It's refreshing to see the Globe finally tackling the issues of everyday people
By adamg - Wed, 11/28/2007 - 11:03am.
Yesterday, the Globe gave us an insightful front-page look at those modern-day pioneers forsaking their six-figure financial-services salaries and Back Bay condos to become Vermont cheesemakers. Today, the Globe once again awakens us from our complacency with a front-page expose on the travails of another breed of pioneers: People buying million-dollar condos at the Natick Mall:
... "You just don't see malls like this," said Kellie DuGally, 37, owner of an online sales company in Hudson, who plans to convert one of the penthouse's three bedrooms into a closet for her clothing and shoes. ...
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Where have all the adults gone, long time passing.....
Same byline on both stories. Swap cheesmakers for
the Cheesecake Factory and it's the same f'ing
story. Real relevant to my day-to-day existence
on the Red line. (For the Globe staffers reading
this, the Red line is a quaint old piece of public
transit that runs from Cambridge to Dorchester
[gasp!] and Braintree.)
Gotta wonder if there are any adults left over there,
or have they all taken early buyouts and turned
the keys over to the post-adolescents recently
sitting confused in Journalism 101.
Airborne Collection
Thinking about Douglas Adams here ...
from Life, the Universe, and Everything
If you had one million dollars
If you had one million dollars, would you choose to live at the mall? This article proves that money certainly can't buy class or taste. I'll take the Back Bay/Vermont cheese route over the from wherever/Natick Mall route any day!
If I had a million dollars ...
I'd buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel).
...but not a real green
...but not a real green dress (that's cruel).
Aha haaaa!!
Living at the Mall?? No thanks. I'd take Back Bay or Beacon Hill over some suburban mall
any day!! HAH!!
I consider this a public service announcement
At first this article made me ill. Then I decided it was wonderful news that these cretins will remove themselves to their suburban housing project and stop voicing their disappointment that urban living doesn't live up to their suburban childhood visions of urban chic. Although I will miss people tacky people asking me for directions to Carty-er (as they will apparently be able to purchase extra charms for their bracelets near the food court), on the bright side maybe Sonsi will go with them! Bon voyage.
sonsie
Sonsie is delicious! Just skip the busier nights when the brainless trendy people tend to amass.
This has to be a misquote
because it makes no sense as written:
Where was the editor?
Mall Francisco!
I know I get SF flashbacks every time I go to the mall, Ron, I don't know what the problem is. Especially the Macy's, since there's a Macy's in San Francisco - but the Mall has one big advantage - no icky, poorly dressed panhandlers, and you NEVER have to worry about getting rained on when you roll out of bed to go shopping or dining at the Cheesecake Factory.
Newbury Street -- with benefits
The article ends:
Yeah, just like Newbury Street -- but only if it also had Sears, JCPenney, and the Cheesecake Factory.
"I am sick of Faneuil Hall
"I am sick of Faneuil Hall and the bars there. I am buying Manolo Blahniks," she said, referring to a brand of shoes that costs hundreds of dollars. "I don't like beer being tossed on them. That's not my idea of fun anymore."
I don't wear Manolo Blahniks. I do go to bars, and it's not that tough to find one where beer won't be tossed onto my cheap shoes by a college student. Does this woman know that there's a whole city outside the confines of Faneuil Hall?
First up against the wall when...
A la lanterne!