Rob Sparks

Last weekend, Danny Trejo posted on Facebook that he was in Grand Rapids shooting the movie  “In Stranger Company”.  When he posted on social media, we still weren't quite sure what the movie was about; well now we know a bit more.. “In Stranger Company” is an Indie film based on the book “The Loyalty Treasures” written by Dr...

WHOA!  When did we become lil Hollywood!?!? So a couple of weeks ago, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard were vacationing here… now we have word that Danny Trejo is in town filming a new movie. You probably know Danny from “”From Dusk till Dawn”, “Desperado”, “Bubble Boy” or “XXX”...

I love the Arby’s commercials, partly because of the writing but that voice is what makes them great! Every time I hear the voice I think, who is that??  I thought for a minute it was James Earl Jones, but it’s not. It’s actually Ving Rhames...

Our first bus trip to the Witches of New Salem Haunted Woods was a great success!! 22 of our new friends showed up to hang with Christine and I to take the party bus to get our scream on!   Yeah, it was raining, but doesn’t every scary story start with “It was a dark and stormy night”...

Have you seen this bike? Drew posted on Reddit Sunday that his Fuji Supreme vintage bike was stolen from a “residents only” courtyard at his apartment, Saturday afternoon. The bike was his dad’s.  His dad bought it when he was 19 and it had sat in storage since 1985; until recently when he (reluctantly) let Drew have it to get around downtown...

What does this sign mean?! I just realized this sign is right behind where I park each night.  I park street side, and yesterday I had to park back further than usual… that’s when I saw it. I understand the general meaning behind it, no parking between November 1st and April 1st and I’m assuming it’s because of snowplows; but does this mean no parking at all, or only when it snows...

I don’t want to say I work with weirdos…but I work with weirdos. Today, our two big bosses are out of the office, so Julie and Bridget (from our promotions department) decided to cook lunch.  IN THEIR OFFICE! Yep, instead of “street meat” they’ve created “office meat”...

Jillian from JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Reseach Foundation stopped by to talk about their upcoming walk. The JDRF One Walk will be taking place at Ah Nab Awen park downtown Grand Rapids, this Saturday, September 10th. Type 1 Diabetes or T1D is an autoimmune disease that affects both children and adults...

I really think I need to start playing the lottery! Earlier this month, there was a guy from Muskegon County that won a good chunk of money, but stayed anonymous; now John Swisher of Brighton just won a couple million.  (yeah, I know his name, so I can look him up and become friends :)) It happened with the Mega Millions drawing last Friday night, August 26th, and actually John had no idea he won

Shocker. Rob & I are still eating. But we love food and we do it for YOU. About a month ago we tried two of the four Lay's Passport Chips (Brazilian Picanha & Chinese Szechuan Chicken). This time around we got to trying the other two flavors: Greek Tzatziki & Indian Tikka Masala, which makes this PART TWO of "Rob & Christine Try: Lay's Passport Chips." Honestly, ... Read

Thursday evening hundreds of residents in the Heartside Neighborhood came out to Heartside Park for the Heartside Unity Picnic. The event was organized  by The Heartside Neighborhood Collaboration Project as a way to bring residents, city leaders and police together...

Wednesday night may have been one of the scariest nights of my life… and it all happened within my apartment. I rent an apartment in a house that’s been converted. So basically, I rent the upstairs/attic spot of this house. For the most part, it’s been a great place (except for the lack of a/c during one of the hotter summers West Michigan has experienced in a while...