![]() Up here, the go-to’s are – Hudson’s Bay, WalMart, and Costco. When we go to Seattle or Portland, the stores we love are Fred Meyer, Nordstrom (now in Canada), Ross, JCP. Target never really got a foothold up here – our consumerism is differently minded, I guess, and they lost money and eventually pulled out. A few years ago, Target set up shop up here, replacing a fledging store called Zellers. I’m responsible for the 800,000.)īiff! Love this post! Target is awesome but it must stay in the USA where it belongs. ( Note: When you go to watch this video you will see that it has been viewed about 16,800,000 times. And enjoy wandering the aisles of Target in 1991. ![]() Man! What I wouldn’t give to be able to go back and shop for an hour in a 1991 Target!Īnyway, enjoy the video. Aquariums and fish ( do you remember when Target sold those?).Kind of like watching “ Rick Steves - Postcards from Target“.Īnd this video is like a time capsule of 1990. So, watching this video is like watching a travelogue about somewhere I’d like to go. The stores are clean and full of things I actually want to buy. Although, from what I can see, they are not practicing proper social distancing protocols. And seeing Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly alone in a department store was an eerie harbinger of how we would all be shopping in modern times. It is especially poignant in this day and age when so many of us yearn to go anywhere at all. What is not to like about this video? I mean, it is set in Target, for Pete’s sake! How many music videos can say that? I’ve never seen that movie, but I’d sure like to after watching this! The video itself is from the 1991 movie “Career Opportunities”. The video is of the 1980 song, “Space Age Love Song” by A Flock of Seagulls. ( You can find the l ink to the music video below.) ![]() A music video I have loved for a long time has taken on new significance and meaning in these troubling times.
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