Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot

Travel. Food. Fun.

Hard Hat Restaurant: A Great Place for Breakfast After a Hard Week

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I have had some hard weeks before, but this past week (April 9-14) was an especially difficult. It started with dog sitting for my sister, Randi, in Lodi. I had been there since Thursday, April 6, but on Sunday, April 9, her dog, Parker, became quite ill. This meant spending most of the day in the Metropolitan Emergency Hospital in Akron. Thankfully, Parker is doing much better now. Next came a week full of deadlines and pressures, which is mostly unusual for my job. I felt I had already … [Read more...]

Owney Travelogue: Cincinnati and Beyond 

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When my dad, Bobby, told my mom, Wendi, that a guy named Richard Osterlind was doing a magic lecture in Cincinnati on Saturday, March 25, 2017, I was sure that meant I would be visiting my family in Lodi. That is usually what happens when they go away on a trip. I appreciate their concern for me and wanting to make sure I am not stuck in the house the whole day, but sometimes I wish I could go with them. Well I don't know if Dad can really read minds or if they couldn't find someone to watch me, … [Read more...]

The Day I Shared the Stage with Richard ‘Freakin’ Osterlind

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One recent Monday night I called my good friend and magical mentor, Leland Pennington. Normally, one of us will call the other on a weekend, but this was a Monday night, we had moved into Daylight Saving Time, it was a little warm, a little light, I was feeling good and decided to give "Pennington the Wizard" a call. Come to find out, it was great timing to give him a call for a couple reasons: One personal, the other magical. Let me get to the magical reason: Leland let me know that a … [Read more...]

Fast Eddie’s in Bellville, Worth a Return Trip

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Here at Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot, we (my husband, Bobby, and I) get the opportunity to visit many restaurants we have never tried. I am glad for the variety and really enjoy trying new places. However, there are some restaurants that we visit that we think we would like to try again. Maybe because they have so many options on their menus or maybe just because the atmosphere is fun, but it is mostly because the food was just that good. One place we had the chance to visit again was … [Read more...]

Owney’s Take on Malabar Farm 

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When my mom, Wendi Warren, asked me to fill in for her by writing a blog post, I wagged my tail like crazy. I love sharing with the readers of Wendi's Weekend Trips and Whatnot the fun things I get to do. Today is no exception. I am going to tell you about a recent visit Dad (Bobby), Mom and I took to Malabar Farm. On Saturday, February 18,the weather was so unusual that Mom told Dad we had to get out in it. Now I am only 6 years old, so I don't have a lot of experience with weather in … [Read more...]