THE BEST SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO

Where will you receive the kind of service that was once the hallmark of a well run retail establishment? Not in Union Square. Not on the now fabulously swanky Fillmore Street and probably not even at Chanel. The Muse’s vote for best service goes to the staff at Walgreen's on Polk Street at California.

Just last night we were looking for an inexpensive bubble bath that did not smell like bubble gum or gardenias. The kind that you could use lots of every night to create mounds of bubbles and not feel guilty that it would all be going down the drain in just a few minutes. We asked the sales clerk where the bubble bath was located. She escorted us across the store and down the aisle all the while telling us which ones were on sale for the ‘buy one get one free’ offer and which she recommended. On another occasion the Muse has observed another sales clerk behind the make-up counter giving out good advice to an in-transition transvestite who was looking for just the right foundation color. Both of these transactions were performed with dignity and grace. Thank you, Walgreen's.