Cheryl made a trip across the bay to visit the Tampa IKEA store a while ago. A visit with the Swedish retailer usually lasts a full day and this one fit the pattern. Don’t you just love IKEA? Have you hugged a Swede today? I stayed home and reacquainted myself with regret. Inner John: Hey John, you remember regret don’t you? Public John: Yeah, we go way back. Inner John: Didn’t you two hook up back in fifth grade… something to do with a lesson in politics? Public John: I lost. Inner John: Didn’t everyone on your campaign staff vote [...]
IKEA
It’s an IKEA world
Note: the opinions expressed or implied in this post do not necessarily reflect those of the author, or the individuals described herein. The events are dead on though. IKEA came to town six months ago. A month after it opened, we drove over the bridge to see if reality recognized hype in the mirror. We got a sense of the hype and a smidge of the reality, but we never got out of the car. The Tampa police closed the parking lot (it was full). People were parking along the side of the highway. Folks were leaving their cars a [...]
