1.   At Santa Monica Place mall these days, you can pick up cookies, clothing, accessories -- and a whole new attitude toward life.

2.   Eric, the son of a well-known St. Joseph family, had been kidnapped from a Downtown mall the day before.

3.   Even SoHo feels more like a high-end mall these days.

4.   So the two Woodland Hills women amble around the mall several days a week for their health.

5.   This seems to suggest that the party had more impact on people who were already considering adoption than on those who happened to be at the mall that day.

6.   Why does every other shop in the mall these days sell athletic shoes?

7.   The biggest threat in the mall these days is a bump from a careless stroller-pusher.