On September 1, Bob and I went out to Beachwood Place, La Place, and Legacy Village. We had lunch at Subway. We visited Nordstrom, Eddie Bauer, Clark's Shoes, and Dillard's (Saks was just a walkthrough.) in the mall. Borders was our only stop at La Place. (It's not that exciting of a mall in my opinion. We visited Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Nordstrom Rack, and Dick's Sporting Goods.
After buying nothing out East, we headed towards Steelyard Commons. We visited Staples and Petco. We then headed to IHOP for dinner. I had tilapia. Bob had sirloin tips. We both enjoyed our meals. We then headed for home. The first bus was so late, but we made our connecting bus towards home because it was quite late. We then went home and relaxed.
On September 2, we went to Great Northern Mall. We ate at Donato's Pizza across the street. I had a coupon for individual pizzas for $1.99 each (up to three). We split chicken, pepperoni, and meatball pizzas. They were tasty. It had been awhile since we ate there. Subway's $5 footlongs are hard to pass up. We did some more window shopping. We then went to Eat 'N' Park in Parma for dinner. I had grilled chicken. Bob had Chicken Alfredo (I think!). Once again we enjoyed our food. We then headed for home. We almost made an earlier bus that we were on earlier in the other direction. Fortunately, the next bus was coming soon. (Under normal circumstances, there are thirteen minutes between these #35 buses. (in the 6:00 p.m. hour)) We then went home and watched the Browns beat the Bears on a game ending field goal. I hope that we have more exciting finishes like that in the regular season. Also, during the game, (around 9:00 p.m.) Kathleen stopped over to pick up tapes of Rescue Me that were taped for her over the last few weeks. The week so far has had its moments. Things will get interesting in the next story.
On Friday, Maggie stopped over to take Bob and me to Holy Cross Cemetery in Brookpark because my parents would have been married 61 years that day. Since it was raining, we didn't stay long. We then went to Brookgate, so Maggie could visit Marc's. We bought cans of soda there, so we benefited, too. We then went back towards the cemetery because we were going to Big Boy. I did a phone survey to win either free soda or a free slice of pie. We all had cheeseburgers and fries. We enjoyed them. Bob and I had soda, but we all had pie because one of us would have it for free. I had French Silk pie. Maggie and Bob had Coconut Cream pie As it turns out, Bob and I finished Maggie's pie. We enjoyed the pie as well. We then went to Dollar Tree on Brookpark Road to buy bottles of soda. We then went to Giant Eagle by Midtown (and Eat 'N' Park) to pick up cookies and milk. We saved two dollars on a gallon of milk because we bought five selected items. This offer wasn't in our ad, and the eligible items were not clear in Maggie's ad. After Giant Eagle, we came home, unpacked, and relaxed.
After relaxing, we headed to TGI Friday's in Brooklyn because I had a BoGo Entree coupon that was only for that branch. Bob's plan was to take the #35 bus to Lorain and West 25th so we could catch the #79B to TGI Friday's on Tiedman Road. Unfortunately, our bus was fifteen minutes late, so Bob's plan was out. Fortunately, I had another route in mind. We took the bus down to Pearl Road. We made our second bus only because it was fifteen minutes late. We took that bus to Stumph Road. Since we had time to kill, and some repair work was occurring near the convenient bus stop on York Road, (Stumph Road changes to York Road when it crosses Pearl Road.) we walked down the road. The stop was a little further than we would have desired, but we still made our bus. We then went to TGI Friday's. It was one bus stop sooner than I would have liked, but it was actually easier to reach the restaurant from that stop. The creek wasn't in our way. We somehow had very little traffic coming or going, which surprised me. (There are two hotels and two restaurants that share the driveway.) We enjoyed our food. I had chicken with angel hair pasta. I'll get back to you with Bob's meal that night. After dinner, we used Bob's route to go home. The first bus was late, but it was back on schedule by the time we left the bus on West 25th. We easily made our connecting bus. We then went home and relaxed. It was a vacation to remember. (I would have preferred that the buses weren't so late in some cases, but the stories wouldn't have been as interesting.
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