Food, shopping malls, etc.

[taradiane]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Rachel Bray" <bray.262 at o...> wrote:
> But Easton is my home-
> away-from-home during the weekend.  "Nerd"stroms, The Body 
> Shop, The Container Store (my personal favorite), the 
> theater and THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY!  The second best place 
> to get Shepherd's Pie (it's Cottage Pie, I believe is the 
> true term for it.  It has a ton of veggies instead of just 
> onions and potatoes.).  The best place for this is Fado's, 
> also at Easton 

Oh yes, I'm well familiar with it all.  Though my fave shop there is 
Restoration Hardware - for the cool stuff they have at the checkout!  
Why I would ever need a glow-in-the-dark keychain-sized level is 
beyond me, but hey!

And don't get me started on Cheesecake Factory.  First I ever heard 
of them was when I went down to Florida with my parents eons ago.  
But I never actually ate at one until they came to grand ole' 
Columbus.  Always crowded, but so worth the wait.  I actually tried 
their shepherd's pie when I went for my birthday...very, very good.  
Lots of veggies (gotta love the julienned carrots!)!  I haven't been 
to Fado's yet.  Used to have a friend that hung out there pretty 
frequently, who was friends with girl named rachel....hmmmmmmm....are 
you friends with a Keri by any chance?


> And, thanks to Cinemark, that's how I also 
> racked up all those viewings of Moulin Rouge.  Once it hit 
> the $1 theater, we were there all the time.

I LOVED that movie!  Ewan got robbed at the GG's (along with Peter 
Jackson).  First viewing, the can-can scene was an assault on my 
senses.  I was craving non-motion by the end of it ;-)

> Though I do most of my international shopping at Carfagna's 
> (and when they have their pork chops on sale...yum!), this 
> was actually at Meijers off Route 23 in Lewis Center. 

Ah yes, Meijers.  I love it there.  I alternate between there and the 
Wal-Mart super center across the street.  I've been working 3rd shift 
lately (filling in for someone on extended maternity leave) at a 
place within walking distance so that's where I go sometimes on 
my 'lunch' break if I need to get up and walk around.  And yeah, 
Carfagna's does have a killer meat counter (although I'm faithful to 
the one up on 161 near my parents house.  Got some funky stuff once 
at the one in Dublin).  And their pasta salad with farfale and red 
onion is addictive.

 
> I live a mile or so away from Polaris Mall.....

My condolences ;-)  I remember when that whole area was just fields.  
Same with Sawmill Rd. (I'm 26, btw)


> I'll probably never go there except for Lazarus and 
> Kaufman's.  VERY expensive mall.  Have you been there yet, 
> Tara?  Yeesh!  

I have not yet been there and pretty much plan to avoid that like the 
plague as well.  Wait, that's a lie.  I was there once in December.  
But it was in the middle of a weekday.  Me and my mom went to 
California Pizza Kitchen for a late lunch so it was relatively 
uncrowded.  To me, a mall is a mall.  What's the big deal?  Although 
fans of Hot Topic (alternative and goth clothing) were more than 
thrilled when they found out it was coming.  Although that store in 
the middle of Polaris mall is a bit disturbing.  That's like seeing a 
Laura Ashley boutique on campus.  Just....not right.

Tara