5th August

5th August. Saturday. Got up and after
breakfast Janet & I went to her
parents home. Then we went to her
mother-in-laws, collected her, and
went to Diamonds for lunch. Walked
all through “Severance” which is a
most interesting place, the shops are
beautiful and so is the merchandise.
Came home for dinner, then went
to see a film “Divorce The American
Style”, very very funny. After the
film a party of eight went to
Solomons to eat, stayed there till
1 A.M. and then home.

[Severance was Cleveland’s first indoor shopping center, and at a time when malls were still something of a novelty. Severance opened in late 1963, but by 1972 was already undergoing its first remodelling to compete with newer malls.]
“Divorce American Style” stars Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds. Romantic comedies about divorce seemed to be the thing in 1967.]