More of my July

Hey Gang,
Forcing myself to finish this July story even though I am quite busy right now. If I don't it will never get finished and I will be off on another adventure which will be happening shortly as I may be leaving for Texas this Wednesday with Walt.
Trying to figure out what to do with some of my articles/stories. I use to send out just about daily emails titled Hey Gangs but it seems interest has waned. These emails covered all the bases, politics, religion, travel, human interest and everything and anything in between including prayer requests. But its hard to write anything personal when you don't get the necessary feedback to do so. I have been receiving less and less responses and when I do they are less then flattering. So I have started blogging more. But how many blogs will Carey need? I have my Carey On blog strictly politics, the ....whats on Carey's Mind Today mostly travel and fun stuff. What about the rest though, the human interest, prayer requests, what do I do with them?

WHOOPS! Sorry for that tangent.

Now getting back to my July story.
I have already wrote about how business picked up and about the Brownstone and the Jeremiah Ensworth house I cleaned. Why would I include a job in a travel blog? Because even though it was work related, getting to clean those properties was a treat. Almost like a paid tour but instead I got paid.
Now.....
I feel when you don't really make plans and just go on the spur of the moment things almost always work out for the best. Expectations are different and when you do find something fun or interesting its a nice surprise or deviation from what you would normally do. Thats how the Saturday after court went.
The day was gloomy, threatening rain on and off but my friend Millard was in town from Kentucky so I didn't want to waste the day. I went on line and did a search for Ohio cruise ins. I found a place called Wink's Drive In in Barberton. I called my other friend Jeff and told him we would pick him up about 5. Thats all the plans we made, head towards Barberton and find Wink's.
If you get the chance you should go to Winks. When I write reviews I am honest. If you are going to Winks just for the food you may be disappointed, we found it to be average at best, we didn't try the ice cream and shakes so maybe those would be better, don't know. But the ambiance for an evening of fun and entertainment for a cruise is perfect. Its an old style diner with the long over head where you park under and the waitresses come out to you, not sure if they still do that as a band was set up under it playing oldies. On top of the overhead was an old cop car in back of a hot rod. Very cool. Inside, the front and back of the booth to eat was an old Chevy.
The threat of rain was unfortunate because it was suppose to be Chrysler night, the GoGo Bus is an old Dodge so it would of really of been perfect timing. Instead the weather chased away a lot cruisers so it was cancelled. I was told on a normal weekend the place gets mobbed.
After Winks we headed to Akron for the 62nd Annual Summit County Italian-American festival that was listed in one of the travel pamphlets I had. Akron is right next door to Barberton so it was a nice tie in to where we were.
Again I am being honest with my review, IF your exceptions of finding a true Italian-American festival you would of been disappointed, most of the ethnic festivals in America are now watered down. BUT if you're looking for a free festival in a great location, with free entertainment, plenty of food stands, and a LARGE crowd to people watch, this is perfect. We had an excellent time.
The main stage is located in what they call Lock 3. They had impersonators of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Pretty good act. On the opposite end of the festival they had a smaller stage set up with a band playing, yes you guessed it, Sinatra and Martin songs.
We grabbed something to eat and sat down in the Lock 3 area just in time for the ending of the Rat Pack tribute and the fireworks. The firework display was great. Akron had them set up on a tall building. It seemed as if the building was on fire. It was a fun night. I recommend it.
OK that brings us up to almost the second week of July. But will I finish this before the Texas trip.... stay tuned.

Gotta GoGo!!
Carey