A day at the maul

The PLAN on Tuesday was to take Sylvie and Grammy to the American Girl store at the Natick Mall, where they could enjoy a girls' lunch at the American Girl cafe, and then perhaps get Sylvie's doll - Willow - a hair styling.

The problem was that half of Metrowest Boston had the same idea.  A 2.5  hour wait for a table at the cafe, and based on the line probably most of that for a hair styling (which, for the record, is ridiculous in concept anyhow).

So Grammy bought Sylvie an American Girl Tiny doll named Samantha, which pleased her no end, and we retreated to the familiar refuge of the Cheesecake Factory for lunch.  A good day, despite the disintegration of the plan.

The mall was also a good place for me to play with my new iPhone fish eye lens...