Going To Claire's With Claire

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Going To Claire's With Claire

...Continued from yesterday:
My two grand daughters, having discovered during a visit to Easton a few days earlier the wonders of that girly, sparkly-pink-doodad emporium called  Claire's (See post from 8/23/2018),

...somehow came up with the notion that their Tia Claire (as they call this particular auntie),

...was going to take them to Claire's. Because her name was Claire.

   However, Tia Claire was game, and so Friday morning, a few hours before she had to catch her flight home to for Chicago, Claire (and I) took the girls on their second shopping trip to Claire's.

​...which they greatly enjoyed.

    The girls requested a little time to play with their new purchases,

...before leaving the mall,

...to meet their mom, dad, and grandpa for lunch at First Watch in Gahanna,

...where the Chicago and Los Angeles out-of-towners had so enjoyed their  lunches there two days previously (see post from 8/24/2018) that they requested a repeat performance of the yummy First Watch food.

Blueberry Pancakes

​The Veggie Burger

    Avocado Toast, my favorite

        After lunch we took Claire to the airport and saw her off to her flight home.
     Later that evening when dinner time rolled around we drove downtown to meet Tommy and Emily at their apartment in the Brewery District, from whence we walked several blocks to German village,

...to a popular deli called Katzinger's.

...where, along with the yummy deli food,

​...including potato latkes,

...there were also barrels of beautiful pickles, free for the taking.

     After dinner we walked back Emily and Tommy's apartment, where we had a sing-along,

​...and dance-along,

...and Uncle Tommy gave the girls a little guitar lesson.

     We left as the sun was setting beautifully over downtown Columbus.

    On Sunday, the last day of Maria, Justin, and the girls' visit, Tommy came over for some artwork,

​...and Anusha and Randy came over to say hello. I invited them to come out for dinner with us,

...but they could only stay long enough to watch the talent show.

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    On Sunday evening we went out for dinner at Chuy's a  Mexican Restaurant across from Easton Town Center (see post from 8/23/2018),

...with a whimsical interior,

...and great food.

    After dinner we returned home for dessert and a picture.

     Very early in the wee hours of the following morning the kids and grand kids were back at the Columbus airport,

​...and Tom and I with them, as, happily, we were returning with them to Los Angeles for a week's visit.

     The flight was crowded but no worries,

​...we had our gummy bears.

​...and each other.