Ilha Plaza Shopping

Sou moradora da ilha desde que nasci e confesso que adoro morar aqui.

O ilha plaza é o único shopping da ilha e por isso acho que deveria ser um pouco melhor, mas, de fato, se comparado a antes o shopping já melhorou muito, mas muito mesmo! As lojas mais famosas estão chegando aos poucos aqui, como enjoy, por exemplo. Acredito que falte uma osklen no shopping e uma zara também, pois há público potencial para essas lojas, sim.

Confesso que depois que o ilha plaza foi adquirido pela br malls tudo melhorou! Agora temos burger king, subway e um cinema bastante decente, mas ainda acho que dê para melhorar mais, pois é o único shopping daqui.

How is it that as someone who doesn't enjoy shopping, I wind up in shopping malls around the world? I fear that I am a pawn in the cosmic shopping game of life. In any event, during my time in Rio, I wound up at this shopping mall a couple of times. And, from those experiences, I was left with this impression: Brazilians take this mall thing very seriously.

This plaza is massive. It's multiple levels, packed with food options (some with booze), stores of all kinds, groceries, screaming children, mall walkers, hottie boombalotties, a movie theater, indoor and outdoor parking, and sites as far as you can see. Mall culture is pretty similar world-wide (I can say; evidently, I am an expert). The first time I came here, I ate at Giraffas. Is that like someone coming to the States and eating at... I dunno... a KFC? Burger King? As we all know Giraffas are all over the place these days (plenty here in Miami) and it's comical that I could travel all the way to South America to eat at one. But, I did. 1.) I'd never tried it before ,2.) If I was going to try it, it might as well be in Rio, and 3.) the food court scene was major. After eating and people watching, I set forth to conquer the mall.

I got lost. Don't laugh. It's impossibly large.* Somehow, I found my way to the exit and got my way home. I came back to tempt fate again. One of my friends lives near here and this time, I planned on defeating the behemoth. After attempting the navigate the Escher-esque layout, I gave up. I settled in to wandering the mall, window shopping, marveling at how expensive things are (I understand why folks travel to America to shop; these prices are outrageous), and (of course) shooping. My eyes were threatened with a case of cavities thanks to all the candy. Ahh, Rio. Me gusta mucho. I suppose I should learn to say that in Portuguese.

*That's what she said. I tried. I really tried... but Michael Scott just sorta gets out every now and again.