My Day and Night of Fun

Kathleen, Bob, and Maggie were attending the Cleveland Indians-Texas Rangers game tonight at Progressive Field. I came along to eat dinner with them. When we parked Maggie's car near the entrance into Tower City Center, we were surprised to learn that the doors were locked. After someone arrived to eventually unlock the doors, we walked down to the next set of doors. Although it appeared that the doors were locked, we were able to get in the building. However, when we reached the food court, nothing was open. The stores were all closed as well. When we walked by the second floor entrance of Hard Rock Cafe, it also appeared that they were closed, too. As we were going upstairs to find something nearby that was open, we discovered that Hard Rock Cafe was open. There was a waiting list with a beeper. Bob and Maggie had walked down the hall out of view when the beeper went off. We found our table and had a nice meal. The funny thing about the wait is that the lower level seating was available. Apparently, they open that section on weekends and/or special occasions.

As the others went to the stadium to wait out a rain delay that is now a postponement, I caught a bus to get me closer to home. The bus arrived at a reasonable time. The ride went smoothly until a group with a wheelchair and a stroller were waiting at the stop near the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. They initially did not want this bus until the driver told them that the bus goes to the Parmatown Transit Center. The driver had to go down the street to allow the people to enter the bus. The gentleman with the stroller had to collapse it (A rare event!). The wheelchair person had difficulty settling into the wheelchair area. (Normally, this isn't too unreasonable, especially since wheelchairs are rarely secured on RTA these days.) We finally started moving. I got off and walked home in about fifteen minutes in the rain.

It wasn't my first long walk of the day. I had two twenty minute walks when Bob and I walked to and from Broadview and Pearl Roads from our house to catch a bus to Southpark Mall in Strongsville, OH. We ate lunch at Five Guys Burgers and Fries adjacent to the mall. We didn't buy anything at the mall, but I bought some lottery tickets at a Speedway gas station on the way home. It was a long and exciting day.

The next report will be Transit-related.