every day feels like an anniversary

you may not realize, but it's a big year for detroit. WAY-big. monumental. june is the month that will make hipsters and yuppies alike [wait, are those the same thing?] when IKEA opens up in canton and H&M graces both twelve oaks mall [novi] and lakeside mall [sterling heights]. no more field trips to chicago or toronto for cheap/cheap [oh, but stylish!] furniture and clothes any longer. ikea's grand opening [surely eliciting even more xanax use] is coming up quick, june 7...not much longer until you can snack on those endearing swedish meatballs mid-shop and top it off with a hot dog at the end, right after checkout [jeanne and i ALWAYS need the hot dog at the end after throwing tantrums at checkout...after the finding and lifting all those HEAVY, skinny boxes, after waiting in the eons-long line, after having to BAG your purchases yourself, knowing you have to walk ten miles to the car, pull it up, fight hoards of yuppies for a spot, figure out how to successfully fit everything in the car {inevitably winding up looking like you're in a volkswagon commercial}...after all that, sometimes you just need a hot dog to make it all better. like a hot dog band-aid. a big COKE helps too.].

anyway, i was reading about the ikea opening in the local paper this morning [ here], and it mentioned the following:

IKEA Canton also features an escalator near the store entrance. While the escalator is nothing new for IKEA, it is for Canton. Roth said township officials told him it is the first to be built in Canton.

first escalator in canton woo-HOO!! i hope i'm not alone in thinking that this statistic, even though it makes SOME sense, is still totally insane. i mean, there are 230 ikeas worldwide, and i feel nearly sure enough to guess that IKEA CANTON is the first to introduce THE ESCALATOR to its hometown.