We went to Holyoke today, to go to the Holyoke Mall. We just felt like going somewhere different and look around. We had gone there to get Sabrina's bench for the garden the other day, but didn't get to look around much. It's a very big mall, with a Target and Christmas Tree Shops in the mall, rather than stand-alone like most places. It's pretty nice, but nothing great. Lots of stores that we would never shop at, as usual. Malls aren't really good for shopping anymore, unless you are trendy and looking for clothes.
We ate at Kahunaville which was entertaining. It's themed like a jungle, sorta. There are fake trees all over the place and things like that, and every 20 minutes or so there is a water show with fountains tossing water to music. It was fun, in a silly sort of way. It's similar to the Rainforest Cafe or Bugaboo Creek. We both got sandwiches, which were very good. We also got an appetizer, which was ok, but a little small. They had some very good looking desserts in the case up front, but we didn't get one. We went to Mrs. Fields a while later and got something for dessert. Sabrina got a cookie, and I got a brownie, which were both very good. The drink was huge and a really good price, which is a nice change of pace. I hate spending alot of money for a small drink.
The only other place we really went in the mall was the Lindt store. We got a small assortment of different flavored truffles to try. I didn't even know they made some of them, like the mint. I tried that one and it was pretty good. I didn't try the others yet. It was almost worth the trip just for that. It was raining when we decided to leave, which makes the trip a little more difficult. Neither of us really likes to drive at night in the rain, but it wasn't too bad by the time we left. Earlier it had been raining really hard, and could see lightning through the mall skylights. Once we were on the road a little ways it was hardly raining at all though, so it was fine.
Posted by Jesse Walton at May 3, 2003 01:51 AM