Thank You…..A Year In Review
This is officially the last day of the 365 Things To Do In Michiana, so I would like to make this last post just a big THANK YOU!!! to all that have taken time out their routine to read this blog and of course to thank those businesses that took time out of their busy day to talk with me about what they do.
I have been asked, on several occasions, as to what I am going to do next. Will I continue to do the blog? Will I do something totally different? The answer is probably YES. As things come up, I will still post on the 365 Blog….and I am thinking of doing something different as well. Something that would still be community oriented…..just trying to smooth out the details.
I have also been asked several times to post about what I have learned during this process and been asked about what were some of my favorite posts. So, here it goes.
I guess the biggest thing that I learned, and it was echoed over and over again, is how we have some truly great people in our community doing creative things for their business. Contrary to what the media might have you believe, it is the mom and pop small businesses that really make our economy work and we have a WHOLE bunch of great small business leaders right here in Michiana! They are great to talk to and were very willing to help me on what I was doing with this blog.
An unfortunate part of doing this project, was that there were some good businesses that I did posts on that are actually out of business now. Of course this happens for various reasons, mainly to do with our economic climate right now. Another question that I have been asked several times is: “I bet you can tell me where NOT to go in Michiana as well?”….Yes, that is 100% true, but I opted to not make a list or to talk about those businesses….I wanted this project to remain positive.
Back on to the positive, there have been several posts that were my favorites or ones that really stuck out. Day 24, Soup Of Success falls into that category, it is such a worthy cause that is worth your time to read about……..SERIOUSLY! click on that link, read about it, you will want to go visit them after reading to buy some of their soup and baskets!!!! There are the many festivals and fairs that take place in Michiana. There was The Midway Tavern, Day 35, that is such a cool place to go hear live music. There is The Center For History in South Bend along with some really cool places to check out art, like Circa Arts and Ben Roseland’s Art Studio. Some of my favorite Italian and Pizza places to do posts on were Cosimo & Susie’s, Davinci’s, New York Boys Pizza and D.C.’s Pizza and Subs. There were the new places, like Rivals Sports Den, and some that have been around awhile like South Side Soda Shop, Eddie’s Steak Shed and Maxi’s. There is my choice for best Pulled Pork Sandwich, which is Mattern’s, and just a couple really cool things to do and see like Joshua Tree Imports, Earth and Space Museum and the always hip to be retro Rumor Has It. Not to mention the GREAT people at Joshica’s Planet Canine and definitely one of my new favorite places to go out to dinner and hunt ghosts at, the Woodland Inn. I know that I am leaving some places out on that, but I can’t just recap everyone 
There are still places for me to visit, though 365 Things sounds like a lot (and it is) there are actually more things that I have not gotten too yet that I hope to post about still……..just not everyday like I have been. I am looking forward to taking a break and probably getting caught up on some much needed blogging for my real estate business.
Once again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking time out of your busy days to read about what I post about! We have a great community here in Michiana, and hopefully I have been able to highlight it for you and bring to light some things that you did not know even existed around us. I encourage you to take the 365 list and go visit these places. Take care and have a Merry Christmas!!!!
Sincerely,
Barry Skalski
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