Everyone’s gotta shop. Everyone’s gotta eat. That said, we’d love to enjoy doing these things while we did them, right? Join Alice and Buddy as they take close looks at themed dining and shopping experiences to answer the question—what makes a place worthy of a theme? Why do we theme otherwise mundane spaces? What, pray tell, is Applebees Plus, and how can we sell that idea for money?

All this and more on this unique episode of Those Happy Places!

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Those Happy Places is Produced by Alice White and Edited By Buddy Duquesne. Our theme song is Golden Gate by the California Feetwarmers, Featuring Phil Alvin.

Additional music comes from Kevin Macleod. All Tracks Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. Tracks in this Episode: Bummin on Tremolo, Crunk Knight, Folk Round, Netherworld Shanty, Vicious, Village Consort, Captain Scurvy, Mining By Moonlight, Secret of Tiki Island, Bossa Antigua, Fretless, No Good Layabout, Long Stroll, Off to Osaka, In Your Arms