Day 50 is for display only

I went to the Willow Grove Mall this afternoon. There is a huge carousel near the escalators. It spans the three levels of the mall, ending just above a fountain. Clearly it is not a working carousel - bummer. Even as a 25 year old, I totally want to take it for a spin. I wouldn't want to explain to a child why they can't ride this insanely dangerous looking, display only, sweet carousel. Whoever designed this obviously hates children.

Day 44 hates the mall

Except for a nasty cough that I can't quite seem to kick, I was feeling well enough for a trip to the mall today, which looking back was absolutely the worst idea ever. For the following reasons: day before valentines day, sunday, middle of the day, day before valentines day, and of course, because malls are horrible places in general. We managed to escape unharmed and on our way out saw a jam-packed Cheesecake Factory full of couples on their pre-valentines day dates. Gross. Give me small hole-in-the-wall diners and midnight pizza over any cheesecake factory any day!

ps. sorry for all the anger in this post! didn't mean for it to be so violent. oops! :)