Posts Tagged ‘society’

Pros and Cons

// August 28th, 2010 // Comments Off // Big JimmyK's Blog

Well folks it has been an interesting summer! We have experienced a fairly good selling season even though all of the negative politics seems to keep us all worried and in fear of what’s to come with the economy. I am very much against expressing my political views or even discussing politics with friends just because it is such a volatile subject in America however I really do believe for the most part we need to ignore most of what the politicians and political news media outlets want us to believe. Yes we are in a recession, it is ugly and it will remain ugly for quite some time but thats not all bad, we were at a point that if something didn’t change our children would be paying $500,000.00 for a mobile home. It had to adjust at some point and now it is. The positive things I have seen with my own eyes is neighbors helping neighbors again, folks actually putting money in saving accounts, folks cutting back on unnecessary spending, families doing family activities such as camping, fishing many of the inexpensive recreation we used to do. Foreign travel has dropped way off, also not a bad thing lets spend the money here in the U.S. where we need it. We can keep this country great all we have to do is go back to the basics. We are going to have to be creative from here on out, the day of getting a job, staying with it for 30 years and retiring with a great pension is over! We can do this, we are intelligent, progressive entrepreneurial folks. We made this country what it is and we can keep it that way.

If Your Ever In Billings,Montana

// August 10th, 2009 // Comments Off // Big JimmyK's Blog

I spent my Sunday this week on a little excursion to Billings, Mt and spent most of the day just looking at new construction and all the changes that have taken place in this city over the past few years. My goal at the end of the day was to find a nice little restaurant to have a quite dinner with my daughter and her boyfriend. To my surprise we drove to downtown Billings and low and behold on Broadway I spot these sidewalk tables in front of this quaint little place called Bin 119, what an experience. This place has a New York  feel with the most amazing interior I have seen in Billings to date. After some research I find that this establishment is owned by a couple of young ladies who are experts in wine and apparently design. This is a quest for them into being the first beer and wine restaurant in Billings and I must say they have pulled it off nicely. My meal was excellent as well as all who were with me, the price was reasonable and the atmosphere was beyond belief, their selection of spirits was that of obvious expertise and our waitress was very friendly and accommodating. I felt comfortable and happy to be there and these days I believe that warrants recognition. So next time you visit Billings Montana do yourself a favor and venture downtown to Bin 119 I know you will enjoy it as much as I did.