The shopping center was packed, packed, packed. For a cold (well, 50 degrees or so) Sunday, I guess it was the place to be. The building is quite remarkable -- three massive arched bays running several hundred feet in one direction, and probably five hundred in the other. In the food court, you can see the whole length of the building. (They have also gone several floors underground).
The Museo was nothing remarkable -- it seems like the children's museum has become formulaic: lots and lots of noise, some climbing structures, some stores where kids can play with cash registers, etc., etc. I'll give credit to the designers for placing the fun in the context of a story about what makes a city work: media, infrastructure, houses, stores, construction, etc. It even had some good bathroom humor going for it: to get into a series of tubes kids could climb through and experience the city's water system the kids must dive, headfirst into.....a huge toilet bowl. I don't think that would fly in the Boston Children's Museum. But after experiencing the City Museum in St. Louis, we were underwhelmed. (Thanks to Evan Shopper and Debbie Zeidenberg for insisting on a visit while Eve was recovering -- it is a truly unique place. You canget a sense at http://www.citymuseum.org). We might, however, return to test out the amusement park within the shopping center. Yes, there is a ferris wheel and other rides "tucked" into a corner of this huge complex.
We ended our shopping mall excursion at McDonald's. There was something hilarious about it -- the huge sign saying "McDonald's -- Kosher"; a poster assuring us that hamotzi was made over all of the bread at this McDonald's (does it really qualify as bread?); the sink for ritual handwashing. But there it is all is....save for the bacon cheeseburger. Being the only one in my family who has experienced a "regular" McDonald's, I can honestly say that this one fully lived down to the standards of all other McDonald's.
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