One great little snippet about living here BW is the fact that the Berea fairgrounds, which hosts (close-to) billions of events year-round, is right in our back yard (if across Eastland is considered BW’s backyard). This time of the year “7 Floors of Hell”, a haunted house extravaganza, takes center-stage.

Quick question to the top men and women at “7 Floors of Hell”: If you really want to sell the “Hell” theme, should it not be the “6 Floors of Hell”? Did you have the extra floor laying around, and decide that the theme could be sacrificed? Shame on you.

Digression.

My two friends, one of which is my cousin AND my dorm partner, had the pleasure of walking through this desolate land of nightmares while the workers were on lunch. Long story short, we found one of the 7 floors (should be six) open, with the music playing mind you, and walked in. After seeing a couple cut open dead ladies and gents on stretchers (must have been the hospital ward), we retraced our steps and left, assuming what we were doing shan’t be legal. Being there for that short amount of time, though, was an excellent amount of fun, and we have already made plans to go back this weekend.
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-Sam

It has become an official Thursday night tradition for my friend Danielle and I to visit the lovely little Aladdin’s eatery up the street. Aladdin’s serves Mediterranean food. The menu is the size of a decent novella (though the pages are sort of thick), filled with hot wraps, pitas, and an endless number of appetizers. Last night when Danielle and I went we brought with us two quite incredible appetites. So we began with our usual plate of hummus (with hot sauce), plate of tabbouleh and basket of pita. (My mouth is watering with the mere recollection of this splendor.) Then we decided to try Dahwali (spelling?): grape leaves stuffed with rice and chick peas. The flavor was sort of lemony and definitely somewhat exotic, yet SO GOOD. I’m pretty convinced that I would enjoy anything from Aladdin’s. They are masters of flavor.

Three baskets of pita bread later we decided that we HAD to get cake…no matter how full we were. Because Aladdin’s is also famous for their cake selections. Pumpkin and chocolate cheesecake, strawberry cheesecake, chocolate bomb cake, chocolate lovers’ cake, lemon dream cake etc etc etc. Last night was a Chocolate Lovers’ Cake night. Undoubtably. The only thing that was missing from this chocolate delicacy experience was a cup of black coffee.

Needless to say the night was magnifique even if we did remain at Aladdin’s for an outrageous two hours. I can’tttt wait for next Thursday. Here’s to new desserts and Mediterranean delicacies.

(ps definitely try it!)