Town Center of Mililani is the coolest!
Like I said when I found my Supercuts, we just had to investigate this place further! I made arrangements for Mom and me to check out the new-to-us Town Center of Mililani! When we first got to this little mall, I heard Chinese drums. Focus gone! Everything at that point went out the window.
“I hear them! I have to find them!” I am still licking the psychological wounds from missing all of the Chinese New Year celebrations this year. Tsk!
It wasn’t difficult to follow the sound. As it turned out, I didn’t need my $1 bills because these were Chinese Lions-in-training. We enjoyed listening to their instructor talk to the kids about how their practice will prepare them for the big lions one day soon. I’ve seen the discipline demonstrated by the keiki studying this art form before in downtown Honolulu.
It is truly amazing to watch and an excellent way to teach our youth to respect culture, art and, above all, authority!
After that we decided we were hungry and wanted to walk around to see what kind of food was available. As luck would have it, and as is so befitting us, we found and ate lunch at Zippy’s.
One of the girls told me that this Zippy’s location has been there about seven years or so. It looked new and clean and just as busy as any good Zippy’s always is.
Of course I had to give them a little grief by asking them for the things that I know darn good and well have been removed from the menu. I do this just to make a point and show them their error.
“Do you have any mandu?”
“No.”
“Okay, how about some G2?”
“We don’t have that anymore.”
“I know, I know! You guys keep taking away all the things I like!”
Of course this is always followed by profuse apologies from them, me telling me that it’s not their fault and that “I have to ask” — just because I keep hoping management will stop removing the stuff I like. The seafood plate and the scallops were a great loss too! This is an ongoing issue I have with Zippy’s, not this location. This was a great Zippy’s with great staff!
After getting ourselves full, we went on our first visit to this new little Borders book store. We found other book enthusiasts there who talked me into getting these two science fiction series starters.
Then as we were turning around, Mom saw this really cool Vampire book that covered a huge amount of vampire history, including Barnabus Collins from the old TV series, Dark Shadows. Am I dating myself? Does anyone remember watching this? My sister and I loved this show and Mom loved Barnubus Collins, the head vampire. From that to HBO’s True Blood; oh my how times have changed! This really cool book was dirt cheap so we couldn’t just leave it there on the shelf!
To be fair we have to talk about any negatives we found. Um, shade? Lots of benches, but, in the sun?!? We went in search of the thing that all afternoons like this are made for — ice cream!
Well, we came close. We found a yogurt place to take care of that! We’ll talk more about Menchie’s later.
It was almost time to stroll out of our new find. There was a grand opening going on with some country music so we had to be nosy. It was a brand new Sprint Store! Hey, that’s my cell-phone carrier! Let’s go look, just for fun. There was that phone that I’ve been eyeing for a while now. It’s one that can take my abuse without a problem — it’s a Motorola and it’s made to withstand the military. With those two criteria, it has a much better chance of surviving me!
Because they were just opening, they made me a deal I could not refuse. Yeah, I ordered that phone and they helped me fix my plan so I could get better service for my buck. I was happy and looked forward to them calling me as soon as my new phone came in. (Remember that I said that!)
Customer service at this Sprint Store was amazing! Friendly, patient, and not at all condescending. I watch for all of that! Matt sold me on that phone and I trusted that he would work with me the rest of the way until my phone was switched over.
All in all I think we had a productive day! I thought we saw the whole shopping center but I was wrong. I found this map and, my oh my! We’re obviously going to have to go back for a few more visits to this place! I don’t mind!