The Quintessential Rhode Island Mall Blog

1/11/09 Visit

2009-01-11T19:27:00.000-08:00

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.

I should have mentioned this from the start

2009-01-07T08:55:00.000-08:00

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...

Post-Christmas scene, circa 2008

2008-12-30T01:15:00.000-08:00

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!

Welcome to the blog that will likely outlast its subject

2008-12-22T07:09:00.001-08:00

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.