Today I’m a Westchester/ Roosevelt Field/ Garden State Plaza/ Menlo Park/ King of Prussia shopper. LOL Life has it’s challenges. Now if that doesn’t cause laughter, then I give up!

You’re batting 1000 with these today, lol.

In terms of foot traffic, Menlo has been doing very well this holiday season. Weekends have been very, very busy. And getting to the mall is a lot easier now that the Route 1 construction is finished and as a result, one does not see GSP South Exit 130 backed up for 2 1-2 miles.

Not sure about Woodbridge, since I really don’t go there often. I’m one of those people that do not find it too safe these days. Woodbridge was one of the malls I frequented when I was growing up, so I’m rooting for its renaissance one day soon enough.

I guess if Menlo Park is doing well, you could say they’re on Target. Or at least across the street. LOL

Despite being near the bottom of the NJ mall food chain, Brunswick Square was quite crowded with Christmas shoppers today. Last week, I was also at Willowbrook and Short Hills and both were very crowded for midweek evening Christmas shopping. Additionally, I happened to be in NYC last week and despite the cold, 5th Ave in the 50s was as crowded as I’ve ever seen it!

Even though the stores are getting the shoppers out, many are emerging from the stores empty-handed, as I’ve seen more shoppers without shopping bags and purchases than with…just a sign of the economic times, I guess.

Happy Holidays to you!

LOL, glad you liked my comment.

Next time I’m back, I definitely want to check out the local malls, though Woodbridge might be a stretch.

While visiting NJ did you have any Dunkin Donuts coffee? LOL Personally I thaught you calling DD’s coffee the most overrated on the planet absolutely one of the funnyest lines I’ve ever read on this blog. *claps hands*

The next time you come back you have to check out what some of the malls have been up to. Or in a few cases what they have not been doing to stay rellevent.

You here me WoodbridgeCenter?

Sorry to say, I didn’t get to check out the malls. I only really had access to a car at night, after the malls were closed, and no way was I going near one on Black Friday.

I did get to drive by MM on Friday night on my way to Long Branch…nice sign, LOL. But sad to see Compact Disc World packed it in last summer. I give them credit for hanging on for as long as they did. Guess that just leaves Totowa now.

Also the Shoppes at Old Bridge….good to see things are happening there, and that it will end up being a complement to BSM, not competition.

As for me, I went to KOP Saturday. It wasn’t as busy as I thaught it would be despite black Friday being a zoo from what I was told. Even Bahama Breeze restaurant located across the street from the mall wich normally has an hour wait on any given weekend was somewhat quieter then the past few times I was there.

Roy Rogers was actually still open until mid-2003, when it closed. I worked security dispatch in this mall back in ‘02-03, and the Roy Rogers still did fairly decent then. However, it wasn’t very clean, which probably was the reason it shut down.