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November 03, 2003

A Few Things About My Visit to the Mall of America

As part of my work visit to Minneapolis/St. Paul, I felt obligated to head over to the Mall of America for a few hours (although this wasn't my first trip). Here are a few observations:

• Number of Orange Julius's in the Birmingham metro area: 0. Number of Orange Julius's in the Mall of America: 3. It's just not fair.
• One of these days, someone needs to explain to me how the largest mall in the US ended up in Bloomington, MN.
• A life-goal of mine is to spend one night being that creepy anti-social guy you see at Electronics Boutique or CompUSA who plays the sample video games all night but is just too old to not have something better to do.
• I used the restroom when I arrived at the mall. I didn't keep track of how long it took me to walk all the way around the first two floors of the mall, but I had to use the restroom again after I did.
• I got a pretty nasty blister while walking around a mall.
• As far as roller coasters go, the one inside the Mall is pretty lame. As far as indoor roller coasters inside of a mall go, it's not that bad.
• I counted three separate Victoria's Secret stores. I guess it's not a secret anymore.
• The Endangered Species store was closed. I'll spare you of the obvious joke.
• You just don't expect to get a ground floor parking place right next to the door twice in a mall that has a five-story parking deck.
• There is a U.S. Postal Service store in the Mall. You read that right...all the products with pictures of your favorite stamps...
• I think Bubba Gump Shrimp Company has pretty much cornered the market on trendy restaurants based on supporting characters from movies.