RETAIL SUPPORT BRIGADE SITREP: So Helen and I paid our first visit to the recently reopened West Town Mall in like three months plus. It was a little sad. A number of smaller stores were closed — though to my relief, Mori Luggage, run by a nice lady, had just moved to a better location — and quite a few of the open ones had sentinels at the door who would disinfect your hands and tell you not to touch things. (To be fair, it was places like Sephora whose combination of frequent shoplifters and reduced staffs may have led to the gatekeeper approach.) Most people weren’t wearing masks, though all store employees were. All seating was covered with yellow tape. You really didn’t need a mask, because there weren’t many people around. All told, kind of depressing. More fun needed.