http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:54:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Colorlab Custom Cosmetics, the Rockford based company that has retail cosmetics counters in Paris and London, San Francisco and Chicago, is providing the makeup for the models in the fashion show at the All Star Salute to Service Excellence 2008, a benefit held by the Northern Illinois Branch of the ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/17/colorlab-custom-cosmetics-partners-with-arthritis-foundation-for-april-25-benefit-event/ Rinku Patel plans to open her fourth local Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin-Robbins store on April 22 or 23 -- about five days before the due date for the birth of her second child. She already has a two-year-old son. This juxtaposition does not seem to faze her a bit. "I'm not the kind of ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/11/new-dunkin-donutsbaskin-robbins-slated-for-loves-park/ A new restaurant, Southern Butterfly, has opened at 1406 N. Main St., Rockford, in the spot where the Waffle Inn used to be.  While it offers some "soul food" specials, Southern Butterfly really is a family style restaurant with menu offerings such as club sandwiches, hamburgers and vegetarian dishes, said co-owner ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/10/southern-butterfly-restaurant-cooks-with-soul-on-north-main/ Again, not necessarily coming or going, but pretty darned interesting! Patch Products is looking for people who like to play games -- board games, card games and dice games, that is. The Beloit based manufacturer wants families and groups of adults to help it test new games it is developing. The company ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/08/when-playing-games-is-serious-business/ Riverside Pavilion retail center -- 5875 E. Riverside Blvd., at the corner of Mulford Road in Rockford -- has been through a major renovation. This week its merchants are celebrating with prizes and discounted specials, culminating Saturday with the "Riverside Pavilion-Ace Hardware Big Game Give-Away" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visitors can ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/02/riverside-pavilion-to-celebrate-renovation-with-big-game-give-away/ After almost 80 years of manufacturing and selling mattresses and bedding products, Rockford Mattress Co.'s owners have decided to close.  The company has stopped manufacturing mattresses and now is liquidating its inventory. The Powell family, which owns the business at 212 Seventh St., is not sure when it will close its doors for ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/01/rockford-mattress-to-close-after-80-years/ Not a coming or going, more like a doing: Locations of The UPS Store around the country, including the one at 7431 E. State St. in Rockford, are teaming up with the Marine Toys For Tots Foundation for its first-ever year-round Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Through the month of April, The ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/04/01/the-ups-store-sponsors-year-round-toys-for-tots-literacy-program/ Clare Schwartz, owner of the High Maintenance Salon & Day Spa at 135 North Longwood,Rockford and in the new Peak Sports Club, 4401 Peak Drive, Loves Park, plans to open a new weekend-only by-appointment studio at Cliffbreakers Lexington Hotel, 700 W. Riverside, Rockford, by the beginning of April. No grand ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/03/20/new-high-maintenance-studio-at-cliffbreakers-for-brides/ Brio, the restaurant and wine bar at 515 E. State St., Rockford, has started an "Industry Night" each Monday night for fellow workers in the restaurant and bar industry. On Monday nights, anyone working in that industry -- except for fast food restaurants -- can bring a current pay stub ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/03/19/brio-offers-monday-industry-nights-for-others-in-bar-restaurant-industry/ People in the Rock River Valley seem to care a great deal about their restaurants. By far the most comments I get on this blog are about restaurants either coming here or leaving. When I wrote in January that Buffalo Wild Wings was planning to open a restaurant at ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/comingsandgoings/2008/03/13/restaurant-reactions/