Sunday, January 11, 2009

1/11/09 Visit

For the first time since firing up this blog, I visited the Mall to see what's not really going on there.

Despite the ghost shops and general dankness that fill the empty box, I can usually rely on my former fanboy persona for motivation to visit, at very least, Toy Vault. Comics, toys, and baseball cards. Who doesn't need a little nostalgia from time to time?

Apparently, no one.

The storefront was closed, likely due to the 3-6 inches that fell in Rhode Island the previous 24 hours. Yeah, I know that's not a heck of a whole lot of the white stuff, but apparently, it was just too much to open up shop today. Damn.

As a consolation, I snapped a couple of pics on my Blackberry, which I hope to post here soon. One particular pic features a bright neon sign outside of the aforementioned Toy Vault that reads:

THE DMV IS DOWNSTAIRS.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MALL.

'Nuff said.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

I should have mentioned this from the start

The first question (ok, maybe second, after "what kind of psycho/mentally imbalanced person starts a blog about a categrically dead mall?") you probably had was "why did you start this blog?"

The answer involves alot of psychoanalytical drivel about reclaiming the past/one's childhood and sentimental attachment placed upon nonsentient entities. So, to spare you from that, I'll give you a nice, short answer in the form of these websites:

Deadmalls.com

Labelscar.com

Back in a few...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Post-Christmas scene, circa 2008

Now that the present-lending holidays have concluded, I, like many a consumer, headed to the malls to do some exchanges, drink strawberry smoothies, and buy the stuff I didn't find under the tree. The lines were huge. Everywhere. Except - you guessed it - at Rhode Island Mall.

Not that I actually went to the Mall. Rather, I drove by it on my way to Warwick Mall out of curiosity. The parking lot for Kohl's was pretty busy. But the lot nearby the mall entrance? Not so much.

I actually meant to stop in for a visit and say hello to the crickets, but a horde of returns and exchanges kept me at bay. Now that I've completed them, I'll pencil in a return this weekend and report back to this very blog.

In the meantime, Happy New Year to all!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Welcome to the blog that will likely outlast its subject

Good day!

I started this blog on a whim.

Well, that and inspiration from the internets, where I discovered two great sites pertaining to this subject: Deadmalls.com and Labelscar.com. I highly recommend you check those sites out so you can fully comprehend why the heck I started this web log.

Anyway, I must be straightforward at the onset and state for the record that I have no idea how often this blog will be updated. Once a week? I don't know. Once a fortnight? Who knows. Once a month? I JUST TOLD YOU, I DON'T KNOW.

So, fasten your seatbelts for the unknown.