In California, our malls are pretty huge- most of them anyway. And for the most part, they're all indoors.
When I moved here to Columbus, I quickly discovered the Easton Town Center, and I'm really in love with this place!
It's perfect for shopping during the warmer months of the year. Basically about 1/3rd? of the mall is indoors, and the rest is all "outdoors".. it's like walking around in a village, I would say. There are little parks scattered around for the kids to play in, great restaurants, book stores, and more. It's even great in the winter time- even if you're freezing your behind off walking around, you can still grab a nice cup of cocoa from the Nestle's Tollhouse cafe. MMM.
There are only a couple of stores missing from this place (Disney store being one of them), but it's ok. There are lots of places here and across the road over by Old Navy, that you will feel like you got lost in a huge California mall. LOL
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