Re: Share a "kid" memory...
when I was a kid we lived a bit from the city. Not far enough to really be considered from the country but rural non the less. It was about a 20 minute drive to our cities largest mall (which is by no means a huge mall) and my mom would take me. For some reason that mall was a magical place. This was back when you could still smoke in the mall (we are in the late 80's) and there was no Starbucks or Barnes and Noble. There were stores that sold the latest CD's and weird little places that were independent or smaller chains, before everything became so commercialized. There was a cool shop my mom liked that sold candles and they had a big display of pewter dragons and wizards. I remember going there with my mom and just the size of the place and all the department stores, when Daytons (out of buisness) or JC penny would have their Christmas displays up. The mall has changed a lot but every now and then I get the same neat feeling I used to when I was a kid.
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