My mom was brought up in an era where a young lady dreamed of marriage and somewhere that she could make a cozy home. Sometimes it was just an apartment or one floor of a triple-decker, but it didn't matter. If hubby was making a decent salary, she could have pretty curtains, bureau scarves with lace edging, tablecloths, maybe a cut crystal bowl or two for the sideboard, out on special occasions. Maybe Mom dreamed I would covet those things as well.

Folks, I walked into Paradise on Saturday and it didn't look like the housewares section in Rich's or Neiman-Marcus, lemme tell you.

Imagine Radio Shack crossed with Best Buy and garnish with some magazine racks and bookshelves thrown in, add a restaurant and the candy counters from the supermarket checkout line. Now put it all in a place the size of a warehouse store: Sam's Club or Costco or BJs.

Ladies and gentlemen, you have Fry's.

Oh-my-God.

This is a list of what they were selling at Fry's: computers, computer parts, computer hardware (peripherals and main units), computer software, safes, television antennas, burglar alarms, CD players, DVD players and recorders, televisions, radios, VCRs (including one that was multi-format), Sirius and XM satellite radio sets, refrigerators (including more freezer-on-the-bottom units than I'd seen in any other store), freezers, ovens, crock pots, irons, rice cookers, other small appliances, clock radios, clocks, telescopes, magazines, software, computer books, oscilloscopes, electronic work equipment, Swiss army knives, flashlights, printer ink, DVDs, CDs, CD and DVD recordable media, Ipods and other MP3 players, boomboxes, stereo systems, home theatre systems, office furniture...

There's more than that, but I'm tired of typing it all.

Fry's is behind Gwinnett Place Mall, on the road past where Borders used to be and the Aviarium and the old movie theatre. They're building another in Alpharetta. Have fun.

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