As heard on the radio in this land of Buicks and Oldsmobiles. That's right this version of the holidays is coming to you straight from the great lakes state.
It is always good to go home. There are a lot of things that are uniquely Michigan and it is great to see and experience them. It is also a lot of fun to catch up with family, both old and new.
Yachi and I have spent a week here shuttling between her and my families homes to see everyone. Along the way we have run into some great things.
We started out in Lansing (after a brief stop for rest, food and TV in Detroit) where we got to catch up with my family. We got to see the home of Jiffy <Link here> mix for delicious corn bread and muffins after having a spectacular lunch at the Common Grill. Surprisingly that was my fist time eating there and I am glad I finally was able to sample their wares.
We also were able to see a trailer park in the shadow of a landfill which I think wins the award for worst place to live. I also managed to develop quite the addiction to Project runway by watching the entire Third season and all the Fourth season episodes that exist now.
On Thanksgiving it snowed quite a bit which made for a really beautiful day. It was a wonderful day with lots of food and family.
I also got to see Trixie who has to win an award for cutest and smelliest dog ever. She is 14 and about to die so appropriately she smells like death. She had a great Thanksgiving as well as she managed to scarf down half a blueberry pie and step all over the pecan one. She is getting frail and there was some discussion of digging a grave for her now before the ground freezes. I am pretty happy that I was able to see her and spend some time with her.
We then went back to Yachi's parent's place and had another Thanksgiving dinner with her family (on Friday). Her mom brined the turkey for about 36 hours and it showed. Normally I do not really eat much turkey (the night before I just had a lot of my Aunt's outstanding stuffing) but this turkey was good. I mostly ended up eating that.
Saturday we had a reception for Yachi's family friends whom were unable to make it to the wedding which was cool. Great food and fun times were had by all.
Overall a most enjoyable holiday and fitting with the whole theme of what I picture Thanksgiving to look like and be about. Hopefully everyone else enjoyed theirs.
3 comments:
ohhhhh, snow on thanksgiving. it makes me miss home!
It was pretty cool. We woke up and there it was.
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