RoCkInG The Boat!

		Wednesday, December 17, 2003
		From Our Department Of Redundancy Dept. Files: With several trips to the local Churches Of Our Lady Of The Disposable Income (read: shopping malls) under my belt, and the annual shopping agony nearing completion, I still have a nagging question: why in the world is it necessary for some stores to have multiple outlets IN THE SAME MALL??? Are people considered too lazy to be able to walk ALL THE WAY to the other end just to get to The Gap or Helly Hanson, that TPTB in their wisdom decided that TWO stores within 500 feet of each other would be better? It's almost as bad as having a Starbucks on every other block. For example, Bellevue Square, site of last evenings excursion has THREE, along with TWO SBC's, one Tully's, one Peet's, and at least three other lesser branded java joints as well. Oddly enough, with all those coffee stops the one thing you'd think WOULD require multiple redundancy -- namely restrooms -- seem to be in rather short supply there. All of which begs another question: Does the Eastside REALLY have so many wealthy people with SO MUCH money burning holes in the pockets of their Dockers that Bellevue Square can support no less than NINE different jewelry stores? Geez, you can't swing a dead Lhaso Apso in there without hitting a diamond merchant. And yet you can walk across the street, and stand in the shadow of a big empty building where The Bellevue Art Museum used to be, before they ran out of money and had to close their doors a couple of months ago. Nine jewelry stores, no problem. One Art Museum, no can do. Posted byCOMTE on 11:21 AM

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