Grocery Shopping At Wegmans

Posted by Dorian Compton

One of the best perks of going to school in Maryland, was living within driving distance of my favorite grocery store Wegmans. My first encounter with Wegmans was in Rochester, New York where I was attending my first college. Within my first week of living there, I realized that I needed to find a grocery store to replace some of the awful meals I was eating on campus. Wegmans was a short walk from campus, and an even shorter drive. After my first trip, it soon became a weekly trip to go to Wegmans, even if we did not need any food. For some reason, many of us had the same feeling when we entered Wegmans, and that was a feeling of being home.

The smells that greet you as you walk in the door force you to look at all the meals that are being prepared. These range from chicken and beef to seafood and other delectable items. Shopping for seafood was made easy by the fresh fish that were always available on ice, and a knowledgeable staff that could help you with all of your needs. Even better, Wegmans was founded in upstate New York, and the largest Wegmans was a short ride from my school. Open 24 hours, the main location was the same as all the other locations, but had extra space for a cooking school and restaurant in the middle of the store. Before I left to go grocery shopping I always made sure to set my Home security alarm.

Home Cooking

Here is a Home Cooking Short from a Guest writer, enjoy!

Written by Roger Fuller

It's always great to go out to a restaurant for a nice enjoyable meal instead of staying home and cooking every night of the week. And a fun day out with the family is always a special treat. So, the other day we decided to go across town to Iron Chef Bobby Flay's new restaurant (Bobby's Burger Palace) in the University City area. The restaurant specializes in different styles of hamburgers. I was really excited about sampling the Chef's burgers because we had watched the grand opening for the restaurant on television only a few days earlier. All the local celebrities and even the mayor was at the grand opening along with hundreds of local University of Penn students. We dressed in casual attire to fit in with the college crowd. I checked all the doors and then set the home security alarm I’d just gotten from allhomesecurity.com before leaving to go out to eat. We found a parking place a block away from the restaurant. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there was a long waiting line in the middle of a Saturday outside of Bobby's Burger Palace. I whipped out my cellphone and took a picture of the scene. For now, I think that was about as close as we were going to get to that restaurant. It was then I decided that home cooking was the best cooking. The family and I went back home and grilled our own home style burgers which were probably just as good as those restaurant burgers. Bobby's Burger Palace would have to wait till next Saturday.

Happy Cooking ;)