July 29, 2003
Glat!
I finally visited the new College Park IKEA.
Is it huge? Sure. Is it full of affordable Swedish design? You betcha. With its own
restaurant? I think you know the answer to that question.
But what I found most impressive, honestly, were the wheels on the shopping carts. These babies are equipped with some sort of frictionless bearing from the space program. One can rotate the cart to any orientation, push it directly forward, and it will (almost) maintain that orientation. I'm convinced that if there weren't FLÄRKE bookcases and KARLANDA sofas in the way, the carts would glide silently across the seven mile long store with a single push.
Posted by cradle at July 29, 2003 1:36 PMDid you buy anything?
Posted by: Andrew at July 29, 2003 3:57 PMHello- I'm visiting your blog and I love Ikea too!!!
Posted by: Tom at July 29, 2003 10:53 PMAndrew: I purchased a couple of desk lamps, a
wire mesh waste bin, and a $2 wall clock. I'm
not sure the wall clcok is working correctly.
More to follow.
Tom: Thanks for visiting! I will visit your
blog today.
The big carts can't corner worth a damn and the plastic flags on the little carts are the perfect height to bop you on the head. I enjoyed the chocolate torte and coffee, clean bathrooms, and pregnant lady priority parking.
Posted by: Teju at July 30, 2003 10:22 AMDavid searched a 7 mile store to find me a lamp! I am happy!
Posted by: Brooke at July 30, 2003 3:18 PMIt's true that they can't corner: they
conserve their momentum even if one changes
direction, as described. It's as if the
IKEA were a hockey rink, and the bottom of
the cart were a slab of ice.