Scholarship table
Founders Brewing?
Grand Rapids recommendations anyone?
Recommendations for what? When will you be here and for how long? Business or pleasure? I am your GRR huckleberry.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
This week? Where are you staying? What is your favorite kind of diner dive food? https://harmonybeer.com/http://www.mittenbrewing.com/https://www.perrinbrewing.com/http://newhollandbrew.com/knickerbocker/https://www.atwaterbeer.com/locations/atwater-grand-rapids/If you are staying downtown, New Holland and Atwater are within walking distance, a little less than 1/2 mile apart, crossing the river. Mitten is a mile and a half from downtown, has phenomenal pizza and good homemade beer. If you are really feeling adventurous, try the Westerdog pizza. Harmony has two locations, in opposite directions from downtown. I recommend the Eastown location. Perrin is about 6 miles from downtown, but has a good menu and my personal favorite, Perrin Black Ale. If you are downtown and just want to eat stupid, I recommend Stella's https://www.stellasgr.com/Or the original Hopcat. http://www.hopcat.com/If you are staying out by the airport, honestly, it feels like any other generic upscale suburb.
Galway Eagle, where did you end up going? Or did you just stay in?
One interesting aspect is what airline you fly into a specific airport. Sky Harbor is a great example, as Terminal 2 (United) is terrible, but if you go to the Southwest Terminal, it’s great, totally different experience. I also knock down PHX for the 10 minute drive to the car rental facility.
I’d add a. Day to Barcelona and take one away from Sevilla.There are some great beer bars in Barcelona. Will get you a list if interested.Take tuk-tuk tour in Lisbon. Great way to see the city. Do it on the first day. Eat in the a Time Out market. Eat peri peri chicken. Go to Belen. And Sinatra. Make a day of it.
Where you staying (specific area or property)? Porto is the bomb too.
This. In some of the older posts on here people mentioned Lambert. Were/Are those people flying in and out of the Southwest terminal? That’s the only way to do it there. Locals all fly Southwest, which has its own terminal there whenever possible. It’s been that way there for many years. It’s way better. American was the big airline there prior to that, as it had a big hub there. And of course TWA was there. Different terminals matter sometimes in different airports.
American and TWA were one in the same. American acquired TWA just about the time TWA was on its last legs. Much of what TWA had in St. Louis came from TWA's acquisition of Ozark.St. Louisians fly Southwest because its about the only way you can get anywhere from St. Louis non-stop without passing through a hub somewhere else. Southwest also offers the opportunity to fly on real jets (no matter how cramped) rather than third-rate flying partners on crapjets.The TWA acquisition and addition of the St. Louis hub was one of the dumber things American ever did. While they may have picked up some slots into London, they acquired a hub in St. Louis that was duplicative of Chicago and Dallas (and about an hour's flying time from either). And, with the years-later acquisition of US Air (aka US Scare), the hub American acquired from TWA at JFK was redundant with US Scare's principal hub at Philadelphia.Not quite as bad as Pan Am's acquisition of National but up there.
JFK Airport just opened the TWA Hotel in the old Eero Saarinen designed TWA Terminal. It is TWA themed.