Lost & Found: LA

Friday, September 2, 2011

FOUND: wilsons antiques

Downtown traverse city has the finest selection of affordable antiques....

1920's black velvet hat -$12

Why did people have to stop wearing hats regularly? I don't even look good in a hat, and I wish we had stylized hats in our daily wardrobe vocabulary.

Ebony and ivory, full set of dominoes-$95

Old school set of bingo- $25

I could have been in there for 1/2 a day easily..... Just the bookshelves of first editions had me stuck on the carpet like a freshly stepped in blob of bubble yum.

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: cherry republic

For Breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, dessert, post drinking delight.
Cherries be my diet in Leelanau County.

The pies from Gallaghers are supremely the best.

I recommend going to cherry republic to spit your pits. They have a designated area... A good place to measure your skills annually.

I'm quite the spitter I have been told. I beat my all time highest record.

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: tandem ciders

Brooks worked at Tandem Ciders one fall, so we came by the tasting room, to turn it into a drinking room.

Post ride, you have worked up a thirst for the alcoholized version of the nectar of the orchards you are passing.

Our family favorites.

You must taste.

Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

Coming up here, I try to walk/bike/ride every trail I know, pass by every farm, eat at every fruit/veg stand. It is my duty to recognize and mentally record any changes that have happened since the last time I was up.

So many of the vistas I am left wondering how is it possible to be this breathtaking?

Mom asked me to take some photos for her.....

And then used her giant foot to conquer my sandy bluffs.

My rocky booty from Lake Michigan. mom and I, are similar to Serena and Venus, we are born of the same blood, but born to compete against each other.

Today's competition: petosky hunting. (petoskys being stones only found in this lake specific to this region)

I won.

And basking in my glory and confidence, I created another competition: most beautiful stone, won that too!

Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND:Gallaghers

When you arrive to this part of Michigan you are in the heart of everything that is right with the US of A. Long roads dotted with farms offering stands of freshly picked fruits/veg, baked goods, and honey. I love how even some of the stands operate on the honor system, with no one on hand, just put into the piggy bank what you owe for what you take.

Gallaghers is usually my first stop on my way to the cottage.

For a cinnamon donut.

Lodi apples, to Make my grandmother's applesauce. My mother lovingly makes it in her memory when we are in Michigan. Lodi can only be found here, so it makes it that much more special. It's the only applesauce I let past my lips. Once you have had Grammys 'sauce, hard to eat anyone elses. Can't top the best.

Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: Leelanau county

If you ever have the chance to come to this part of the US, Take it. Here's a map, now you know where to go.

It's magnificent. five days is just not enough.

It's sad to go from spending entire summers up North to only five days. There just isn't enough time to jam it all in.

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

Monday, August 29, 2011

FOUND: Tony & Pizzanista

Tony's Saloon is usually where my evening devolves post- villains tavern.

Villains is great when you want to pay $72 on a cocktail served in a polly pocket sized glass. After the first drink you are left wanting more, that's when you head to Tonys. I am sure I already have gushed about all of the glories of this saloon on my blog, but this time around I took it to the next level and ordered pizza from next door and discovered a new love. Two loves to be exact. Meat lovers and a white pie. One slice gets too lonely on a plate.

Basically You order your slices next door and They deliver it to the bar when it's ready. Simple enough for me.

$1 leftover cold pizza slices are always a good idea.

Then you work your slices off with a table tennis tourney.

Everyone wins with an evening like this one.

Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: hangin tuff

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: Detroit airport art

Another day, another airport

It's a summer of travel and so far I would have to say Detroit has the best walkway art.

The walls are backlit illuminated with a green marbled glass.

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

Thursday, August 25, 2011

FOUND:lolo

Lolo was a great meal out in the mission. I was so pleased that Alexis and Adam( met them
in Belize) could make it across town for little ole me.

As always we laughed... cried... and ate....our faces off

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: lions of the sea

These sea beasts entertained me at pier 39. I convinced myself to be a tourist this time around and thank god I did, and did it alone, for the lions demanded a nice chunk of my afternoon.

- Typed on iPhone , sorry for iMistakes

FOUND: the grove

This grove has beer and coffee available at all hours and giant heated chocolate cookies. Don't need much more on a menu to put a smile on my belly.

I needed to put my swollen feet up after trekking from the Embarcadero to the Marina along the water...

I Settled into this cabin/ restaurant happily.

Until the woman I was seated alongside started bitching for an hour about how the Grove has taken a turn for the worse. "Now the management says laptops are not allowed and *gasp* it is now filled with tourists" (that's me!). I don't think she could see my belly smiling, so I beamed at her from ear to ear, hoping that she got the message.

If she doesn't shut it with her sourpussedness I'm gonna share my delightfully warmed cookie and shove it directly into her mug.

She got my message and

Thankfully no mugs were filled.