Today is day one of a long weekend in the Bay Area with Jon while he works with one of the many companies down here. Since I had some time to kill, I wandered around the area near the hotel and found this bizarre little mall/village/apartment complex complete with your J. Crew, Coach, H&M and Old Navy, to name a few. The place is filled with these messages encouraging a complete disregard for restraint and personal finance. They’ve already started playing the holiday music. It’s infectious and desperate at the same time.

I love California!