Eric Weir wrote on Feb 12^th, 2015 at 6:37pm:
The Bookmarks Menu in Smarky has items has different items than are in the Favorites Bar, just as in Safari.  Think of the  Favorites Bar and Bookmarks Menu as two separate, top-level containers provided by Apple.  Oddly, since Safari 8.0 I think, the Favorites Bar is also displayed inside Bookmarks Menu

Eric Weir wrote on Feb 12^th, 2015 at 6:37pm:
No, we don't do that.  In Smarky, you only see the Favorites Bar once.

Hello, Eric.  Apple doesn't give users much instruction in their terminology, so describing stuff like this is often difficult.  I shall try to explain what you said using the correct terms.

In Safari, you have a Favorites Bar, which is a line of text near the top of the window.  It is sandwiched between the window title bar (which now includes the URL address field) above, and the browser tabs (if any) below.  If there is only one web page being displayed in the window, the tabs are absent and the Favorites Bar sits above the browser content.

If you click in the main menu > Bookmarks > Favorites Bar, you will see the same bookmarks.  This is indeed two different views of the same bookmarks.  That is the way Safari 8.x is designed by Apple.

These same bookmarks are also seen in Smarky, in the Favorites Bar.

Let us know if I misunderstood you.