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Salesperson is wound-up star By WENDY SHAFFER Herald Staff Writer You shop at The Last Wound-Up in Oceanwalk newest festive marketplace you are entertained And Florie Bandong is the mistress of ceremonies She is as animated and lively as the wind-up toys she sells Her arts) She was an out-of-work accountant in New York City iy2 years ago when she took a job at the original Last Wound-Up wanted to play with said Bandong who prefers wearing Keds and baggy socks to pumps want to work in an She stayed with the company and moved to Hollywood in February to manage the new store on the first floor at Oceanwalk at Hollywood Boulevard and the beach Bandong who earns $25-000 rides there nearly everyday on a pistachio-and-hot-pink beach cruiser great but one of the things I miss are Bandong said any challenges I see the Hollywood Boulevard bridge and I get Business at the store has been as slow as a toy with old batteries but Bandong never stops punning around Tuesday she was doing her routine for Wendy Berry and her son Ryan 3 of Pembroke Pines been here before and the minute he saw the store he wanted to come back Berry said as Ryan scooted across the floor with a helicopter in one hand and a dinosaur in the other have to get him out of look into the store and if they have a sense of humor they Bandong said "If they have a sense of humor I try to entertain Have You Met Florie Bandong businesswoman have to have a good sense of humor to work in this quick banter and puns compete with the whirr buzz and clatter of cymbal-clanging bears tail-wagging cows dancing gorillas and assorted whirligigs you know where to park a she said as she turned the key and set the toy down in the window a Next she released a back-flipping monkey touch his she warned hurt his peelings can have her for a poultry she said picking up a hen MARTIN KAPLAN Miami Herald Ryan Berry 3 gets a lesson in wind-up toys and wit manager of the Last Wound-Up in Oceanwalk a stand-up comic lot of things you say go right over their heads but they missed their she said from Florie Bandong repeat Bandong 28 grew up in the Philippines and was Miss Pangasi-nanUSA (her talent was martial Pembroke Park She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 inches Iona SCOTT JOSEPH LELJEDAL was born NewlPqnqsbmcs Births ALEXIS MARGARITA JOHNSON was born to Margarita and William Johnson of Hollywood on May 4 at Humana Hospital South Broward in iTniftm'm Today's Fashion Statement Updated Clothes and Elegant Loung-wear for the Fashion Conscious Womanl New arrivals dally Personalized Attention to Rita and Jim Leljedal of Pembroke Pines on April 25 at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood KATHRYN ROSE HADDAD was born to Vivian and William Haddad of Pembroke Pines on May 15 at Plantation General Hospital She weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and was 19 inches long BRANDON WILLIAM KROLL was born to Beth and Warren Kroll of Cooper City on May 6 at Plantation General Hospital He weighed 5 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 inches long SAMUEL JOSEPH EINSOHN was born to Danielle and Jeffrey Einsohn of Cooper City on May 1 1 at Humana Hospital South Broward in Pembroke Park He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 inches long TARA RAQUEL HOLT was bom to Cheryl and Rick Holt of Pembroke Pines on May 6 at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood She weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long Sizes 16 and up that rolls across the floor laying eggs just comes out Nothing fowl about Bandong a saleswoman BROOM 3 Motor Cup 7821 Hollywood Blvd 94 4 Hollywood Blvd ffiW ms! of Unnwitty Or Jut utl ol Burpr Kng PANASONIC WHIRLPOOL Greynolds Park Village Shops 17800 West Dixie highway (Facing Beverly Hills Cate) Miami Beach FL 33160 935-5188 DAILY 10 AM 6 PM CLOSED SUNDAY bsk The MIAMI HERALD Sunday May 29 1988 HOOVER HOOVER HEAVY DUTY CONCEPT FLOOR POLISHER TWO ONLY 2 speed 88 sell propelled I rr 1 129 HOOVER QUIK Large AMP Dust Oily vOOC Top of The Line PVC Or Fabric Verticals VERTICALS and MINI 8UNDS WOOD BLINDS PLEATED SHADES SHUTTERS DRAPES HEADBOARDS BALLOON SHADES LAMBREQUINS CORNICES 60-7Q OFF Over 1 000 Colors Designs To Choose From Free Shop At Home Service Installation Available We Will Beat Any Written Estimate of same quality MANUFACTURERS VERTICAL CONCEPTS 2046 Hollywood Blvd Dixie 923-9382 923-7586 Se Habh Fiptnof Hour: Thur 9-6 Sat I ELECTROLUX EUREKA KIRBY oulevtrd 3Cuam Cleaner Sales Service 961-7799 Mon Fri 94 1 to.