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I am home! Ten hours of driving is REALLY LONG! Also, the people at Dunkin' Donuts put WAY too much sugar in their coffee. I was worried there wouldn't be ENOUGH sugar because I just said milk and sugar and I usually get a double double with milk. But no, it was RIDICULOUSLY sweet. Insane.

We went shopping last night after the conference. So now I can say I've been in Macy's. I am far too poor for Macy's, but I have been in one. I went to Borders for the siren call of AMERICAN COVER PRICES. I was good though and only picked up the first Song of Ice and Fire book (yes, I'm finally caving). Partly because the British postdoc we adopted at the conference got the only copies of a couple other things I was looking at. :p

Oh, and I got Rune Factory 2 because it looks fun. Though I am confused why there are two Gamestops in one mall. :p

Also, did you know Long Branch, NJ has a sizable Brazilian community? We found this out while talking to the staff at the Brazilian place that we went to for supper. It was the awesomest buffet ever, they charged by the pound. Dinner for all three of us came to $21, including these amazingly awesome fresh juices. And the food was soooooooooo good, there was amazing squash. The less adventurous members of our group went to a fancier place. Their tip was more than our meal. :p

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While I am not sure if it is still this way, at one point Mic Mac Mall in Halifax had two Hallmarks, and two La Senzas. Apparently if the maul is large enough, they don't want to risk people NOT going to one of the stores because it's too far away?

Like not even specialty versions?

I think one of the Hallmarks might have been, but not La Senza. This was right before they really branched out into things like La Senza Sport, La Senza Girl, etc., so it's not like one was straight lingerie and one was 'other'. Weird.

Very weird. (Now I kinda want to see a shop advertise as "other" :p)

Though I am confused why there are two Gamestops in one mall. :p

Clearly you have never been to West Edmonton Mall. Like a third of the stores there have duplicates. :P Okay, not quite. But there are two Transits and a Spring shoes, a Chapters and a Coles, two of this one lingerie store... yeah. It's so you don't have to go all the way to the other end of the mall again. XD Or something.