Patricia Iglesias.Editorial response to San Diego
hat shop TeresaMisha Millinery just closed, but for a good reason: It’s moving because the former building in the iconic “Novedades Carmiña” in San Diego’s historic district had grown too small.It didn’t go too far, it continued in the giant almond, one of the sample buttons we found Whoever makes the changes will be able to survive in San Diego’s historic district.
she is Economists who wore hats to escape stress in 2018. He had a job under the umbrella of his family company, but he decided it wasn’t the path for him, so he decided to start putting all of his energy into something he loved: hats. Five years later, they are the only place in San Diego where you can order your own hat or headpiece.as skullcap This was commissioned for a theme party similar to Evaluation of the protagonist of “Roman Holiday”: The price it came out of her hands was just over 200 euros. In today’s completely shifted premises, in addition to the shop, you can also have a workshop to be able to order in advance without closing the counter. “I always say the same thing: we have to offer something that no one else can offer, our future is specialization”It seems she wasn’t wrong, because this month of September she told us her order book was “pretty much filled with wedding orders and winter hats, and I already have some orders in.”
Bobbin lace from Santiago to Alicante
Also in the historic district, Montse has just taken over a bobbin lace shop She had been an employee there for many years. In his case, it also helps that the rent on the ground floor is affordable, as he knows that places not far away demand monthly payments of up to 6,000 euros, but the success of his business undoubtedly lies in the fact that: The type of work it does and some of its products are almost unique in San Diego at this time. “They ask us for authentic Spanish wool, tourists just want Spanish wool, which is the most sold wool over the summer,” he said. Year-round, six days a week, in addition to tending the counter, she teaches knitting, fringe lace or tassel lace. Perfume bags made with this process are the “biggest sellers”, as well as tablecloths. Now she is preparing an order that will be shipped to Alicante: a scarf and a garter for the bride, exclusive details worth about 100 euros.
About 40 people take classes in Montse, such as María José, who was born in Mazaricos but adopted as a child by Compostela: she feels that the business in the historic area is now so focused on “tourist souvenirs” Pity. She lives next to a large shopping mall in the city, but she assures she has not been there for “months”: she misses “the clothing stores where we would go shopping, a bakery, a lady’s two cold Socks”…I want to go find my aunt, I know where she is going, where she is chatting with the clerk. “
For professionalism, Alfonso: His Frame Studio, approaching its 30th birthday, is the only one in San Diego’s historic district. He assures that he cannot live alone on the commission of the residents there, because there are so few people: “Only the buildings of official institutions have been restored here… For the rest, everything is difficult.” 80% of their clients are from Outside of San Diego, they increasingly complain about the complexity of parking and getting here. “Having a place to park your car, motorcycle or bike is the most basic thing,” but he also said he’s from outside San Diego, from Otonio in Ames, “and now because of the disparity, they have Taken away the bus to Santiago between city councils: They told me not to come by car… They all contradict themselves”.
Leaving Alfonso’s workshop, we found that tourists, just like Montese in Bolillo’s workshop before, valued and missed traditional business: Gertrudis, Seville After sixteen visits to the city of Compostela, he was almost leaving when he told me that he had never before seen so many empty basements in the historic center. “The last time was two years ago, I didn’t expect there were so many closure Like now”, which makes him sad because he assures that when they come to Santiago, “the bus is full of little things” because even though “everything here is already in the supermarket, nipples, Santiago Cake, everything… “But take it away from here and it will be more enjoyable and you will leave with something else.”