King's Contrivance Jewelers. I went there for an engagement ring. My (now) wife had specific ideas of what she liked and disliked and I went there, just based on reviews. Patrick is the owner and he is absolutely fantastic. He made something completely custom just based on a couple photos and it was so picture perfect of what she wanted. He was great with me being relatively ignorant on jewelry, explaining why to do to this or do that. He's funny, pleasant, perhaps a little eccentric, but he's great. Texted me throughout the process, even had me come in and look at the "ingredients" of the ring before he made it.

There ended up being an issue, he had received a tainted batch of a metal and it didn't present itself until she had worn the ring for a week or two. I texted him about the issue and he told me to bring it in and when I did, he showed me the leftovers that he had used for my ring and sure enough it was showing the same signs as the ring. He completely reproduced the ring in really short order and it's a near copy, even added a couple extra stones for the trouble.

I'm always looking for an opportunity to sing Patrick's praise. He's the man.

I went to the Columbia Bowlero not long after getting vaccinated when the wife and I started getting out more often and I couldn't believe how much it was when I booked a lane online on a weekday night. Granted, it is nice, we had a great time and when we got there, they basically treated us like royalty: manager came around, checked on us, even bought us a round of drinks. But I think that was mostly just because it was the beginning of the the world opening again and they weren't that busy.

And even then, it still wasn't worth what we had spent.