It is officially time to talk about Christmas, because Christmas is almost here. Let’s talk about the picture above. OBVIOUSLY the person taking it missed the point. There is a giant Nutcracker and you cannot see him. But at least all the ladies are in the picture! That’s what I get for asking a random [...]
Posts Tagged ‘michigan’
Christmas Cheer in Rochester Hills
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged christmas, gingerbread house, michigan, nutcracker, rochester hills, royal park hotel on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Detroit Lions and Deep Fried Turkey
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deep fried turkey, detroit, detroit lions, football, fried turkey, had no idea, i love fried turkey, lions, michigan, nfl, thanksgiving day game, thanksgving, turkey on December 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wow, I am behind. The Detroit Lions. Lost last night and lost unfortunately when I was home for the Thanksgiving Day Game. I’ve gone to the Thanksgiving Day Game pretty much every year in my life, except for one when I was spending Thanksgiving in Hong Kong, visiting my friend S up there on the [...]
Thanksgiving Eve Parade Floats in Detroit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged detroit, floats, michigan, parade, thanksgiving, the way we live now on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I believe my family has been doing this for four years already, one year is documented on City Mitten already and this year’s is being documented now. The night before Thanksgiving all the floats for the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade are lined up on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit ready to go. They block off [...]
Main Street Diner and Dogs: Harrisville, MI
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged diners, diners and dogs, disco fries, gravy, harrisville, hot dogs, main street diner and dogs, michigan, pure michigan, restaurants, traveling on September 13, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I have been spending a lot of time in Michigan lately. I went back FOUR WEEKENDS in the past couple of a months. Normally I go back in the summer *maybe* once. But it’s been nice. So nice. And these are disco fries from Main Street Diner and Dogs in Harrisville, Mi. They don’t have [...]
Biggby Coffee: Michigan’s Finest
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biggby coffee, birmingham, coffee, coffee shops, emily, go green, hometown, michigan, michigan state, mochas on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Time for a regional coffee post! Welcome to Biggby Coffe – from my home state and more importantly, my home school! Biggby was once called Beaner’s and is still based out of East Lansing, Michigan (Go State!). Now there are 125 locations nationwide — many of them in Michigan and one located in my hometown, [...]
Cheburashka and Alexandra Goes to Russia! (Cakes, Too)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alexandra, bakeries, cakes, cheburashka, chocolate, chocolate cake, michigan, partisserie parmentier, party, russia on August 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hello, little guy! This is Cheburashka, a very popular Russian cartoon that I just found out is actually CLAYMATION after a little research on YouTube. Today is a big day for my little sister as she is heading to Russia to study and learn the language for a year! I will miss her, obviously, but [...]
Woodward Dream Cruise: Snoballs
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged michigan, slushie, snoballs, woodward dream cruise on August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I am probably the only person who takes a camera to the Woodward Dream Cruise and only takes pictures of food. Yes, my family and I spent Cruise weekend driving and walking up and down Woodward Ave looking at classic cars and all that. I love the Woodward Cruise and it was my first time [...]
Pure Michigan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beach, boating, champagne hill, feet, i love country music, lake huron, michigan, oscoda, paul bunyan is my friend, playground, pure michigan, road trip, sand on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I made THE best decision last Friday. I was thinking about how I had zero plans for the weekend and wasn’t working for once and I was itchin’ to get out of town. Not to mention, it had been four hundred and twelve degrees for the entire week and the air conditioning system in my [...]
Tony’s in Ferndale
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bloody mary, cocktails, ferndale, go green, michelle, michigan, michigan state, michigan state football, tony's on December 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Two more posts from this round in Michigan, folks. Here is Michelli with a Bloody Mary at Tony’s in Ferndale. Tony’s is a teeny little sportsbar and boy did we pack it out for the last weekend of Spartan and Wolverine football. I’m only mentioning Wolverine football because we were actually at a fundraiser that [...]
Red Coat Tavern: Royal Oak, Michigan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged best hamburger ever, clam chowder, food, hamburgers, michigan, red coat tavern, restaurants, royal oak, sigh, they also have good fries on December 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I like hamburgers. My favorite hamburger in Michigan is at Red Coat Tavern in Royal Oak. Btw, they don’t even have a website. I have loved Red Coat Tavern for years. They have THE best burgers and THE best clam chowder. EVER! Sigh… I always tell Kelly about it, and one day we will both [...]
