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Ryckbost Reviews
July 28, 2006
Christa and I eat out often. We’ve also stayed at a number of different hotels in our time together. We love to talk about the experiences at each different place, and we’ve begun to compile a good list of local, regional, and national businesses.
We’ve actually put this list of restaurants and hotels into a spreadsheet, and in the near future hope to add a section to Meer Macatawa titled “Ryckbost Reviews.” There are six tabs so far: Coffee Shops, BBQ, American, Italian, Mexican, and Hotels. Each tab has businesses reviewed for (in the case of restaurants) Atmosphere, Taste, and Service, followed by an average rating, and a comment space.
We thought it would be fun to share our thoughts with all of you out there… so hopefully we can get it up soon.
Posted by paul at 07:06 PM | Comments (2)
Local Bookstore Fun
July 14, 2006
Christa and I ventured over to the Full Circle Bookstore in 50 Penn Place this evening. She planned to read The Count of Monte Cristo while I gathered information for an upcoming APWA presentation. The quietness of the bookstore’s cafe was slowly interupted by a gathering crowd of Celtic music lovers. Soon we overheard that tonight’s fun was going to be a Celtic jam session… Looking at the first few arrivals, I wasn’t looking forward to what would come.
Boy was I surprised. By the time they all began playing (about an hour and a half after the first arrivals), there were fifteen splendid musicians playing old Celtic tunes on their mandolins, fiddles, guitars, flutes, drums and banjo. The organizer of the group had a large amount of sheet music ready for the players, and they played this music well.
Our night turned out more fun that we could have imagined. We also picked up a couple good books (or so we hope).
Frank Lloyd Wright by Ada Louise Huxtable and Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880 - 1950 by Robert M. Fogelson.
Why is that I keep adding to my reading stack but never pull any out to read?
Posted by paul at 08:25 PM | Comments (2)