Bob, Maggie, and I made it to Microcenter at Eastgate Shopping Center in Mayfield Heights to pick up our free flash drives or SDHC cards. We had trouble finding the flash drives, but we were told that they were at the registers. There were no problems in attaining our items.
We then went to the nearby Marc's. Bob and I picked up four 12 packs of Coke and two packages of Chips Deluxe cookies. After Marc's, we went to the nearby Wal-Mart to attain our free refill of lens cleaner fluid. Otherwise, we window shopped.
Our final stop was lunch at Roly Poly Sandwiches at nearby Golden Gate Shopping Center. Bob and Maggie had small chicken fajita sandwiches. I had a chicken Cordon Bleu sandwich. Bob also had a cup of potato salad. I had a cup of pasta salad. Maggie did not have a side. We had sides because they were less than half price with a soda (Both of us drank Coke.) purchase. We all had a spoonful of tart yogurt. The food was interesting.
Since we were done shopping, we went home and relaxed. At 3:30, Bob and I went to Big Boy on Brookpark Road in Cleveland. It was a three bus trip. We made all of our connections. I even had time to buy lottery tickets and redeem a small ($3) Mega Millions winner before our second bus. At Big boy, Bob had smothered chicken, a baked potato, green beans, and Pepsi. I had the burger bar (Hamburgers, French Fries (which I skipped), hot dogs, soup, and salad) and Pepsi. The food was quite tasty.
It was a lot better than my last experience at Big Boy in Worcester, MA in 1991. I took Patty and Bob there before we caught our train back home to Cleveland. My fish had bones all over it. I remember nothing else about the food. I do remember that the nearby shopping center looked "old". There was also a nice article about Cleveland on the previous Sunday in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette newspaper. I do remember mentioning this article to the female cashier. She appeared to be indifferent about it. Thankfully, Big Boy left Massachusetts. Bickford's Grille is there now. Ruby Tuesday is also nearby now. The shopping center was rebuilt. The area appears to be classier. It can all be seen on Google Earth (490 Lincoln St. Worcester or Bickford's Worcester should do the trick.).
Fast forward to 2010. After dinner, we crossed the road to catch our first bus. The crosswalk is a little tricky. (Big Boy Cleveland should work on Google Earth.) The bus stop was in a "mandatory" right turn lane. Thankfully, the bus was an unwritten exception to the rule. This bus was also late, but we made our second bus easily. The second bus was surprisingly running a few minutes ahead of schedule, so we made our third bus towards home instead of just missing it. We then relaxed after I put our trash on our tree lawn for tomorrow's collection.
The day was quite interesting. Maggie's driving us to Mayfield Heights saved Bob and me from any "funny" misadventures on a two bus-one train (Rapid) trip. Our evening bus trips were a lot better than expected. The exercise would have been nice, but we appear to be a little more relaxed as a result.
Until next time, enjoy Google Earth for future research.
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