Last Friday excursion before heading back

This is the last week to splurge and enjoy the numerous places to shop before I go back to small town Delaware. I have a lot to do work-wise before I go back so I better keep up with the progress I am making. For my last excursion, I decided to stay close to the work area and go to Beachwood Mall. I have not shopped at Beachwood Mall since July of last year so I figured I was overdue. I knew that I could not buy anything exquisite like I did last year but I had some money mainly because I just got paid about a week ago. I had fun and spent that "me" time I really needed.

I toured Beachwood Mall and went in a couple of stores after taking out some additional money from my bank nearby. I headed across the way to Eddie Bauer, which is one of my favorite places to shop. It is the only one around and I like the fabric and the look of the clothing. It is chic but professional. It is also one of the places that I know I can afford as a working college student who constantly needs to update his look for work and events on campus where it is not okay to come in and wear jeans and a wife beater. I got a shirt for a sales price of 19.99 and two pairs of dress socks for 2.99 each. I was so stoked.

Still in the mall, I went to a couple of sunglass places to compare prices. I like a good pair of sunglasses just like the next person but for now, I opted not to purchase Ray-Bans. In my price range but I am reserving my money for books, dues, and tuition. I was stopped by this one salesmen who wanted me to purchase some cleansing stuff for the hands that he claimed was from the Dead Sea. The mineral salt felt good as I tried it out on my hands but I was not going to spend $180 for the stuff. The salesmen tried to hustle me by negotiating with the price. I was strong and had to refuse it using the excuse of being the poor, broke college student that had $10 on him. People: don't you detest those kind of salesmen. I should know: I worked for CUTCO and went door-to-door by bus for the summer after my senior year of high school. Never will I do that again unless it is a dire, life-threatening emergency on my part.

After wondering around the mall, I left Beachwood Mall to go to a smaller place, called La Place. I usually cut through on my way to Legacy Village but this time, I decided to stay in the shopping mini-mall. Some of the other interns were talking about going to a restaurant called Sushi Rock since we went to Otani's in Mayfield Heights during the lunch break. Well, I decided to try it. I knew that it would be quite expensive (what place in Beachwood, Ohio is not expensive?) so I would have to throw down in two senses- the eating sense and the money sense. The food better be good.

The ambience was place and I got to sit on the outside patio watching the sun begin to set, getting a glimpse of the John Edwards sex scandal (why did we vote for this guy as the VP candidate in our Mock Convention? I knew Edwards had something up his sleeve or in another area), and seeing countless customers come and go. I heard the food was good. My verdict: the good was unique and tasty. I decided to go all out and get the most expensive dish on the list. The meal: Filet Mignon (again, you ask?) and lobster tails. Okay. The lobster tails are not ordinary. The lobster tails were diced up and wrapped in sushi. I was skeptical at first but I had tried lobster and shrimp quesadillas at Lopez's in Cleveland Heights a couple of weeks before and it was pretty decent for a meal. The meal is picture above this text and you can judge for yourself. To me, the food went down without a hitch and I was actually quite full after the meal. Sushi Rock was a success and the $40 I paid for the meal was absolutely worth it. I know how to pick the restaurants and the meal.

Next up?? Hopefully I will be able to come back to Cleveland in a couple of weeks and detail you on the Taste of Cleveland, one of the most orgiastic food festivals I have ever been around (if you got the appetite and the money to spend). Of course, I love it. I am not a fast eater but I can definitely put down some food. I detest wasting food because that is wasting money. So that is why I like food so much and almost always eat everything. Hopefully, I can convince some people to go with me to experience the Taste of Cleveland. Maybe I will take some Circle K people or BMF people or some Phi Delts with me. Only time will tell.





Loving enjoying these "last meals",
Hasani Wheat
Class of '10