MoA

My parents are in town for a few days to help me move to Baltimore.

At my mother's insistence, we went to the Mall of America today. Not my favorite place, but they agreed to go via the bus/light rail, so that made it not so bad. They liked the train, which was gratifying. And they didn't get too freaked out about the guy sipping from a 40 in a paper bag in the seat in front of us on the 21 bus.

There was a Hummer parked inside the MoA that had been decked out as a Verizon Wireless promotional vehicle, with video screens and such. To accompany the footage of Jessica Simpson and other shiny happy people using their cell phones, it was blaring..."The Rat," by the Walkmen. Weird.


I saw this article in the NY Times about New Yorkers moving to Philly. Interesting enough, but this tangential tidbit is crying out for further explanation:

"Some 'can't give up their Brooklyn phone numbers,' said Heather Murphy Monteith, a dancer who runs a disco for toddlers."