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Mon, 01 Dec 2003
Catching up, or I hate shopping
This is the entry I would have posted on Sunday had my flight arrived in SFO on time.
Yesterday (Saturday) we took a day long shopping trip to Seattle, and
capped the day off by meeting some friends who were in town for
Thanksgiving. One thing that you have to know is that I hate
shopping. The itinerary included the University Village Apple Store
(I'd alrady been to the Bellvue Square store), The Gap (also in UVillage), the Tom Bihn store in down town Seattle, and the new
Fry's in Renton.
I didn't by anything in the Apple store, but the kids had a great
time playing Curious George learns the alphabet on the eMacs. I'm
not a big fan of computer software for kids, even so called
educational software, but its hard to resist when your kids are
so excited about it.
The real letdown of the trip was the visit to the Gap. I hate
clothes shopping. Part of this is because the American clothing
industry things that I don't exist. I'm right in the gap between
men's and boy's sizes, and I'm thin as a stick to boot. Finding
anything that approaches resonable cloting is a royal chore. In the
past, the Gap has been a good place for me, because they make pants
(28x28) and shirts (XS) in my size. This time, I was in search of
some jeans, because some of mine are starting to get ratty, or at
least that's what Julie says. When I got to the jeans rack, I was
greated by a sign that says certain sizes (namely mine) are only
available online. I didn't like that at all, but the associate
assured me that they'd be the same price on-line as in the store
($19.95 or so). When I got home and checked Gap online, they were
$39.50, which I suppose is the normal price for the jeans, but
completely outrageous to my thinking. So if you are a small in
between the cracks sized guys, and you have good tips for clothing
retailers (or sites) let me know.
At Fry's I did what I normally do at Fry's: I went aisle cruising to see what was there. The advantage of Fry's is not the prices, although deals can be had if you are picky. I always liked the selection and the ability to wander around and see what was up. We did buy a cheap (and on sale) A/V receiver to replace the Hafler power and pre-amp combination that recently died, having served faithfully since 1986. The new one, an Onkyo TX-NR501, was well rated by Consumer Reports, and sounds noticeably better. The Hafler setup was quite good at the time, so I'm impressed that I can hear the improvement 17 years later.
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Photo essay on malls in America:
"Mall-aise" at www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm
Posted by Herman Krieger at Tue Dec 20 17:07:34 2005
"Mall-aise" at www.efn.org/~hkrieger/mallaise.htm
Posted by Herman Krieger at Tue Dec 20 17:07:34 2005
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