Ahh, Cleveland. Home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Indians and Browns. And what I quickly learned may be the best place on earth, Melt Bar & Grilled.
I'll get that back to that in just a second. I have to vent for JUST a second first. I lost my headphones a few days ago, I'm sure they are somewhere in my apartment, heck, I am not entirely sure I didn't look right at them and not realize it. I forgot to get new ones yesterday, so I had a panic moment and bought some at Hartsfield this morning. Worst. Idea. Ever. They were super expensive, don't fit and the quality sucks. Oh and then there's the fact that they sell headphones at the airport in hard plastic containers that you need a degree to get into. I literally went to 4 stores in the concourse asking for scissors (they all gave me strange looks like they might run away screaming), finally found a pair and it still took 2 people to open the dang container.
I really tried to be smarter than the packaging, this just wasn't my day.
Then I get on the plane and I am SURROUNDED by the used car sales types, but they were amusing - made me think of "Tommy Boy". I would have peed my pants from laughing had one of them done the fat guy in a little coat thing.
Anyway, pretty uneventful flight to Cleveland - until the 12 year old pilot had us in a fairly smooth descent when he inexplicably pulled us back up so hard I'm pretty sure this is what I looked like:
Maybe not a stellar beginning to my day.
Thank God for lunch and this one redeemed the entire shit start to my day.
I have to first admit, I have NO idea which location I went to - I'm not driving nor am I from here. I was still trying to fix my face, so I zoned out during the car ride. I had no ideas of what it would be, but 2 steps in the door and I knew I was in love.
There's fun art work and decor everywhere - not gaudy though. There were cartoons playing on a huge TV next to sports. There's beer. And the menus are printed on the back of album covers. I was mildly amused that I had a Village People menu. Anyone who knows me might even say that was fitting.
I was a little overwhelmed at the grilled cheese possibilities!! You can put THAT in a grilled cheese? Heck yes, you can!! I had the Parmageddon, pierogies, kraut and cheese. SERIOUSLY?! Now might be the time to let you know the portions are HUGE. I have half of the dang thing & it's little fry friends staring at me right now.
I have heard they had the most amazing deep fried Twinkies. I will have to take everyones word for this, because of the national Twinkies shortage/crisis I didn't get to find out for myself. That's OK. I'm already going to have to run like 10 miles tonight to undo the work of the Parmageddon and I will gladly go again! If you find yourself in the Cleveland area - do your taste buds a HUGE favor and go to Melt.
So now I will have to run those miles and I can't do that without music... You know I went to the local Best Buy and bought yet another pair of headphones. That don't suck. And were half the price of the turds I got this morning. Two purchases of headphones in one day is a bit ridiculous I will admit, but I can't live without my music. Period. Besides, a back up pair never hurt anyone. Just a thought, but some people might want to start looking at underwear, pants or deodorant that way. If I know you have holes in your drawers, you need a backup plan or upgrade. And yes, that totally happened in the Cleveland airport this morning.
Not enough brain bleach in the world some days.
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