The Brentwood Country Mart

The Brentwood Country Mart (Santa Monica). You hated shopping, until you could not go into a store, and say hello to all the nice people, and rumple their merchandise, and then be ordered to leave at once for knocking over the display case. A person of good quality shops in the neighborhood, Wag has supported The Brentwood Country Mart since Will Rogers valet-parked his ponies there, or anyhow since 1948. Buy a ready-made cocktail at Farm Shop, stop into Diesel Books, and allow the savvy Mr. Chris Kaufmann to help find you an excellent blue pique shirt at Sid Mashburn (they do alterations). All that, more, plus some Goop! (225 26th Street). —Franklin Pangborn