Google is finally showing up at retail, even if it is just holiday popup stores. It will be fun to see a little competition for Apple.

The only problem is that “little” is the operative word. Google is only planning a few stores and not one of them is in Miami where I will be spending the holidays. Now I know what it feels like to live in a so-called “Second City.”

Google has earmarked New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Sacramento, Washington, D.C., and Paramus, NJ. Paramus? What was Google thinking? One of the founders must have been born there or is currently dating someone from there.

In any case, Google stores are going to be a big attraction. Called “Winter Wonderlabs,” the stores look like huge snow globes, snow included. Potential customers step inside with their friends and create slow-mo videos to keep and share.

The holiday stores will showcase the Nexus 7, Chromecast, had the latest Chromebooks. Google wanted to feature Google Glasses as a major marvel, but the company decided they wanted to focus on the other products. The popup stores are designed to be adult playgrounds because of all of the interactive demos. If you go, let me know what the experience was like.