Mall Shopping Center Experience in Chiang Mai
When visiting Chiang Mai, Thailand, you can expect all your shopping needs to be met. With lots and lots of traditional Thai silk and local handicraft, those shopping for souvenirs and gifts in Chiang Mai will have plenty to fill their bags with.
The Airport Plaza and the Kad Suan Kaew are the two main shopping malls in Chiang Mai both of which are characterized by a wide range of restaurants, shops, and other outlets offering a wide range of services. Both of these shopping malls contain a supermarket, a multi-screen cinema and a large department store.
Located on the corner Hang Dong Road and Mahidol close and the city’s airport, Airport Plaza is set over a four floors in a huge L-shaped with superb parking facilities and a wide range of public transport options.
Inside the Airport Plaza is the huge Robinson department store dealing in a variety of clothing, appliances, household goods, cosmetics and other goods; the Northern Village dealing in northern craft products; Tops supermarket; a major Cineplex; Sizzler Steakhouse; Watsons Pharmacy and a number of eateries.
The Kad Suan Kaew also features prominently in the Chiang Mai’s mall shopping center experience. Commonly known as Central, Kad Suan Kaew is the largest mall shopping center in Chiang Mai with huge and at times confusing complex housing among them a mini bowling alley, a hotel, food court, restaurants, cinema, and a departmental store. Kad Suan Kaew occupies the enviable position of hosting the British retailer Marks and Spencer among other major specialists and general retailers.
While the quality of merchandise that can be found in the two shopping malls can be wanting at times, there is no doubt that goods in either of the two are cheap, especially when compared with other major cities around Thailand.
Whether you are shopping for oriental antiques, ceramics, jewelry, or Buddhist ornaments, you can be assured of a memorable shopping experience in this Thai city, especially if you visit the renowned two shopping malls and the renowned Night Bazaar.
Night Bazaar areas, covers a vast space along the whole length of Chang Klan Road, between Si Donchai Road and Phae Road. This Night Bazaar through not the largest is arguably the premier attraction and the ultimate mall shopping center trip, where the legendary Yunnan’s trading caravan once stopped, ages ago.
A blend of glass-fronted mall shopping center and multitudes of street traders, shopping at the Chiang Mai’s Night Bazaar is just spellbinding and particularly the wide range of rock-bottom priced designer goods that characterize the Chiang Mai’s mall shopping center experience.
The Night Bazaar building contain a permanent selection of shops and stalls, dealing in a mixture of handicrafts, fabrics, clothing, antiques, ceramics, silverware, and furniture. Tasty delicacies can also be found around this mall shopping center, with a good selection of food outlets retailing in refreshment.
Another common feature in Chiang Mai market is the so-called “talat”, which include; Talat Dawk Mai, Talak Lamyai, Talat Pratu, Talat Somphet, Talat Thanin, and Talat Ton Phayon to name but a few.
Nursing Scrubs – Online Shopping
With the increase in styles, colors, and sizes available in nursing scrubs it has become increasingly difficult and expensive for the local retailer to inventory an adequate representation of the uniform scrubs available in the scrubwear industry. Spacial and inventory cost limitations keep uniform store scrub offerings limited. Walk into the local uniform store and see if that size Medium scrub top in the latest and greatest scrub print is on the rack or if you have to place a 4 – 6 week special order.
Online nursing uniform retailers do not face the same limitations as local retailers. Because the market place does not have geographic limitations, sales expectations are higher. This translates into the ability to house greater inventory without the fear of getting stuck with old merchandise sitting on the shelves. Thus, the online shopper can expect to find a larger selection of styles, colors and sizes at an online retailer than at the local uniform store.
Shopping for nursing scrubs online has several advantages. The most compelling of these advantages is convenience. Medical scrubs come in alpha sizing (S, M, L etc) so selecting the correct size of uniforms is considerable easier than choosing between a size 8 and a size 10 pant. Shopping from the convenience of your home certainly beats fighting the crowds at the mall for a parking place or going out in bad weather, only to find the local retailer is out of your size in the top you want.
Another advantage of shopping for your medical uniforms online is the large selection of styles, colors and sizes available for purchase. You can shop the total selection of uniform scrubs available from all manufacturers in a fraction of the time it would take to visit the local uniform store.
And if price is important, the ability to compare prices of all brands of nursing scrubs and uniform retailers is easy, especially at a one-stop shopping website. Free shipping is available from several retailers to increase the value of your online uniform shopping experience. Give online shopping for your uniform scrubs a try.
The Palm Springs Follies
On my last trip to Palm Springs and the California desert resort communities I had a chance to take in one of the longest running shows in the desert, the Palm Springs Follies.
Palm Springs’ historic Plaza Theatre, located in the La Plaza shopping center in downtown Palm Springs, was renewed with life 1991, when the Palm Springs Follies opened providing matinee and evening shows that are a one – of – a kind experience.
The Palm Springs Follies is a music, dance, and comedy show featuring the songs and styles of the 1940′s 50′s 60′s and 70′s, with a cast old enough, as they like to joke, to have lived it. Once the show begins, you’ll see the youngest performers are in their 50s and the oldest holds a place in the Guinness World Records at age 84 in 2008 as the oldest still-performing show girl. The entire cast that includes a wide variety of ladies each with an impressive list of credits, move with grace and precision that reveals a polished teamwork in performance. What is even more stunning is those lovely ladies have legs that most women a third of their age would kill for and the dazzling and colorful costumes bring an amazing sparkle to the ensemble.
Palm Springs Follies acts include production numbers, tap dancing, high kicks, juggling sessions, and a dog act. The stand up comedian/emcee who is also the show’s creator, has fun by joking around about old age and the wisdom that comes with it. It is to be advised, however, that some of the jokes are not suitable for pre-teens and younger so please take that into consideration.
A significant portion of the first hour is devoted to introducing each performer individually, allowing the audience to connect and become familiar with each. You will love the Palm Spring Follies once you appreciate their zest for life on stage. A lot of people do with admiration. And don’t be surprised to see the theatre almost full to capacity on a Tuesday afternoon in February. It’s a common occurrence.
When prompted by the emcee, Riff Markowitz, almost half the audience raised their hands to say they’d been there before. Clearly these shows, which bring in a new lead each season, continue to draw people back time after time.
Reviews in publications around the world have praised it, with the NY Times called the show “vital, vibrant, and sexy”. The London Times described it as ” a slick, professional extravaganza”. And the Today Show said it was “dazzling”. In all, I applaud the performers’ enthusiasm and stereotype-busting vitality that reveals an inner self adoration for creativity that is not to be contained by age.
Truly a one – of – a kind stop on your next Palm Springs vacation.