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Landmark Taphouse & Grill
21 N. Main Street Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 858-3066 Website Menu We dropped the kids off to spend the night at Nana and Grandpa’s, then J and I headed back home for an evening of quiet. We hung...
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Classic Cinemas Paramount Theatre
213 N. Schuyler Avenue Kankakee, IL 60901 (815) 936-6843 Website Did anyone notice how hot it was this weekend? I mean, I can handle heat but it was oppressive. J went on a girls weekend trip with...
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New Buffalo Bills Wood Fired BBQ
603 E. Buffalo Street New Buffalo, MI 49117 (269) 469-9992 Website Menu The kids get to spend a few days with Grandma and Papa without Mom and Dad. My parents have babysitted overnight a few times...
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Arclight Brewing Company
544 N. Main Street Watervliet, MI 49098 (269) 332-0718 Website There are more and more breweries popping up and it’s getting really hard for me to keep up. We try to get to all the ones that do food...
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Paw Paw Brewing Company
780 S. Gremps Street Paw Paw, MI 49079 (269) 415-0145 Website Menu J and I had a few nights without the kids and we wanted to take advantage of eating out without having to entertain them. Monday...
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Beer Church Brewing Company
24 S. Whittaker Street New Buffalo, MI 49117 (269) 586-3864 Website Menu It finally hit the point of the summer that we get to go on vacation as a family . The kids had been at my parents for six days...
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K & H Truck Plaza & Family Restaurant
1043 Crescent Street Gilman, IL 609386 (815) 265-7625 Website Menu My kids have never spent six days at my parents before and B has never spent that much time away from us. It was a nice break for J...
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Newport Aquarium
1 Levee Way Newport, KY 41071 (800) 406-3474 Website Our family vacations the last several years have been big city zoo trips. We’ve been to just about every zoo within a four hour or so driving...
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Flipdaddy’s Brilliant Burgers and Craft Beer (Symmes Township)
12071 Mason Montgomery Road Cincinnati, OH 45249 (513) 677-2337 Website Menu We made it through a five hour drive. We had a wonderful time at the Newport Aquarium. Now, it was time for dinner. It...
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Waffle House (Mason North)
5377 Beach Boulevard Mason, OH 45040 (513) 398-2974 Website Menu When I planned this trip to Cincinnati, I got a cheap, crappy hotel by Kings Island. I didn’t mean to do that but I was looking for...
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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3400 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45220 (513) 281-4700 Website I have looked forward to our annual zoo trip for the last several years now. L is getting older and will actually remember these now....
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Marion’s Piazza (Mason)
6176 Snider Road Mason, OH 45040 (513) 398-9998 Website Menu Did you know Dayton pizza was a thing? I didn’t but I found it was and boy, am I glad I did. We spent all day last Friday at the...
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Blue Ash Chili (Mason)
4200 Aero Drive #L Mason, OH 45040 (513) 492-9650 Website Menu Cincinnati chili. I hate that I know what Cincinnati chili is because of Big & Rich. Their hit single Coming to Your City included...
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Red Smoke Barbecue
573 Monroe Street Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 962-2100 Website Menu I was home from our Cincinnati for about a day and a half then it was back on the road for work. I spent a couple of nights in Detroit...
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Wahlburgers (Detroit)
569 Monroe Street Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 209-4499 Website Menu We actually did get two meals our first day in Detroit. That’s kind of amazing. We still had work to do in the evening after already...
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Cadillac Square Diner
101 Cadillac Square Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 974-6923 Website Menu Tuesday was our long day in Detroit. We started work at 5 AM and got back to our hotel at about 11:45 PM. Yeah…a 19 hour day. We...
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Eat-N-Out Pizza & Gelato
531 Monroe Street Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 800-5718 Website Menu Day two in Detroit was a long one. We started at 5 AM and didn’t get back to the hotel at 11:45 PM. We were able to stop and grab...
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Lovers Only
34 E. Grand River Avenue Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 986-1174 Website Menu Our third and final day working in Detroit was long…but not as long as the previous day. We only worked about 14 hours instead...
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NEDS on Gull Lake
15450 M-43 Hickory Corners, MI 49060 (269) 671-5700 Website Menu I got home from work last Friday a little earlier than usual and a little hungrier than normal. Friday is usually pizza night but J...
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Lazy Man Bar-B-Que
6406 West W Avenue Schoolcraft, MI 49087 (269) 207-1763 Website Menu We weren’t planning on going to Mendon Riverfest until we drove by Mendon Riverfest on the way to J’s parents house. We went and...
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