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| - My love hate relationship with Chinook Centre shifted to hate after battling it out for parking a few days ago. It was insane! I drove slooooooowwwwwlllly around the entire parking lot before scooping up a spot, only to fight the crowds in the mall to do some shopping.
Chinook is one massive rectangle which is giant pain in the ass when you want to visit two stores on opposite ends. It's great exercise but bad for time and stress levels. I do love the selection of stores, which is why I love Chinook. I love their tasty and open food court, which is a great place to catch a break, and the events. I love the movie theatre and bowling alley (although I wish they had a grocery store) and I can't wait until they finish renovations... They have all the big box stores in Calgary, a Zellers, Sears and a Bay, a Zara, a Lululemon, an Aritzia, a Rickies, tons of shoe stores, a FCUK, a Mac Store... I could shop forever and the new stuff is going to be tops.
But the parking. ARGH. Basically, if I visit Chinook it has to be a day trip to make the huge ordeal worth it. Chinook is great for shopping but badly designed for everything else. Unfortunately it also appears to be the main hub of activity for all of Calgary's High School population. No wonder it's so busy.
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