Flash Flood Water Park
35 W. Hamblin Street Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 966-3667 Website Menu I’m not gonna pull any punches. I hated water parks when I was a kid. The rest of my family loved them. Our vacations all...
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91 W. Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 968-8430 Website Menu There are a lot of days where I tell myself when the day starts that I’m not going to eat out. Then I do. That happened one day...
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220 S. Broadway Street Cassopolis, MI 49031 (269) 445-3837 Website Menu It’s not often I get sent to Cass County for work. I was telling a co-worker who was meeting me there I could probably count on...
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5076 Sports Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 743-4218 Website Menu Earlier this summer, I started including the ice rinks we spend our weekends at on this blog. There’s usually a concession stand..some...
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FOOD TRUCK Otsego, MI 49078 (269) 512-5850 Website Menu I was unexepectadly without a co-worker one day last week which meant I got to meet someone from the Grand Rapids office to work with instead....
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FOOD TRUCK Battle Creek, MI 49014 (269) 348-6275 Website Menu I actually had two days last week I didn’t have a co-worker in the Kalamazoo office. Friday, I ended up working alone. I had a couple of...
View ArticleKrispy Krunchy Chicken (White Pigeon)
813 W. Chicago Road White Pigeon, MI 49099 (269) 464-2047 Website Menu I didn’t plan on working last Sunday….but something came up and I ended up in St. Joseph County again. The job was only a couple...
View ArticleSaugatuck Brewing Company (Kalamazoo)
200 E. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 382-2739 Website Menu So..this is the week I was pretty much home alone all week. J and L were in Wisconsin for a figure skating camp. B was at J’s...
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8211 Portage Road Portage, MI 49002 (269) 888-2039 Website Menu I had plans to go to bars all week while J and L were out of town for a figure skating camp, but by night two, I just wanted to get...
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2727 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 459-1117 Website Menu I almost messed up my string of eating out while J and L were out of town. I ended up working some extra hours on Thursday night...
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120 Enterprise Drive Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 279-8300 Website It was time to go get the boy. He had been staying at J’s parents all week. J and L were in Wisconsin for a figure skating camp and I...
View ArticleLong Island Cafe (Portage)
5222 Portage Road Portage, MI 49002 (269) 218-0003 Website Menu Just me and the boy. J and L were still at a figure skating camp in Wisconsin. I had picked B up from my in-laws Friday after work. We...
View ArticleTaco John’s (Caledonia)
6722 Broadmoor Avenue SE Caledonia, MI 49316 (616) 271-4925 Website Menu J and L got home early Sunday morning from their trip to Wisconsin for figures skating camp….then I left mid-afternoon Sunday...
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1070 Arcadia Loop Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) Website Menu So, Western Michigan University’s new student finally opened. It took a while with some construction delays but the student center opened...
View ArticleWP Diner @ Washington Square
1324 Portage Street Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (269) 910-1792 Website Menu Working Sunday usually means I get the following Friday off. I trade a one day weekend for a three day weekend. While the one day...
View ArticleSmokin’ 8s
FOOD TRUCK Augusta, MI 49012 (269) 352-9272 Website Sample Menu My co-worker gets me somedays. We were in Decatur for an assignment and needed to just hang out for a while and kill some time. We ended...
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3774 W. Centre Avenue Portage, MI 49024 (269) 324-2442 Website Menu This was another one of those days I didn’t really know what my plan was. I got off work around 7:00. B was with my in-laws because...
View ArticleChicken Frenzy (Portage)
7025 S. Sprinkle Road Portage, MI 49002 (269) 329-1270 No Known Website Menu You know me and gas station chicken. There’s kind of a theme going here. I wasn’t planning on stopping for lunch, but….. We...
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69045 M-62 #12 Edwardsburg, MI 49112 (269) 663-0097 Website Menu It’s that time of year that I start working double shifts on Friday nights. I know it sounds weird to enjoy working a double on Friday...
View ArticleThe Backyard of Kalamazoo
10441 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 550-8888 Website Menu Weekends are nuts. Is that just us or is that everyone? We haven’t had many free weekends this summer. There’s been a lot of skating...
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