La Elegante Store

We have been running La Elegante Store here in Aligarh for quite some time now. Most mornings start with the sound of the shutters going up and a bit of sweeping out front to get the dust off the step. It is just a regular shop where we keep things organized as much as we can. You know how Aligarh gets in the afternoons, it stays pretty warm so we usually have the fan going full blast while we wait for people to drop by. We have a lot of different items packed onto the shelves and sometimes it takes a minute to find the exact thing someone is looking for. It is not a fancy place with bright flashing lights or anything like that. Just a simple spot where the locals come to get their shopping done. We spend a lot of our day just talking to the neighbors and making sure the stock is topped up so we don’t run out of the popular stuff. Sometimes the delivery trucks get stuck in traffic and things show up a bit late but we handle it. The floor is a bit worn from everyone walking on it over the years. We aren't trying to be some big corporate chain or anything. It is just us here every day, making sure the lights are on and the doors are open for whoever needs to stop in. That is really all there is to it.