I thought Oop was tucked in the corner next to Nordstrom

Yup - that walk is great cardio, too!

You may not realize it, but there's a hill inside the tunnel as well. When you are heading toward Thayer, the bus is going uphill the whole way.

The incline is not as steep as outside the tunnel, but it's a long slog with nothing nice to look at.

Thanks… the Yorker Shoes jingle just completely invaded my brain.

Thanks that sounds like a one stop shop. I’ll look into it.

I’m definitely going axe throwing. Improve is an awesome suggestion. I looked at comedy connection to see if they had anyone booked for the day I had off and they didn’t.

I’m the 15th. We’re celebrating that Saturday. It’s going to be an all day thing. Starting with a drag brunch hopefully.

If you want to do a class w friends - I suggest glassblowing! Reasonably priced on the hill.

I think this is right.

Yeeeaa

Now we're talkin

Delia’s? lol

They sold Jones Soda, I loved it as a kid. So weird.

Sounds like The Museum Company to me.

Oop! was over where the Verizon store is now (if that's still there, I haven't been to the mall in years) and they were more of an eclectic americana folk art / global village coffeehouse aesthetic than educational toys and the like. Lots of tchotchkes, gag gifts, ironic magnets, one off furniture, and glass art. Frog and Toad reminds me of that store, somewhat.

Perhaps you're conflating the two or I'm just forgetting some of the other products they sold, but your description definitely reminds me of The Museum Company.

Edit: after googling I think it was The Discovery Channel Store.

I miss Oop! in either case.

Did it have a giant stone chair shaped like a hand? That was Oop.

If it’s Oop! then extra nostalgia points if you remember that it was on Thayer before it moved to the Mall!

With housemates, very possible

Talk to any folks outside of ivy or summit -- camp, grand view, cypress, abott, Duncan, jenkins, etc. I've talked to so, so many landlords in recent years and I have not met a single one that wanted to promote greenery. Funny, most landlords don't live on the property.

Outside of the first two streets I mentioned, the east side is losing greenery, and fast.

/u/geekgirl717 is probably right with Oop!

Found a slideshow list of all the stores since 2002. Oop! is on there and a couple others that might ring a bell.

Oop!

Is that on the side where that lady jumped from the third floor. Or the part of the build someone was living in for years before they found them behind the walls like 15 years ago

Zoinks they had like a lot of rubber ducks there right. The floors were blue

Not that I don't believe you, but man I would really love to talk to one of these sociopaths that don't like greenery... That is just so utterly bizarre to me haha.

WLB is horrible, don't do it

I’ve been trying to remember this as well!

Biking up college hill every day does keep me fit though