Danger Will Robinson

[geminigirl]

They're opening a Target in my neighborhood...granted, it's not slated to open til October, but that's only six months away.

Also, for absolute kitty-torment...www.stitchguide.com has quicktime movies. I was watching one of the knitting ones, and Oblivion (the smarter cat) was captivated. She watched eagerly, as I played the movie over and over again, and batted at it with her paw. When it stopped, or when I hid the window she would sniff at the screen until I played it again.

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[melebeth]

"Scheduled to Open in 6 Months" *cackle*

So cute. So naive.

The whole foods that was "Supposed to Open in 6 months" in my neighborhood took 2.5 YEARS... just in time for me to move

[geminigirl]

If I hadn't seen how much of the building was completed I might not be so hopeful. Not like the new Safeway they're building right at the entrance to my apartment complex (literally...) which had a construction sign up when I moved in last year, and according to scherzoid had been there for quite a while. They've only recently started working on that, and are still digging. I'll believe that when I see it.

Course the Ikea in College Park went up with astounding speed-no idea when it's supposed to open though.

[melebeth]

Oh, the Building was up for my Whole Foods when they said "6 months" they just didn't put the store in for eons

[geminigirl]

Big red banner. Target. Opening Oct. 12.

Ikea

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

Very Soon according to the boyfriend who lives not to far away from that particular Ikea. Whoo.

[wait.livejournal.com]

Mmmm.... Target.

Mmmm... IKEA.

Re: Ikea

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it popped up quick. rdhdsnippet and I were in New Carrolton a month or so ago and as we drove by College Park on the Beltway and saw the HUGE blue and gold building that hadn't been there a few weeks before I said "Hrm. That's *GOT* to be the new Ikea."

It's not yet on the "opening soon" list at ikea-usa.com, but the stores that are there all say either May or "this summer." So I'd say late summer or early fall, right before the new catalogs come out. Even if the building is finished, it's got to take awhile to complete the interior, not to mention stock a store of that size.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't think it's really any closer to us than Woodbridge, but it's definitely a bit easier to get to.

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! That'll definitely come in handy for grandma-stuffs... I can't stand the Wal-Mart in that neighborhood. (Okay, okay... I just can't stand Wal-Mart in general.)

Where is it? I haven't noticed it yet.

[geminigirl]

The Wal-Mart is nasty, but good for emergency stuff when don't feel like driving up to Potomac Yards.

Do you know where the old Service Merchandise was? It's over near where the Giant is-about a mile or so north of my place, but on the opposite side of the road. I can't remember the name of the side street-Southgate maybe? But I use it sometimes when I cut down the back way from Telegraph road.

And it's Target!

I knew they'd torn down the old building after the Golds Gym moved out (into where the Hechingers used to be) a couple of months back, and that a new building had gone up very very quickly, but couldn't figure out what it was. Then, this morning, I saw the sign that said "Target, Opening Oct. 12" or whatever it says. The important parts were "Target" and "October".

Re: Ikea

[geminigirl]

Woodbridge is certainly closer in terms of driving distance for me. I'm not sure it's any closer in terms of how long it will take to get there though.