July 1, 2017 Are you traveling for the 4th of July weekend? Quite possibly you left yesterday for the cottage, the lake, Northern Michigan, wherever. And, if you are busting out of town for the long weekend, experts say, have a strategy.
June 30, 2017 I don't know what you may have planned for this 4th of July weekend, but I know the Rent's, there are a lot of us, will be heading up to Traverse City for a Cherry Festival weekend. However, our weekend wouldn't be complete without a day trip to beautiful Mackinac Island.
June 29, 2017 Tuesday, I posted some historical pictures of some downtown Grand Rapids streets that I found on the GR Retro website. I made it kind of a guessing game asking if you recognized where these pictures were taken, because things sure have changed around here since "back in the day." Well today, I reveal where they were taken and how things have changed.
June 28, 2017 Rosie, from the Humane Society of West Michigan, came to visit.
Andy Rent talked about Rosie with Brooke from the Humane Society of West Michigan on his Andy in the Morning show for Wet Nose Wednesday.
June 27, 2017 Downtown Grand Rapids sure has come a long way. It was a West Michigan center for retail, enterprise and entertainment way back when. Then it fell into decay with age, retail moved out to shopping malls, and the streets "rolled up" in the evening. Then, things began to change again, 20 plus years ago, and now it's returned to a level of activity and excitement not seen for many years.
On the website, GR Retro, I found some really fascinating pictures of Grand Rapids "back in the day," and how it has changed today.
Can you pick out where these pictures from GR Retro were taken?
June 26, 2017 There is a great website, Grand Rapids Kids, that covers all things, well, kids. One of the best things they cover is how, or where, to feed your kids for FREE, or at least cheap.
June 24, 2017 Bell's Brewery just announced a new addition to its great beer lineup. It's Arabicadabra! Say what? Arabicadabra! Say it slowly, Ar-a-bi-ca-dabra. Rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it. Actually, it's better tasted than pronounced because it's a coffee milk stout.
June 23, 2017 Did you know we all eat bugs every day? Yep, every day, all year long, believe it or not, and in massive quantities, up to 140,000 thousand bug pieces every year. That's disgusting!
June 22, 2017 Admit it, you've always wanted to be on stage, maybe singing and dancing, but you have never taken the leap. Times a wastin, and hour chance is coming this weekend.
June 21, 2017 Mason & Wesley came calling today.
The two cute kittens visited with Andy Rent as he talked about them on the Andy in the Morning show for Wet Nose Wednesday.
June 20, 2017
June 19, 2017 The Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) just announced a cool new experience opening this summer, the Puzzle Room: Quest for Conviction. The Puzzle Room will give groups one hour to search a simulation of the Museum's Archives, solving puzzles, finding clues and creating a display of evidence to achieve conviction.
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