This was our second visit to Cleveland, where our oldest son lives. I previously wrote about our first visit, where we discovered how nice all the people seemed to be.
On this visit, we discovered how many wonderful things there are to do and see in “The Land”.
We arrived on Friday and had a great Mexican dinner at Senorita Bonitas in Solon. We relaxed the rest of the evening since we knew Saturday was going to be action-packed.
It began with a walk around the town of Chagrin Falls, just about the nicest small town I think I’ve ever seen to me. From my perspective, its major claim to fame is where Bill Watterson, creator of the Calvin&Hobbes comic strip, grew up and went to high school.
As part of the walk/drive through town, we visited the Chagrin Hardware & Supply, the popcorn shop, Fireside book shop, the library, the historical society, and had lunch at Flip Side. After lunch, we then played a round of miniature golf at the Golf Dome. Never saw a course with so many water hazards and real sand traps!
We then went back to our hotel to relax for a while, since we had tickets to that night’s baseball game between the Indians and the Angels. Progressive Field is a great stadium, and it was nostalgic looking at pictures of Bob Feller, Cy Young, and Satchel Paige. I was rooting for the Indians to win, which they did, but to be honest the highlight for me was getting to see Mike Trout play.
After the game, we stopped and had some great pizza at Antonio’s in Parma.
As I said, Saturday was action-packed.
Sunday we took a drive out to Rocky River Park which overlooks Lake Erie. We picked up some subs from Cosmic Dave’s, and my veggie sub was one of the best hoagies I’ve ever had. And as a bonus, right next to Cosmic Dave’s was the Vegan Doughnut Company – a win-win! No five-star restaurant could have matched the ambiance of sitting on a bench eating our subs and doughnuts while looking out on Lake Erie.
After lunch, it was time to depart, with a belly full of fine food, and a mind full of wonderful memories.
We can’t wait for our next visit; we still have not visited the number one attraction in Cleveland – the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
*image from reddit, where someone compared the back cover of one of Calvin&Hobbes books to an aerial drone shot of downtown Chagrin Falls
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Great post Jim. Sounds like a fun weekend. You are moonlighting for the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce are you? 🙂
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thanks, it was a great weekend. one of my students is from Cleveland and he used to tell me how much he loved the city and couldn’t wait to go back and start his career there once he graduated. Well he just graduated, and is starting his career in his hometown. I can see why he likes the city so much.
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You make it sound enchanting. It sounds like you had a great weekend! Enjoyable read!
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thanks, Brad. it was a great weekend, in a great city
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🙂 Cleveland looks like a beautiful place with a rich cultural background.
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thanks, Renard. there certainly is a lot to do here.
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This really does sound like a great weekend, Jim.
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Thanks, Robbie; it was.
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When I was in high school we lived outside of Akron. Our Dad often loaded us into the car to go see the Cleveland Indians play ball. This was back in the era of Rocky Colavito. I was a country girl so the move to Ohio was not exciting to me, but I did love going to see the Indians play.
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Hi Maggie, thanks for sharing such a good memory for you. I remember Rocky; how could you not like him?
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𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚖𝚘𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚗’ 𝚁𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚒! 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕. 𝙲𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝.
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I’ve got the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame on our list of places to visit. Glad you enjoyed Cleveland so much.
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Seems like a lovely place. Wish I could visit Cleveland once.
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it is a beautiful city; there’s so many places to visit, andnot enough time! we are looking forward to living in Singapore early next year for a couple of months…
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Singapore is a lovely place, but you may find it too warm, I guess. The places of attraction are the Singapore River, Zoo, Bird park and Gardens by the Bay. If you bring toddlers, they are sure to enjoy:)
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thanks for the recommendations! I love warm weather, so I think Singapore will suit me just fine.
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I have posted it again. There was a problem with my earlier post:)
https://call2read.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/carrot-ranch-challenge-forgot/
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nice post. I wonder if his dad was in the audience
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Cleveland actually sounds like an attractive place, and no doubt more affordable than the Bay Area where I’m from.
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I think anywhere is more affordable than the Bay area, from what I’ve been told. And yes, I have been surprised by how nice Cleveland is.
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