jcasey

Maybe you should call up Jerry and apply! You could always reference him to you body of work on UP!

So, how do you think the city will fare if they do not have that position? Then I assume that it will be ran up on Monday considering the coming announcements.

No, not offended at all! I thought that I have been on here too long. Look at you! Quite the busy bee! On another subject. I think I recall you are a fan of Arlena Acree. Jerry Jones said that if he becomes mayor he will eliminate her job. What do you think of that?

Does anyone know if Diamond Jack's actually plan to install permanent signs or are they planning to keep the trashy vinyl signage covering the old Isle of Capri signs? I would love to know, because they sure are trashing up the place. I have not been inside but I hope they are doing something there since they seem to be ruining a good thing. That sounds really good to me! Who needs Gimme Sum.

Here is that article in the Shreveport Times about Gimme Sum. It gives a history of the riff between the company owner and the franchisees. http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...010/0/OPINION03

Sweet! I was coming here to post the same thing! Now if we can just get that PF Changs!!! I just went on the TGI Friday's web site and this will be the only one in Louisiana!

Welcome to the area! I am also of Wisconsin decent (meaning my dad is from Sheboygan...ended up here because of Barksdale). I cannot think of any big events, but there is always something going on. The Fair is in town; the Boardwalk and Youree Drive are popular; I've never been to the Funny Bone, but I hear it is good. BTW there is nothing in Monroe, I just got out of that hole! I think Ruston is on it's own. Also my wife just graduated from Tech in May. Again, welcome. No problem, but you are right. That is what I was thinking of. My bad!

Hmm...I can't believe that BR could not support a Fuddruckers. Also hard to believe is that Shreveport/Bossier does not have a Bennigans (anymore) or an O'Charley's. Monroe area has both. As I said earlier but no one has confirmed, I believe TGI Friday's was in St Vincent mall and closed. Any confirmation out there? When did that Bennigans in Bossier close? It seems as thought in our area restaurants in malls do not work very well; only food courts with fast food. Restaurants in malls in other cities work fine, why not ours. Maybe it is our malls. Many seem to believe, as do I, that they are being overrun with riff-raff.

You know something else that my wife and I love but Shreveport/Bossier City lack? A Costco. I have even thought about getting a membership and driving to Dallas to go there. I am so tired of Sam's Club. Costco would have to be the equivalent of Target to Wal-Mart. I think that our Johnny Rocket's was substituted with that Sonic. Don't we have enough of those? I did go to Haughton High School and I cannot complain about it. Actually I went through all the orignial Haughton schools (TL Rhodes, Platt, Princeton & Haughton High School). Maybe I don't know any better but they seemed ok to me.

We used to come to LA at least 3 or 4 times a year, but since we had our 2 kids that has slowed dramatically. It is just too hard to travel with small children. On top of that the majority of her family (mother, grandmother and brother) moved to Albuquerque almost 2 yrs ago. She does still have a grandmother living in El Segundo. It is ridiculous how much homes in that area are or we would consider moving there.

I will try to see if I can find the story in the Shreveport Times that I am speaking of, but there seems to be bad blood from the beginning of that business relationship. I am also thinking about moving back to the Haughton school district, because I grew up there and am familiar with it. The Stockwell district seems to close to the city for me, I know it is a great school system but I will just be nervous for my kids. As far as that clearing, I am quite interested myself. I doubt that it is for another trailer development. We have seen too many of those things go bust over the years, but given the rising interest rates, more trailer developments may not be out of the question. I am also skeptical that it will be anything nice because of all the trailer developments. The size of the clearing suggests something big or just a good cleaning for development shoppers. It is also sad to see how bad the Swan Lake/Shed Road area has become. Everytime I go through there it seems to be worse.

You know, before the Boardwalk development fell behind schedule there was talk of a Johnny Rockets or Fuddruckers there. Fuddruckers is another restaurant we need badly. We do have a Borders here at the Boardwalk, but is is an outlet and is a small store. An Apple store would be awesome. Macy's would also be a welcomed addition, because the only nice department store that we have is Dillards. fridayinla, in what area of la do you live. My wife is from the El Segundo area.

I never did make it to Gimme Sum, but I'm sure Pei Wei's would be a nice fit. It seems the closing has a lawsuit feeling to it. Oh well. I do also recall there being an announcement of a "very popular fish restaurant" soon to come, but nothing. I also thought it would be a Bonefish Grill. I think as nice as the Boardwalk is, it could have been so much better. No outlet stores and more popular restaurants is my thinking. BTW what was that southwest choice that you made?

First of all, I live on Stockwell Road. I have read that you live in Haughton and I am originally from Haughton (spent my 1st 20 years there), so I am very familiar with that area. I just moved back to the area, I was exiled to Savannah GA (for about 1 yr) and Monroe LA (for about 5 yrs). I am now 27 and glad to be back! I agree that they would probably not put a PF Changs and Pei Wei that close together, but they are still very different. As you know PF Changs is an upscale dinner type atmosphere. Pei Wei's is a nice casual quick lunch type atmosphere. Somewhere the office may go for lunch. I have had San Francisco Oven. CPK is so much better, but again they are very different. SFO seems like a nice deli/pizza lunch stop. CPK is again an upscale restaurant that serves very trendy type food. Check their web site and their menu, especially the pizzas. Everything has a fresh, organic feel. They are in Dallas, so next time you're there you may want to try it. The BBQ Chicken Pizza and Singapore Shrimp Rolls are awesome! Back when the Boardwalk was being developed I emailed Mr Good about getting a PF Changs and CPK. He replied advising that they were not able to get them because of conflicting restaurants. Then of course Gimme Sum and SFO were announced. Speaking of, do you know anything about Gimme Sum's future. Last I knew Shreveport Times did a story hinting at a rift between the company owner and the franchisee as the reason it was temporarily closed. http://www.cpk.com/ BTW, I looked at some of your pics. What zoo is that? I definitely does not look like the DFW Zoo.

Hello, I'm new. My name is Casey and I live in Bossier. SBC you may be on with the TGI Friday's. A couple of nights ago, I cannot recall the program, but I did see a commercial on local tv for TGI Friday's. Didn't they have a St Vincent Mall location that closed years ago? I am a great lover of PF Chang's and that would be a dream come true if they came here. My personal fav is the lettuce wraps! Has anyone ever ate at Pei Wei's? It is a PF Changs' company. It is very casual and very good. They have the same lettuce wraps. There is only one more restaurant that I could hope for but it is not even in Louisiana and seems to stay in larger markets. That restuarant is California Pizza Kitchen. Has anyone ate there before? I know fridayinla must have because they are very popular in So Cal.