2 Trader Joe's in Oakland

I couldn't resist cruising to the new Trader Joe's Store that opened on Lakeshore yesterday. It was beautiful. The parking lot was crazy, although I scored a front row spot without any effort. Doubt that will happen again.

The store was packed and beautiful. The line was about 25 people long, seemingly endless but efficiently processed with great speed. Here's some photos of the long lines that took less than 5 minutes to work our way through to check out and score some free popcorn.

Here's an article that ran in Friday's Oakland Tribune too (HERE).

After going to TJ's I took my daughters for gelato at the new Whole Food near downtown (our new favorite ice cream spot). It's great to see so many Oaktowners shopping in Oakland, keeping our money, time and relational connections in our city as opposed to just across the city limit lines in Alameda and Emeryville (no offense to them!).