“Chaps” a guest blog from Jennifer & Kathy Walker of Unexpected Necessities

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Welcome to our first in a series of guest blog posts from some of the most well known Bloggers in the Spokane area. Our first contribution in the series is from Jennifer Walker of Unexpected Necessities fame. Be sure to check out her blog and Unexpected Necessities can also be found on facebook.  If anyone out there has not been…

Sweet Addictions

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Once in awhile you stumble upon something so delicious that you just have to share it right? Well that is my way of looking at the world anyway. So….I get this email from one of our fans on our Spokane Grapevine fan page. It reads something like this……”Hey I make truffles and would love to meet with you sometime to…

The Rusty Moose

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Hello everyone…Rusty here….Rusty Moose. Ok, let’s just take a look at that for a minute…. What exactly is a Rusty Moose?….Or more importantly how exactly would a Moose Rust?I digress….So let’s get down to business. I have spent a little time reading other reviews of, what I consider to be, an excellent restaurant. Let’s just say that not all of…

Mamma Mia’s

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Well…..We headed out on the town this evening. We had every intention of hittin’ the new North Side Olive Garden. When we got there we found out that they won’t be open for a few days. So, what to do, what to do….. Well duh….We don’t review big national chains, we review small Mom and Pop operations. We have always…

The Nailry

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 So another “out and about” took me to go find  Kelly….Hmmmm….Whatever could you mean, you may be thinking to yourself…..well let me tell ya. See, ever since I met my wife….you know….Kelly, she has been going to these “dates with Ray”. So my curiosity got the best of me one day and I decided to follow her (ok…really…I drove her)…

Celebrations–A Cookie and Cupcake Boutique

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Ok….so…There we were…..we had decided to go into town to review a business to find out that the one we went to review had closed…I’ll have to say we were a little bummed…..So whadda ya do when you are bummed? Well you go in search of Chocolate…..and frosting……and cookies and free coffee. Well that’s what we do anyway. Are we…

Eagle’s Nest Espresso

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For starters this was probably the easiest entry we have ever had to write. You see, we have been a fan of Eagles Nest Espresso since the day they opened their windows for service. If you find yourself out on highway 291 towards Suncrest look for a little wide spot in the road before the dam. This is the official…

Finders Keepers

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The Spokane Grapevine ventures out once again to review a local business……… Deena visiting with Kelly The first thing you notice when you walk in to Finders Keepers on Second Ave is the chalk board above the register with a tribute from the owner to her employees. Upon reading the note she had left we knew we had walked into…

The Kitchen Engine

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Kelly and I recently had the opportunity to check out The Kitchen Engine at the Historic Flour Mill. Although we had been there before, usually it was on the way somewhere else. This stop was only to look around at The Kitchen Engine. Their facebook fan page touts “our customers are our family” and the way we were greeted by…

Pixie Dust Chocolates and The Chocolate Apothecary

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It was the day of chocolate for The Spokane Grapevine. We went from Hallets Chocolates to The Chocolate Apothecary to meet with Melissa Barnett. Melissa is the owner of Pixie D ust Chocolates. This was by far the highlight of the day, meeting with her was a breath of fresh air and reminded us of what it really means to…