View Of The Book & Bean!

At least once per week, when arriving early morning at The Book Nook & Java Shop there were summer signs of fun left over from the previous evening as patrons left the tavern next door! Bras, swimsuits, beer bottles and cans, shoes and one unfortunte incident left me wondering what the heck that person ate the night before!  Ughhh…I could have gone the rest of my life not seeing that! I for one had the best summer I can ever remember.  It was filled with great customers here at the shop; locals, summer, transient and concert goers!  Personally, I was able to be the waterbug that I am.  Jetski, kayaking, bon-fires, concerts, parades, biking, boys, beaches, boats and books! Not in that particlular order!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    White Lake was hopp’n with something always going on!  The 4th of July Parade along with the fireworks were awesome as was the weather.  Then, Maritime was as fun as ever - but come on - do we need to post two police officers next to the beer tent exit? Not!  The festival (Thanks to Lori Hesse) offered a Ventian Parade for the first time in many years and…once again…the weather was perfect and the boats with all their lights - a sight to see.  “Cruz’n” - always the last Friday in July - had record breaking attendance and here’s hoping we can get the commitee to make this a day -long event rather than just three hours.  With 3,000 people downtown, lining our streets - lets make a day of it; offering live music, beer tents, rides for the kids, etc..  After all, we have a beautiful park, right across the street that hasn’t been used for years.

Briley Lambers with Rebecca waiting for the cars.

2 miles of classic cars with the streets lined with more
than 3000 enthusiastic viewers.