On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:58:12 -0800, gtr > wrote:

>On 2012-11-14 22:45:32 +0000, sf said:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:49:30 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2012-11-14 20:23:33 +0000, Cheri said:
>>>
>>>> They had an opening of BevMo in our town recently. People lined up at
>>>> 5:00 A.M. to be there when it opened it's doors. Personally, I have
>>>> never understood why people do that, but at least it's a huge liquor
>>>> store. :-)
>>>
>>> Nor I. I'll wait weeks or even months in order to go to a store once
>>> the novelty has apparently worn off for others. What--do people LIKE
>>> to stand in line?
>>
>> A new Whole Foods opened near me a couple of months ago. I don't
>> remember them giving tours the week before, but we have quite a few
>> other WFs here so it's wasn't that novel. It was impacted on the
>> first day, mainly with people doing their own tours of the store. I
>> didn't see significant lines at the checkout. A couple of days later,
>> the body count in the store was what would be normal for a weekend (it
>> was a weekday). I think shopping there will be pretty much hassle
>> free, but the end of the store where you buy sandwiches etc seems to
>> be really busy, even now.
>
>When I see a great review for a restaurant in the local rags I always
>put it on my list to do in 3-6 months.

the trick is to get there while they are still doing an excellent job
and before trade and enthusiasm tapers off and the food becomes tired
and they go out of business ;o)
Janet US