Ahh one of my favorite places as a teenager...I can feel myself there now. The smell of hot pretzels being baked and American Eagle right down the walkway. The sound of people telling each other what they bought the kids for Christmas or gossiping about the latest school scandal. The dim, natural light that would flow in, even when it snowed. That was the university mall in Burlington, Vermont for you.
Another one of my favorite places was also a mall...it was outside and inside, half and half. I always loved the sounds of the street performers, and smelling Starbucks from a mile away. I loved walking by Yankee candle and smelling the mix of all the candles put together, like the inside of a greenhouse yet more fragrant. There were tobacco shops with the faint, rich smell of cigars, and salons smelling of new hairdo's and hope. Ben and Jerry's had a scoop shop there, and I'm sure you can just smell the combination of all the best ice creams in the world. I know I can. Inside, when you would pass Abercrombie and then Hollister and American Eagle, it smelled of fragrant new clothes and preppy chicks, with their highlighted perfect silky hair and their turned up noses. Then there was Bath and Body Works and Victoria's Secret, smelling of fresh soap and love. The video game stores always smelled like paper and geeks, and when you would walk by the small food court, it would smell like pizza.
My favorite place on earth though as a kid, as a teen, and as an adult now is still the woods in the back of the house I lived in the longest. The trees after rain smelled more enchanting than anything, and running up the hill into the second clearing while the dog chased me was so exhilarating. It didn't matter what season it was, every time I went there it was the quietest place on earth. It was so beautiful, like fairies had put an enchantment on it and you would get sucked in forever if you didn't realize it.
That's my nostalgia of the day...
Hope you all enjoyed it :)
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