<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Xando is the coffee joint/bar at 31st and Charles, next to the now closed record store. I hope someone else takes over the space. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 1, 2007, at 5:09 PM, jberlin wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">what is X and O? <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>judy</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:38 PM, <A href="mailto:dawnacobb@mindspring.com">dawnacobb@mindspring.com</A> wrote:</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">It is my sense that the owner is definitely having financial difficulty. I don't expect that the store will be around much longer. Also X and O is closing this weekend! </FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">-----Original Message-----<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">From: "D. Williams"<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">Sent: Nov 30, 2007 11:30 AM<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">To: The Charles Village Chat List<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">Subject: Re: [Chat] Eddies Liquor<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I had noticed the dearth of wine and other liquors as well but probably a year or so ago. I think that they have just rolled back stock to get what the students are getting. As well when people are shopping at 604 and the Wine Source for good wine and microbrew/specialty beer Eddies can't really compete!</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">D'</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> From: <A href="mailto:barnettandre@hotmail.com">barnettandre@hotmail.com</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> To: <A href="mailto:chat@charlesvillage.info">chat@charlesvillage.info</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:42:48 +0000</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Subject: Re: [Chat] Eddies Liquor</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Hi Paul,</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> I did ask them and the response was Hopkins students are wiping them out. This was back in early September. I had the same going out of business thought and I did ask them directly. But the employees said no, not going out of business. Still, kinda strange.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Andre</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Not long ago, I went into Eddies Liquor, and I was struck that the normally low stock of wine was almost depleted entirely. My partner and I complain about their normal stock being rather pathetic...maybe 4-5 bottles of about 30 varieties, but this visit I was struck when I saw a total of about 35 wine bottles in the entire place.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> All the floor bins were empty, and the remaining bottles were arranged along the shelves with one bottle about every twelve inches. It seems they were not awaiting delivery of any wine soon, but spreading out stock to make it look more full.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Anybody heard an explanation? If I didn't know better, I would say the store is going out of business.</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Geneva" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Geneva">> Paul K. 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