these are a few of my favorite things.

Raindrops on roses and pastries on plates.
Fresh smelling books and organic healthy food.
Tiffany blue packages tied up with bows, these are a few of my favorite things. 

OK OK I'll stop. I am sure half of you rolled your eyes at my version of the Sound of Music. Julie Andrews' angelic voice was the soundtrack to my childhood, so you'll have to forgive me.

If we can get serious for a second, I could tell you that you can find all of my favorite things in one beautiful shopping center, ETON on Chagrin.

Between the brand new Tiffany & Co. store and the Anthropologie, there is plenty of window shopping to be done. Of course, I could also spend an entire afternoon at Barnes and Nobles. Especially when they have chess sets outside the store. If you are a Harry Potter fanatic, you might enjoy the almost life size chess set on the ground. I don't even know how to play chess, but I would like to learn just so I could try it out

For the grocery shopping haters out there: TRADER JOE'S WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. Never again will you dread going to the grocery store. I can (almost) guarantee it.

The food is unlike anything you'll find at a typical grocery store. Some of my favorite buys at Trader Joe's are the Coconut Chips, Sea Salt Butterscotch Chocolate Covered Caramels (I know right?), organic creamer, Healthy 8 Chopped Veggies and Kerrygold Irish butter. I have a personal rule that there must be something new in my basket every time I visit. Easiest challenge ever.

Finally, the pastries. The Stone Oven has a great little cafe at ETON. After a morning of shopping, I have no problem sitting outside and enjoying a scrambled egg and feta panini.

Now I hope you can see why I wrote a song about this place.