Short Cuts: A Trip to the Mall!

Redartz:  One aspect of Bronze age life for many of us was a trip to the mall. In the 70's and 80's, indoor shopping malls were huge business and drew massive crowds. Some to shop, some to people watch, some to 'hang out'.  And they had a lot to offer: a wide variety of stores (usually including book stores, music stores and other sites appealing to eager young folk). They had a food court, which often involved standing around with your food waiting for a table to free up. They had video arcades and movie theaters, possibly the biggest attractions of all. Nearly every weekend would find our group of friends making a trip to such a mall, usually to shoot a bunch of quarters in the arcade. Some days we'd spend most of a day wandering the place. I actually worked at a few malls (and the experiences therein could fill another post entirely).




 What mall memories do you have?  Were you a total mall rat, or would you not be caught dead there? Let's all pile in the car , head for the Galleria, and share...