Le Croix de Shopping

The Great Plotnik and The Great Ducknik went to The Great Mall of China yesterday to attempt to qualify for the Croix de Shopping. Expecting the worst, they parked two blocks from the mall and separated their tasks. Plot went downstairs at Macy's to the cookware department and Duck went upstairs to the cashmere sweaters department. They also went to Williams Sonoma and to the Gap and then back to Williams Sonoma. Duck got some lipstick on the main floor.

Plot received a laurel leaf cluster on his Croix for actually finding a present for Ducknik (of course, she pointed it out to him), and Duck received a Special Mention for going into the Gap and not running out screaming.



For all the talk of massive crowds, the Plotniks didn't see any. It's nothing like a few years ago. People may be spending money but they're probably spending it on line.

Maybe the smartest business of all is a company who gives massages on an overpass above the masses. $12 for the works. They're packed. Shmart.