There were two significant trips on June 30! The first trip was to the Mall at Whitney Field in Leominster. This trip was scheduled in conjunction with Friday's Wal Mart-Aldi trip, but we didn't start the trip as early as I expected. (The beer and wine making store was educational.) It is an adequate mall. We bought nothing. We had lunch at home because we had another late start.
After the mall, we visited Market Basket, which is across the road from the mall. Though we did not buy anything, I was impressed with their selection of Lean Gourmet products that were selling for a dollar apiece at the time. They even had Swedish Meatballs, which are a luxury in our area at this time. The renovations after CVS built a stand-alone store nearby after our last visit made the store even better than before. (CVS still has a non-pharmacy store in the mall.)
After Market Basket, we relaxed for awhile. We then headed for Dave and Amy's house in Medway (with a detour to a nearby liquor store to pick up some beer for Dan Jr.) to celebrate Dave's birthday, which was the next day. Dave enjoyed his presents. He enjoyed our Olive Garden gift card, but the most popular gift was a R2D2 which had vocal commands allowing it to do such tasks as "walking." Patty, Dan, and Bob had tested it at home, but it did not work very well on a rug. It performed better on the floor at Amy and Dave's house. It stopped short of a speaker near their home theater system.
On the other hand, Amy and Dave's dog Caesar's brakes did not work quite so well. After grabbing wrapping paper and running through the living room, Caesar broke a fragile candle. Amy was not happy. Thankfully, Caesar calmed down for the most part for the rest of the evening.
Dinner consisted of Chinese food from Hang Tai Too in Medway. Patty, Bob, Amy, and I went to pick it up. Bob and I did not enter the restaurant. A brief tour of some sights in Medway occurred on the way home. We had pork lo mein, chicken with cashew nuts, barbecued boneless spare ribs, crab rangoon, Mongolian barbecued beef, vegetable fried rice, and sizzling three (shrimp, chicken, beef) delight with homemade noodle. This restaurant does not do combination plates which sometimes include egg rolls. Also, we did not purchase won ton soup, but it was not missed. The selections were chosen by "committee" (Dave was doing some online work related to renewing his driver's license, so he was not involved.) The food was delicious. There were a lot of leftovers. Hopefully, Amy and Dave enjoyed them.
We relaxed for awhile. One interesting event that I have not mentioned is that we fed the fish in the coy pond near their patio area before dinner. We drove home and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
The next post will discuss our adventures at Foxwoods Casino.
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