Clean up the crime..its a dump

@@scottdeano8397 No it's not😂😂😂😂😂😂

You haven't been to a big city have you? GR has nothing to do. No festivals, no culture.... everyone there is from Michigan. No one else wants to live there

@@jerridombrowski6017 hopefully you don't live here anymore

Yeah they think its a great city because of a few new bars and a new hospital and a new bus station..lol..🤣😂

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! 😀yes, the beer was delicious!

oh! thank you! 😀good to know👍

Yes I was going to say outside coffee is not in East Grand Rapids, EGR is a separate entity entirely. I’m surprised more folks from GR didn’t correct this! GR is a destination, EGR is a pass.

@@beckysefcovic860 I did correct this on another comment (long time south heritage hill resident here)

It's such a great place! Third nature was lovely. Unfortunately we did not meet Chad and Troy. 😕 Thanks again. I'm glad you liked the video 😀❤

Aww! Thank you so much 😀

It’s uptown wealthy which is heritage hill not eastown

Thank you so much! ❤️👍

it's still kinda that way

SO COOL! Congratulations on the Bambino! How's Parent life going? It's tough getting out there with a newborn but at some point you just have to "rip the bandaid off" and you'll figure it out as you go 😀❤

Grand rapids is a dump

@@Roamaroo Starting to get the hang of this parenting thing I think. Brewer is 10 weeks old and a pretty darn happy dude generally. We still haven't taken him out to eat in GR yet for fear of a newborn meltdown. 😉🤣 But we are thinking of starting with a roadtrip before we jump right into flying with babe. You guys make it look so easy! Keep on rocking the parenting thing! It's inspiring me! 🙂

@@amandarumsey686 I think we took Scotland out to eat at 1 week old.. I still remember the look on the hostess's face when we told her she was only 1 week old. Yes, it can be done. You'll be surprised how forgiving people are when they see the baby. Everyone's heart just melts looking at a newborn. and if they do get upset.. Screw them! having a baby is normal and a part of life. My advice, Rip the bandaid off, go to your favorite restaurant, have a nice meal and a few drinks. Take a bottle and stroller with you. If they get hungry, just shove the bottle in his mouth.. We've found bottle feeding in a restaurant is much easier than breastfeeding. 😀

@@scottdeano8397 Flint & Detroit are dumps! GR is a great place to live.

You're so welcome! 😀

Thank you. and Congratulations! Where are you going with the new baby? any good spots yet? ❤ Here's the cocktail recipe if you feel adventurous. 1 oz mescal 1 oz aperol 1 oz velvet falernum (or sub agave) 1/2 oz lime juice Orange peel zest

@@Roamaroo thank you for the recipe! Strangely enough our baby travel has mirrored yours a bit. We took her to the tropics in St. Thomas and Cancun, and then we had a beer fueled weekend in Columbus, Ohio where we pretty much did what you both did in Grand Rapids. Baby travel is different, for sure, but so fulfilling. You are making some incredible memories with your new family.

@@micalebgoeswest You're right.. our babies are living similar lives.. I love it!! Baby travel is so much fun. You just have to be much more flexible. We've found that until she's a little bit older we have to be careful with weather. Too many times we've been caught outside in 85+ weather and she gets too hot and starts to get fussy. Once in AC she's her normal self.

@@Roamaroo fully agreed. We live in Florida and have learned the same lesson. Thank you again for responding and for sharing your experiences of baby travel. We are big fans and love seeing another new family conquer the world 😎

Also if you guys ever come back I have a few recommendations! The bitter end is a great coffee place that's open 24hrs and it's an old bank building with a warm atmosphere. Grand rapids brewing co has some amazing beer and food Bombay cuisine has Wonderful Indian food and a built in brewery called east west that has some of my favorites. The chop house is a very fancy kinda date night place with great food. There's a few more smaller kinda breweries that I like to go to, three Gatos, harmony, new Holland is a more popular one, but really you can't walk 2 steps here without running into a brewery and you can't try them all 😂

Good to hear. We like that one better!!

cultural events??? like what?

@@jerridombrowski6017 Art Prize and Festival of the Arts, just to name a few.

@@jerridombrowski6017 Greek festival last weekend. Polish festival this weekend.

@@jerridombrowski6017 Mexican festival at Calder plaza this weekend

Loved Brewery Vivant! We didn’t get to see the beaches.. next time 👍😀

@@Roamaroo You definitely should!! Believe it or not, West Michigan has some of the best beaches in the country!!!

I agree, Grand Haven and Holland are must visits. And Traverse City is one heck of a destination in the spring/summer/fall.

Congratulations! 24 years. You Love birds!! ❤❤

@@Roamaroo Thank you!

❤️once you have great coffee, it’s hard to go back 😂 we’re back in NJ for a short time. Chicago is the best! There’s nothing like a great Chicago summer. 👍👍

@@Roamaroo 😘 and I got that 😅

Metro population

Metro population is 1.4 million.

Bob closed down just before new years as they were expecting to sell it. The sale never went through and now the original owner is preparing to reopen this fall right in time for Art Prize.

Yummy! sounds delicious. It's on our list 😀👍

Bummer.. I guess we’ll have to go back

Looks like we'll have to go back. 😀

It took a long time for US to step up it's beer game. But we finally have. Yes, some odd comments about this place.

sad but funny history lesson😂

no one else knows about your riots. Everyone was involved in the pandemic. I don't understand. I guess that shows how isolating GR is. Know one outside of MI has even heard of it

lmfao. have u seen san francisco? atlanta? new Orleans? gr is heaven compared to the rest.

Agreed. Lived in GR for most of my adult life. After the riots in 2020 my wife and I moved west towards the lakeshore to get away from the craziness. They were setting cars on fire and beating people up in the street right in front of my house. Sad because GR had been improving so quickly up until that point.

It used to be

Thanks for the recommendation!

Grew up and went to college in Milwaukee, then lived in GR for ten years. Milwaukee is all talk. GR is the real deal.

Lived here my whole life …. You aren’t lying 😂

@@AzulzWRLD I know. These people can be forgiven since they're tourists, but the locals ought to know better. Once you tire of the Gilmore notion of fine dining, and you've had better tapas than San Chez, the landscape gets bleak! Thank heavens for the endless string of hopefuls that struggle mightily to fill the landlords pockets.

@@hounddog4363 You are right on about that. I'm in Grand Haven. I work in the industry. Hipster dipshits. Lol.

Barrio, Tupelo, New Holland etc there's pretty cool places

Not true. There are plenty of decent restaurants. But I don't get why people get so bored with life that they need hundreds of different quality options for dining. Is your life really about food?

don't forget scamway

I totally agree its a crime ridden dump..ooh they built a few bars and a hospital..now they think it's great..lol

Happy that ur gone

@@g.r.michigan5332 Not anywhere near as happy as I am!!!! 😄

Art Prize, Festival of the Arts, Polish Fest, Meijer Gardens, etc. I have a feeling you were one of those stick in the muds that stayed in their house all day and never bothered to explore. Glad you are gone.

@@WMUBronco I've lived in Michigan all my life and still do Grand Rapids is the s*** stain in Michigan just because they build a couple of bars and a new hospital and a bus station you guys think it's magic what a joke

😂 you have one video and it's of an awesome concert in GR.

You obviously don't live in Michigan. Because you'd realize there's many, many other cities in Michigan that are much bigger dumps than GR. Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Lansing, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, etc. pretty much all the major cities are bigger dumps than GR. In fact West Michigan is what keeps the entire state from being called a dump, and I grew up in the Detroit area.