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...mall," says Peary, who at one point wanted to get married in the Brattle. "People like the feel-good Hollywood movies...
Outside lies Downtown Disney, an admission-free, quarter-mile-long shopping and dining esplanade for the adults. The mall, which has already proved popular in Florida's Disney World, was designed to attract not only theme-park guests but also local residents and conventiongoers from the newly renovated Anaheim Convention Center nearby. It will offer such grownup attractions as live entertainment at the House of Blues and the world's most elaborate sports bar at ESPN Zone. You will be able to get an adult beverage, both there and in one of the gourmet restaurants in the new park. (What...
...Interactive Video Cafe is not much to look at from the outside. It sits in a sprawling lot of a large strip mall anchored by K Mart and a Kroger supermarket. Inside, however, a mostly upscale African-American clientele drinks margaritas or Cognac and dines on $17.95 entrees of blackened pork chops, charbroiled salmon and barbecued ribs. On different nights, the restaurant features live jazz, comedy or karaoke. The restaurant had set aside its plushly decorated VIP room for the Brown party. At one point during the evening, the hostess took an odd telephone call from two women who asked...
...tube tops, hip huggers and glitter makeup that girls ranging from just past toddler to barely into their teens are snapping up at stores like the Limited Too and GapKids. Girls who only a moment ago played with Barbie now play at being Britney. "Walk around any shopping mall, and you'll see mirror images of her all over the place," says Larry Flick, an editor at the music trade magazine Billboard. Some schools are cracking down on the lookalikes, stiffening dress codes to stamp out racy attire. Parents, for their part, are rolling their eyes and trying to walk...
...service sector - from restaurant workers to mall cashiers - is still doing fine. And if they're hiring, then people are still getting out and spending money. Consumer spending accounts for two thirds of the U.S. economy, and it's a big factor in the intensity of any slowdown. So although consumers' expectations of the next six months are pretty bleak, as we saw in this week's consumer confidence index report of January, that pessimism isn't showing up with nearly as much force in their day-to-day activity. (Exhibit B: Surprisingly strong January car sales...