I think it is a cool post. Very Minneapolis and very personal with even a hint of advice. I would encourage this type of post, not discourage it. It will probably be a long time before I get into the downtown Target store, I probably should go to the Mall of America first, so hearing a little bit about it is great.
> Please forgive a new subscriber's naivete, but I was hoping a veteran or > two of this list -- or perhaps the list moderator himself -- might clarify > how such quasi advertisements as cited below work into the fabric of this > list: In this case, the meditations of a Minneapolis man on the > "cultural" capital of the latest addition to Target Corporation's 63 > Minnesota-based Target retail stores, the downtown Minneapolis Target. <snip> >> >> Still not many shoppers in the evening. Lots of staff. Unattended carts >> whisked away faster than at the airport. A few kids this time. One mom, >> trying to do the groovy shopping cart escalator thing, just put the cart, >> kid and all, on the regular escalator (everyone arrived o.k.). >> >> Pick up a store map to save on escalator/elevator rides . >> >> We closed it down again at 8 p.m. Overstayed our one hour of free parking >> welcome looking for enough stuff to buy to get the free parking. >> >> It really hits you on the second visit: it's just a Target. >> >> But the downtown location still puts it up a notch over other Targets as a >> family cultural event. >> >> Chris Steller >> Nicollet Island-East Bank Cheers; -- DeWayne Townsend Cooper _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
