A main goal of this trip around the country is to learn enough about each city to determine where I want to establish my new home. This means that I have to live in each stop for long enough to really absorb the vibe, the culture, and the feel of everyday living. Before my journey, I got this pro tip from an old friend.
To really get a feel of what it’s like to live there, go grocery shopping.
Of course I had to try this, especially since I’m not staying in Vegas for very long. Plus, I’m already running low on my supply of canned black beans. Thing is, I don’t even know what the main grocery store chain is in Las Vegas. Life would be so much easier if they were all called Safeway. Instead, I had to do a search in Google Maps and rely on pictures to guess which one looked like the main store. I think I found it.
A little weird that the entirety of the grocery store is inside of another, much larger building, but I don’t judge a book by its cover.
After paying an entrance fee and getting my body scanned for weapons, I went straight for the canned goods aisle, to get that out of the way.
Finally found a can of Y2K millennium beans that would go great with tostones, so I picked up a few of those. At this point I realized I probably should’ve made a full shopping list, as I don’t remember everything I need. So I did the next best thing: go aisle by aisle to hopefully jog my memory.
Dairy
Drinks
Breakfast
Snacks
Household
Personalized bleach
Condiments
Deli
Personal Care
Produce
Random
Freezer
At this point I got lost in the freezer. Not the freezer aisle, the freezer. I really should’ve made a list.
Other dimensions, alien worlds, etc.
Escape
I put the can of beans back. I had spent three hours in the store and I didn’t buy anything. I acted like everything was normal and casually walked out of the store, and then I ran. Vegas is weird.
