In May of 2010 a flood closed the Opry Mills Shopping Center in Nashville. Now almost 23 months and $200 million later the mall, with its 140 retailers, re-opens today.
There will be live entertainment all day and throughout the weekend, as well as hourly prize drawings throughout the mall.
RCC Western Stores has been gearing up for this for a long time as well.
RCC Apparel Buyer Zeann Golliher said, “It is a beautiful store and we definitely, definitely have anything a western customer may need: over 6000 square feet of cowboy boots, western apparel, a beautiful presentation of cowboy hats. The town is excited for it, the people are excited for it.”
RCC Western Stores is excited for it, too!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Who can clear this up for me? Reward offered
Growing up on a Wyoming cattle ranch in the seventies, one was provided with opportunities to learn that wearing your hat at the table might earn you a brisk backhand, smacking you away from that table. At least that was the rule at our house. And to not remove your hat at a restaurant table was unthinkable.
A while back my wife and I went out for dinner in Rapid City, SD during the Black Hills Stock Show. The show is a week and a half of great livestock events, PRCA rodeo, and agriculture-related trade exhibits. People come from neighboring states and further to take this all in. Surely, this is a crowd who knows a thing or two about hats.
I was a little surprised when I noticed a guy wearing his hat while eating. My first thought was that young people just aren’t raised the way I was. Then I noticed another, this one older. I looked around the room and counted no fewer than six cowboy hats and ball caps being worn by men from 20 years of age up to about 55. I would expect this from a different cross-section of society in a different setting, maybe the local Perkins after a Snoop Dogg concert. I also saw two or three with their hats on the seat beside them. My conclusion was that somewhere along the way the rules have changed. So now it’s acceptable to have white wine with steak AND wear your hat at the table?
Things like this tend to make me feel like I have finally gotten old. Which is why I was so embarrassed recently when visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. I was standing in awe at the back of the church taking in the exquisite display of gothic architecture before me when a staff member approached and in a soft but stern voice, asked me to please remove my hat!
So what’s the deal? Have the rules changed? Where do you stand on this one? Just for fun, give your age with your comment and we’ll see if this is indeed a notable cultural shift or me just being old!
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