Here's a recap of what I've done since last Monday. On Monday the 16th I decided to return to Disney Springs in the evening to see the brand new Town Center area; as rain was predicted for all of this week (it only rained a few days, but I wish I knew that ahead of time) I decided to roll the dice and go down there despite the weather where I was. Well... at least I had an always stylish clear poncho in the vehicle, put in there by a parent who probably purchased it years ago. It kept my clothing dry, which is the most important thing. As for Town Center, it's a place where some ritzy stores operate, like Zara, Kate Spade and Sperry. So I mainly just walked around. At least it looks nice. As typical with me, I am most interested in the food & drink and one day I'll visit one or two of those spots. The place selling cupcakes literally had a line going out the door so instead I went to a stand and had poutine for the first time. It was the Italian kind, as gravy is not my thing. It actually was good.
Tuesday, I went to Wawa to get food and since they had 50 dollar giftcards from Amazon I figured I would get two of those so I wouldn't have to go elsewhere to make that purchase. What a mistake that was! You wouldn't believe the rigmarole over such a simple purchase. I guess they don't want to make as much money as they should as I was actually told that I could only get the two cards if I paid debit; with credit I could only get one. I wanted to ask WHY, but I did not want to argue or possibly make a scene so I just got the one giftcard. I know now to stick to places like Staples to get those cards.
Wednesday, I went to the local UPS store to ship something; on the way there I saw the remnants of a turtle that got ran over. The less said about that, the better. Thursday, I went with someone to a restaurant, and that happened to be the local Buffalo Wild Wings. That went fine. I had the limited edition wing sauce known as Summer Shandy... yes, after the tasty Leinenkugel beer. It was definitely mild on my boneless wings, but it did taste good.
Friday, I returned to Disney Springs; this time it was sunny out and it was better for walking around and going to a new restaurant there, D-Luxe Burgers. The day as a whole was a “meh” experience, from the bad traffic to having to be around annoying people. The fact that the restaurant did not blow me away either did not help. My burger got burned to a crisp (it was another place where I got crap because apparently it's impossible for them to cook medium well... even though most joints can do that with no problem; believe it or not I've been told that BS excuse from an eatery about “it HAS to be either medium or well done”) and the fries were too hard and did not taste great. At least my chocolate shake was tasty but there are other places at Disney Springs I think are better and whether it's burgers or something else, I would prefer to eat at those eateries again, although one day I'll give this joint a second shot and maybe then I'll be more impressed. As for some of the people I encountered, they included a teenaged girl who loudly belched several times around her friend (yes, really; what a classy thing to do in public) and a guy with a long pleather trench coat that seemingly came in a time machine straight from 1996.
Saturday and Sunday I stayed in, which was an arrangement that I was satisfied with. When I return on Memorial Day, I do know of some activities I'll be participating in and hopefully there will be little of any nonsense that irritates me.
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