Park Meadows, you did it.

Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree, Colorado has in its marketing/operations departments either A) young, realistic women, B) annoyed, middle-aged men, or C) both.

As a friend and I walked through the dining area and into the center of the retail stores today (a Sunday afternoon in January), I couldn't help but stare curiously at the southwest corner of the large commons. Seated at more than twenty tables were men, largely between the ages of 25 and 45, accompanied by bags of all sorts -- Victoria's Secret, Ann Taylor, Coach.

I looked for quite a long time before the Ben & Jerry's kiosk was out of my sight-line and the entire scene was revealed: projected on the wall was the Packers v. Giants Playoff Championship game. Utter geniuses.

Congratulations, someone has finally bridged the gap between genders: husband and wife spent their Sunday together, technically, since they left the house in the same vehicle and valet did the only dropping-off; the husband went to the mall and watched the big game, the wife got to shop sans whining husband and still didn't have to carry her own bags. Assuming dinner and wine followed, this could be the beginning of an ideal relationship.