FINDING PLEASURES IN THE SIMPLE THINGS

Category: Everyday

Friendship

Friendship

Our mail carrier delivered a package to our door today. It turned out to be a surprise care package from my wonderful and dearest friend, Bonnie!

In Loving Memory of Cyber

In Loving Memory of Cyber

Two weeks ago, we said goodbye to our almost 15-year old pup. It was with an extremely heavy heart that we made that decision. He had not been feeling well or happy for a long time. Strangely, a couple of days before the actual day, […]

Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Cleveland

Scavenger Hunt in Downtown Cleveland

On day 2 of our family vacation, we decided to do a scavenger hunt of famous landmarks in downtown Cleveland. For us, one sure way of getting Alex interested in checking out new things or places is to incorporate them into a scavenger hunt game. […]

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

We had a two day mini-vacation last week with Alex. We actually had planned it for the week before but Alex was sick then. Even last week, Alex and I were still recovering from our lingering cold but we were determined to have our “vacation” […]

Flea Market

Flea Market

Went to a local flea market two Saturdays ago. I did not expect to spend as much time as I did there but there were just too many treasures to explore. 🙂 Here are some things that caught my attention but I resisted all of […]

Asian Stores and West Side Market

Asian Stores and West Side Market

After his week of camp, Alex promptly fell sick. In fact, he was sick the whole of last week and is actually still recovering at the moment. Since I was cooped up in the house with him, I finally decided it was time to make […]

Dim Sum at Li Wah

Dim Sum at Li Wah

Last Friday was the last day of our mini-vacation without Alex. As much as I love my one-to-one time with Keith, I missed my kiddo as well (even though it was actually a break for me…go figure). After we dropped Alex off at camp, we […]

Mitchell’s Ice Cream

Mitchell’s Ice Cream

On Thursday (which was day 3 of our mini-vacation), we passed time at several different places but the most noteworthy goes to Mitchell’s Ice Cream. Although Mitchell’s Ice Cream has been around for a while now, this was the first time Keith and I gave […]

Lunch at Shinano

Lunch at Shinano

After Eton, we went to lunch at our favorite Japanese restaurant – Shinano, located in Solon, OH. As usual, we had a hard time deciding on what to order but we finally settled on an unagi (broiled eel) and yakiniku (sautéed beef) meal. For sushi, […]

Eton Chagrin Boulevard

Eton Chagrin Boulevard

For day 2 of our mini-vacation (Wednesday), we spent the morning at Eton Chagrin Boulevard. Eton is a shopping center in Woodmere, another suburb of Cleveland, OH. We normally go there to shop at Trader Joe’s and Penzeys Spices and occasionally, Sur La Table and […]