"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> I almost never go to the mall now. My daughter and I used to go a fair
> amount, but that was many years ago. I was just in Sur la Table,
> Williams-Sonoma, and the cooking-related sections of a few larger stores.
> I mainly wanted to be walking about, but the weather was not conducive to
> that.

We should go back to Country Village again and see what's there.

http://www.countryvillagebothell.com/

It was a great place to spend the day when my daughter was younger. The
kids loved to ride the train and they have lots of play equipment. They
used to have a store that sold fancy children's clothing. Upstairs they had
a tea room that you could rent out for parties. It included treasure chests
of dress up things so that the girls could play Princess. They would let
the kids go up there and poke around if there was no party scheduled.
Angela did want to do that but they closed before her birthday.

They also had a wonderful doll store that sold mostly vintage dolls, doll
parts, clothing etc. Also had a doll hospital. But also a lot of little
knick knacks. They moved somewhere but not sure where.

They had lots of little boutiques that we loved, including a shop with lots
of Jody Bergsma stuff. We got some autographed pictures in there. I've
been buying her stuff for years. Got an autographed poster back in the
1970's. Still have it. It's in a frame. We also loved the fairy shop but
it's gone.

I think the bead store is still there. We mainly just look in there. I can
make jewelry but one can only have so much of that.

They had a wonderful Polish pottery shop.

Lots of other little interesting shops that we loved, including a place to
get cold drinks. There is a tea shop but the online reviews I've seen don't
bode well for it.

We usually sit for a while and watch the chickens and rabbits roam.

They have a pond loaded with ducks. You can buy food for them.

Used to be a really nice place to spend the day. But the last two times we
were there, we sort of whipped through it. There was nothing of interest
then. The shops were either closed or not things we were interested in.

They also do a Farmer's Market during the summer but the produce was very
pricey and not all that great looking. There's a much closer Farmer's
Market here. I did buy a few things once because I felt sorry for them.
Their stuff was cheap but quite scrappy looking.