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.