My cousin, who is like a sister and one of my best friends, treated us to an excellent cast of local Grand Rapids talent in a play at the old Civic Theater here. “Beautiful” was a biography of singer/songwriter Carole King in the 1970’s. Before that, Julie and her husband Lindsay introduced us to the Tupelo Honey Restaurant, which we since found out also resides at the VB Town Center. Such a fun night with people we love. We needed that!

P.S. And Lindsay and Noel got to show their mad table tennis skills at a table right on the sidewalk in the downtown arts district here!