{"id":893,"date":"2009-03-28T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T10:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2009-03-28T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T10:03:26","slug":"a-quick-observation-about-apple-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jurecuhalev.com\/blog\/a-quick-observation-about-apple-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick observation about Apple stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running around the world is always a fun activity, new people, new local customs and all around new stuff. To be honest, after a while there&#8217;s a bit too much new stuff and you just want your own bed back so you can hide under the covers where it&#8217;s warm and known.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Apple_store_fifth_avenue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The entrance of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenu...\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0c\/Apple_store_fifth_avenue.jpg\/202px-Apple_store_fifth_avenue.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenu...\" width=\"202\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Apple_store_fifth_avenue.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It turns out that a lot of global brands play on this cards. While <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"McDonald's\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/\">McDonalds<\/a> is probably not the best idea for a place to eat, it&#8217;s still known experience and as such it feels a bit like home. That&#8217;s also a case with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wrigley.com\/\">Wrigley<\/a>&#8216;s chewing gum, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gillette (brand)\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gillette.com\">Gillette<\/a> personal hygiene products and similar things.<\/p>\n<p>I did notice this feeling yesterday with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Apple\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\">Apple<\/a> also. While they&#8217;re <em>just<\/em> a computer store they have lots of free computers to check email on, nice couches and free wifi. While they don&#8217;t serve coffee they do kind of attract you if you&#8217;re lost and need a quick Internet fix. Maybe it&#8217;s just Apple Geek in me, but one of the first things I check is the location of Apple stores.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it turns out to be a really handy thing in central London as you can just meet people there, suck their wifi juice and well .. buy their gadget. Giving you a bit of comfort every step of the way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/d7a72c8b-bccc-4415-854a-1c3f26147a22\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=d7a72c8b-bccc-4415-854a-1c3f26147a22\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running around the world is always a fun activity, new people, new local customs and all around new stuff. To be honest, after a while there&#8217;s a bit too much new stuff and you just want your own bed back so you can hide under the covers where it&#8217;s warm and known. 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