Let the second half of Supermarket Sweep run while making my grocery list. I came in just as the first team won the Big Sweep (and had a really cute stuffed eagle bonus). They didn't do nearly as well with the bonus round, though, getting caught up on the second question.
It was such a stunning afternoon, I grabbed my push cart and walked to the Westmont Plaza. It's not a long walk, only about ten-fifteen minutes or so. The weather was much too beautiful to be taking Uber. It remains just about perfect for late April, sunny, breezy, and in the mid-70's. I was fine in shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt. There were a lot of people doing the same, jogging, walking their dogs or with friends, or pushing their children in carriages.
Target surprisingly wasn't busy when I arrived. I must have just missed the lunch crowd. I did look at what little remained for Easter to see if they had any half-price decorations, but I ended up with a Cherry Chai Latte at Starbucks. Oooh, other than being a bit sweet, that was tasty, nicely cool with cookie and nut bits on the top.
I was mainly there to do my Sprouts shopping. Restocked soda (Zevia and an inexpensive hydrogen-fused sparkling water), dried fruit (sliced mango was on sale), coconut milk, and granola bars. I've wanted to try golden (cane) sugar again for ages; got it from the bulk bins. The bananas have gone soft too quickly. Grabbed red grapes instead, since they were on sale. I wanted another oat-based cereal I could eat cold, now that it's too hot for cooked oatmeal. Most of the commercial cereals, even the organic Sprouts ones, had too much sugar and/or salt. I ended up with their organic blueberry-lemon granola instead.
Stopped at the pretzel shop on the way home. I wasn't up to much more than a stuffed cheese steak pretzel and two regular ones. Bought those, headed out.
Ate them for lunch while watching Hooray for Huckle! I was very disappointed with this follow-up to The Busy World of Richard Scarry. Also known as Busytown Mysteries, Huckle and his friends and sister Sally solve mysteries all over town, learning to use deductive reasoning and solve problems. "The Big Apple Mystery" has the kids following the trajectory of a huge wooden apple rolling across town. "The Missing Pickle Car Mystery" introduces Mr. Frumble, as they help him figure out what happened to his iconic pickle car. Gold Bug the reporter relates the goings on.
Honestly, the mysteries themselves are cute, but the animation is terrible. The characters do look like their book counterparts, but they barely have any facial expression or movement. Those "mysteries" seem kind of weird, too. I don't think I'll be continuing it; it might go over better with the target preschool audience as an introduction to mysteries and problem-solving.
Switched to Les Girls after that. I go further into this unique dance musical featuring Gene Kelly and the finale movie score for Cole Porter at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
When Jessa texted and said she'd be late, I had the time to do a super-short online interview. All they did was flash three questions I had to answer on a camera onscreen. Simple as that. Took me less than eight minutes. I don't know how well I did, and I'm not sure I could get away with all the driving and traveling the job requires, but I did do it.
Jessa finally picked me up around 6. I've always wanted to try The Cheesecake Factory, but the one time I made it to the Cherry Hill location, the line was prohibitively long. There was no line tonight. We were seated within five minutes. It's a basic burgers-and-dinner restaurant with elegant, colorful floral paintings on the walls and ceiling and shiny wooden panels. Even the bar was lovely. Jessa had chicken Parmesan. I had a turkey burger. Oh, yum! Turkey burgers are usually dry when made by a restaurant, but this one was perfect, juicy and nicely seared. Jessa got three big breaded chicken patties. She let me try part of one, and they really were that good. (She ended up taking the last one home.)
Watched Remember WENN after a shower. Radio station manager Scott Sherwood is "Popping the Question" near the end of the second season when he starts a game show that's fixed in favor of the sponsor's spoiled son. The rest of the staff do their best to teach Scott and the bratty college kid a lesson. Meanwhile, Doug Thompson, the station's sweet lawyer, is waiting (and waiting) for busy Betty Roberts to remember their date.
Finished the night working on the Les Girls review while listening to The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World. Today, ELC is probably best-known for their contributions to Xanadu. Along with "All Over the World," we get their slightly slower version of the title song. Much as I love that movie, I prefer some of their better-known singles, like "Strange Magic," "Evil Woman," "Don't Bring Me Down," and "Mr. Blue Sky."
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