Fry’s in Renton is indeed open; in fact some eyewitnesses reported a Tuesday opening. We made it down on Wednesday and happily soaked in the familiarity of their usual displays, the electronic player piano, the rows of soda fridges along one wall, and pallets in the aisles stacked with merchandise. There is no clear theme, but enlarged historical photos of the area line the upper walls. From the copious stock of certain products I can take a guess at what the loss leaders (or “break evens”) may be on grand opening day. The unfamiliar aspects were the lack of boxes with “returned merchandise” stickers and the uncountable number of times we were asked if we needed assistance. But as usual there was a loss prevention specialist to check our receipt on the way out. We now have our retail therapy for homesickness.