Cleveland, Ohio

We had a wonderful time in Cleveland visiting my sister Janet, my brother in law Henry, and my nephew Hank. Mom, Dad, Donna, Grif, Bailey, and I flew out early Wed. We got there by 9 am or so. We took a driving tour between the airport and their house of Cleveland and some of the suburbs. We went to lunch at a deli that was incredible!!
I don't remember much after that. I slept the rest of Wed away. Either from getting up at 3:30 to make the flight or the dramamine or something, but I crashed!!
We went to the West Side Market, which is a HUGE farmer's market. Any fruit, vegetable, meat, cheese, spice, or herb you wanted was there. I could have spent hours and serious cash in that place!! Janet, Henry, Donna and I left the kids with mom and dad and went to Lolita's, which is Iron Chef Michael Symon's restaurant. It was an amazing culinary experience!!
Friday we went to the shores of Lake Erie, and now I can say that I have been to a Great Lake. We went out to dinner at Trutorios which is an Italian place in Little Italy. WOW. Saturday we did normal 4th of July stuff. We grilled out. We sat outside in 75 degree 0 humidity weather. We played HOURS of corn hole.
Sunday morning we went out for brunch at a place called Grumpies. Wonderful again!! We chilled out, watched Wimbleton (OMG what a match) and went to the airport to come home. Bad weather made the turbulence a little too much for my liking, but we made it home and drove to the house around 11 or midnight.
The food scene in Cleveland is amazing!! If you ever go, take your stomach and your wallet. I think I saw 4 "chain" restaurants while I was there!!
Absolutely GREAT trip. My nephew is pretty cute and wonderful too!!
C