Minnesota’s mega-mall
The holidays provide a perfect excuse for indulging in “the dopamine rush of snagging a bargain,” and there’s no better place to do that than at the country’s largest mall, said Andrea Sachs in The Washington Post. The Mall of America, outside Minneapolis, is home to more than 520 stores, 14 movie theaters, an aquarium, and a Nickelodeon theme park. In the rotunda, I walked among 44-foot-tall Christmas trees and caught their recurring light show, a 32,000-LED affair that’s “part rave, part hyper kid commandeering the light switch.” I discovered that if you stroll past every shop on all four levels, you will not only encounter choirs or other holiday entertainers but complete a 5K as well. But there was only one person I needed to see. After listening to my rambling wish for making the world a better place, Santa looked at me “with caring blue eyes” and said, “Don’t you want an iPad? It’s a little easier to deliver.”
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