Debbie and I had a long delayed getaway weekend starting the day after Thanksgiving. We went to Minneapolis and stayed at a nice hotel across the street from the Mall of America (MOA). A recent story in the news reminded me that I wanted to share our MOA experiences. Here is the excerpt from the news item: “Authorities arrested at least nine people after a “series of fights” at the nation’s biggest shopping mall sent chairs flying and caused after-Christmas shoppers to flee, officials in Minnesota said Tuesday….Witnesses described a chaotic scene.” Reports stated that up to 200 were involved in the fighting. First of all, we did not go there to shop. After all Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year and frankly there are no special shopping destinations anymore. We live four blocks west of Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines. Within a few miles of our house, we have about one of every store and restaurant chain t (albeit ...