Charlene Margaritis is the bright, articulate, engaged shopper I have been looking for. She is also the wife of my best friend, John, and the mother of two wonderful adolescent boys, Andrew and Jaime. She has agreed to take me with her this day as she negotiates her way along Route 4 in northern New Jersey. We are going shopping.
“Usually I wake up with a mission,” she tells me, putting key in ignition and edging out of the garage of their suburban town house in a gated community. “Like, perhaps I need a new cashmere turtleneck, or John needs socks or the boys, the boys always need something. They are a constant source of need. But, some days, I just want to explore. I don’t know what I’ll find. But today, ...
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