August 3, 2012 If you didn't know, the National Model Train Show is at DeVos Place this weekend. It's the big trade show and exhibit for model train lovers anywhere! My old college buddy and former Grand Rapids radio guy Dave Kent is foaming at the mouth right now! He and his son Charlie are huge train fans, so he wishes he was still in West Michigan!
A brand new texting service has arrived that will help beer lovers from all over enjoy new and unfamiliar beers. BeerText.US allows you to text the name of a beer to 315-679-4711 (standard texting rates apply) and receive a description, a complete list of ingredients, and it's alcohol contents. It has never been easier to impress your friends with an encyclopedic knowledge of beer.
July 30, 2012 Celebrate Grand Rapids being named Beer City USA with us on August 11 at John Ball Park, as D&W Fresh Market present the 2nd annual WFGR Summer Craft Beer Festival! Buy tickets at wfgr.com or at any West Michigan D&W Fresh Market or Family Fare locations. Over 20 breweries will sample their best ales and brews, see a real life NASCAR car, and also have a chance to win the WFGR Classic Hits Corvette!
July 23, 2012 July 23, 1964...a day that will live in...roast beef infamy! It was on this day 48 years ago Arby's was born in Boardman, Ohio. It's the fast food chains birthday, but you get this present! All day today, get a 64 cent Roast Beef sandwich at participating Arby's Hey, you don't look a day over 45!
July 16, 2012 Ok, it's early in the week, but there are so many great things happening around West Michigan this whole week , I couldn't wait til the weekend! For starters, the Berlin Fair is underway in Marne! Who doesn't love fair food and kids! And Tuesday is 15th birthday of the Grand Rapids Children's Museum! There's cake and a new exhibit unveiled between 5 and 8!
July 10, 2012 And all over the country too! It's 7/11/12, or better known as 7-11's birthday! The store, which was named for the hours it originally was open (7am to 11pm) gives away FREE Slurpees on July 11 every year. Except in Australia. Free Slurpee Day is on November 7th there, since in other countries, dates are "month/day/year" so 7/11/12 is in November. See what you learn by reading this blog? :)
July 1, 2012 From our close friends at WZZM TV13, the official list of all the fireworks shows and celebrations for the 4th of July in Michigan! Shameless plug: WFGR sponsors the FREE 4th of July Fireworks at Gun Lake Casino, starting at 10:30! See Cluck the chicken and other surprises between 6 and 8!
June 25, 2012 Ever golfed at night? I have golfed close to night time a couple of times. Once finishing up 18 holes at about 9:45 at night. The other was when a buddy lived right by an exclusive course in Portage (I won't tell you the course, but it rhymes with "The Bores") and we would jump on and play the 14th and 15th holes for free! Good times, good times. Now we are ready to golf at night for real!
June 21, 2012 The weather has broken, it's not going to be an oven, and there's lots to do in West Michigan this weekend! This is one of those weekends we dream about in February when it's 8 degrees and snowing like a big dog! Sunny and about 80 all weekend, and plenty to do! Get out and enjoy it!
Kyle Busch and Travis Pastrana among others are invading West Michigan for Tuesday Nights Race "The Rowdy 251" at Berlin Raceway.
Love him or hate him (and many do!) Kyle's won this race the last two years, so I say it's time to knock him off!
June 15, 2012 A shirtless Tom Cruise? Alec Baldwin as...well NOT as Jack from 30 Rock? And all kinds of 80 hair bands and rock til you drop music? Must be Rock of Ages, the hit musical from Broadway now on the big screen! This is going to be the movie, along with the Magic Mike movie, that 98% of women in this country are going to wanna see!
June 15, 2012 It was another exciting WFGR Supermarket Sweep with Access of Kent County, Family Fare and WZZM TV 13. And for the 3rd straight year, we lost! This year, however, we did better than we have ever did. Why? The power of the chicken. Cluck!
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