'Local Area' News -

    Again, to those of you whom read my blog but do not live in this general area, I apologize! You will be unable to attend or visit anything/place listed in this particular posting unless you come to MI for a visit (hint, hint ;-}). And no, these type of postings are not regular occurances, just occasional ones.
    To those of you reading this that do live or visit in this general area, this then is for you.

~ 1 - On Friday evening, June 11th, starting at 6:30, C.P. is hosting a Farewell Celebration for Ms. Gillette. She is retiring after 30 years of being C.P.'s Athletic Director. She is an amazing lady whom I feel honored to have known and 'worked' with (as head soccer and wrestling mom) !!!

~ 2 -The Fulton Street Farmer's Market in Grand Rapids, runs May through Christmas. 'Hours of operation' are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

~ 3 - Try the Italian Restaurant "Papa Vino's" which I told you about in this posting.

~ 4 - There is a "Golden Corral" Restaurant going in on Alpine. It is next door to "The Outback" restaurant by Michael's. The driveway for it, is off of the little street with the stop light that runs back into the apartment complex on that side of the street, or back behind what was Circuit City (it's now going to be Best Buy) going the other direction from the light.

~ 5 - Both the Dairy Queen located at 1138 WALKER AVE NW, (easy way to get there for some of you - take the street which runs behind the McDonald's on west Leonard (the west side of the McDonald's building) and you will come out right in front of that Dairy Queen location)
      and the Dairy Delite ice cream shop, sort of on the corner of Lamoreaux Drive and West River in Comstock Park,
      are both now open :-}

~ 6 - We have spotted three new mission type stores, which we are hoping to actually go into sometime soon.
        The first one is located on 28th street, in that tiny little strip right next to / just west of the Meijer Store, on Kalamazoo and 28th.
       The second one is on west Leonard, in a building that for years had been an upper scale men's clothing store. It's on the east side of the corner from McDonald's, across from a large church, kitty corner from Family Video. We stopped and peered in their windows and made mental note of their hours. But that was over a week ago, I remember the store and it's location. But can't recall the hours enough to want to say for sure on here what they were. Sorry.
      The third is on Monroe, in what was Zeeff Appliance Market (1732 Monroe Ave.). A green cement block type of building, south of Ann Street, north of 'Tillie's Market'. By the name of it, we 'think' it might be the shop that had at one point been on the corner of Ann and Coit. But we aren't positive on that.

~ 7 - We spotted a new 'Antiques Mall' which we can't wait to check out, it had seemed like all of them were closing! It is on 29th Street, east of Burton but west of 'New 2 You' (a wonderful store!!) . If it's not directly across from, it's close to being across from 'J.B. Russo and Sons'.

~ 8 - The Allegan Antiques Market, is held the last Sunday of every month, April through September, no matter the weather. It is held on the grounds of the Allegan Fair Grounds. Gates open at 8 and the show ends at 4. Admission is $4 per person, which covers parking, so don't pay to park at one of the houses on the street.