The Original Hog Wild
14993 Pulaski Road Midlothian, IL 60445 (708) 371-9005 Website Menu Like any parent, we make our child’s birthday is about whatever they want to do. L’s birthday was last week and it included four...
View ArticleTodd’s BBQ – Oak Lawn
11000 S. Cicero Avenue Oak Lawn, IL 60453 (708) 346-0698 Website Menu Eating lunch at a grocery store. Not something most people get excited about it. Typically, I am one of those people. If I’m...
View ArticleAllstate Arena
6920 Mannheim Road Rosemont, IL 60018 (847) 635-6601 Website Like most girls her age, L is obsessed with Frozen. We’re not really sure how or when it happened. We watched the movie a few times and...
View ArticleThe Blind Squirrel Tavern
19 W. Main Street Fremont, MI 49412 (231) 335-2147 Website Menu I don’t get to the City of Fremont all that often. In fact, I’ve only been there twice…and both times, I’ve been with the same...
View ArticleBoatyard Brewing Company
432 E. Paterson Street Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 226-0300 Website Beer Menu I hate that it’s taken me so long to write this review. I don’t mean that I’ve been sitting on it for a while. I mean it...
View ArticleThe Tamale Guy and Co.
219 W. Cedar Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 808-8775 Website Sample Menu In my previous blog post, I promised you another blog post about food. Boatyard Brewing Company on Kalamazoo’s Northside...
View ArticleG & L Chili Dogs – Sternberg Road
1133 Sternberg Road Norton Shores, MI 49441 (231) 799-9199 Website Menu Working alone is not one of my favorite things to do. I enjoy the company of another person on some of the long drives and, more...
View ArticleWing Kingz – S. Division
3648 S. Division Avenue Wyoming, MI 49548 (616) 243-3333 Website Menu I was craving wings last weekend. LIke, really craving wings. Unfortunately, there aren’t really any good places in Kalamazoo....
View ArticleJolly Pumpkin Cafe & Brewery
311 S. Main Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (734) 913-2730 Website Menu It’s been a long winter…but seriously, I don’t need to tell you that. Getting out of the house has been difficult. J and I spend so...
View ArticleAnn Arbor Hands-On Museum
220 E. Ann Street Ann Arbor, MI 48014 (734) 995-5439 Website You all get it. It’s been a loooooooong couple of months with the never-ending snow and cold. Like many people in Michigan, we were...
View ArticleSmokehouse 52
125 S. Main Street Chelsea, MI 48118 (734) 562-2565 Website Menu Once we finished our afternoon at the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, we needed to run by the Briarwood Mall to run a few more errands. L...
View ArticleEarth Fare/Westnedge Kitchen – Portage
5070 S. Westnedge Avenue Portage, MI 49002 (269) 343-4160 Website Menu Is it just me or are grocery stores really changing. On the way out are the stores that just sell you groceries and maybe some...
View ArticleHopCat – East Lansing
300 Grove Street East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 816-4300 Website Menu I love work trips to Lansing. Anything outside of the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Grand Rapids area means the company pays for our...
View ArticleThe Ada Pour House
6749 E. Fulton Street Ada, MI 49301 (616) 920-7941 Website Menu I spend five days a week driving up and down US-131, to and from Grand Rapids for work. I hate doing the same thing on my day off, but,...
View ArticleTony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza – Lansing Township
2328 Showtime Drive Lansing, MI 48915 (517) 485-2625 Website Menu I feel like I’ve been going to Lansing quite a bit for work. Again, this week a co-worker and I headed east for an assignment in...
View ArticleWing Heaven – Burton Street
803 Burton Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (616) 433-6000 Website Menu Have I made it clear yet that I like wings? I mean, why are there no good wing places in the Kalamazoo area…and why does Grand...
View ArticleAngelo’s Italian Eatery – Ravine
3325 Ravine Road Kalamazoo, MI (269) 343-3881 Website Menu I have blogged many, many times about one of my co-workers who loves grinders. Well, last week, I made a trip back to Kalamazoo with her...
View ArticleTom and Chee – Lansing
123 S. Washington Square Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 253-7590 Website Menu I have spent a lot of time in Lansing recently. Again, last Thursday, I got sent from Grand Rapids, but this time, I was flying...
View ArticleZoup! – Portage
6749 S. Westnedge Avenue Portage, MI 49002 (269) 366-3500 Website Menu Friday’s are quickly becoming a day both L and I look forward to. A few weeks ago, I got the idea to check out Skyzone’s Toddler...
View ArticleHigh Velocity Sports Bar
10 S. West Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 860-6500 Website Menu Sometimes, my job is pretty awesome. One of those times last weekend when I was sent to Indy during the Final Four. The weekend...
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