Thursday, February 28, 2008
Since I lived in Waukegan for 24+ years, and since I still drive down Grand Avenue when I go to church, it seems meet and right to devote today's blurb to the explosion that hit the news today. Here's some coverage:
News Sun article (local paper)
NBC's photos
CBS' video
NBC's evening news segment
I am familiar with the first lady they showed, from the health food store across the street.
I do not consider the shops along the street to be a "mall" or "plaza", or "shopping center" as they're called by the media. To me, a mall implies an enclosed shopping center, and a plaza implies something like a strip mall, where there is like one property owner of a long building who rents out shops, set back with a parking lot out front. Both imply the probability of large numbers of shoppers. I doubt that this is the case with stores along a busy street where only parallel parking is available. To view what that block looked like before, you can click here, and then click on "Street View".
Today's post bumped the "Episcopal Lenten Food Pyramid" from the home page. And why do I call it that? Because every year around Ash Wednesday and beyond, I get a lot of hits from people who are searching for information pertaining to "Episcopal Lent". So it's search engine bait.
