here. Well, I took a necklace, Honora pale green, freshwater pearls in their leather pouch into MSC. I paid $185 for them and had never worn them. I was paid $7.50 for the pearls!! It is my opinion, when there is an item one expects to sell for at least $85+, they should let you know, before giving them away for peanuts. I was not happy, although an employee called me after my inquiry as to what happened to the pearls. I think with designer clothes, one is better off sending them to The Real Real. They pay 70% and shipping. From now on I will donate all other items to charity and take the donation receipt, rather than feel as if I had been "taken". The staff is friendly for the most part, but many do not know quality when they see it, and reject things that would sell and are valuable.,The store is well organized, and I'm sure if you buy anything, you'll get a great deal-especially if you bought my pearls.
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