The real Alaska « Bird & Lion

Last weekend, I dropped Lion off at the Dimond Center mall so he could use the post office (yes, there is a post office in the mall… and a full-service bank, ice rink, fitness center, and hotel), while I sat in the car with the Pud to wait. ... It's de rigeur here to have the platinum Costco membership and to spend a portion of every Saturday slowly wandering its aisles, pushing your oversize shopping cart full of oversize, pre-packaged artichokes and sundried tomatoes ...