This is genius. I have not lived in the US full-time since 1999 and still my favourite thing to do on visits home is go to big-box stores and marvel.
Anyway, the defining memory of my local (Schenectady, NY) Sad Mall: the annual GIANT SANDCASTLE when they would dump a load of sand in the middle of the mall (where there were no retailers any more, of course) and a guy would sit there for days carving a giant, intricate sandcastle. I wonder what he does for a living now.
On The End of the 00s: Chains of Fools, by Maura K. Johnston
This is genius. I have not lived in the US full-time since 1999 and still my favourite thing to do on visits home is go to big-box stores and marvel.
Anyway, the defining memory of my local (Schenectady, NY) Sad Mall: the annual GIANT SANDCASTLE when they would dump a load of sand in the middle of the mall (where there were no retailers any more, of course) and a guy would sit there for days carving a giant, intricate sandcastle. I wonder what he does for a living now.