Category Archives: family

Friend road trip-Anna, Mike, Matt

August 30, 2012

After my time with Joe and Natalie my mom joined me on my travels. She was wanting to spend a little more time with me and I was happy to have her come along. We headed down to the city where I went to college. My friend Anna was heading into town that same night and I have not seen her since I visited her while she was living in South Korea-maybe 3 years ago? We went to college together and she became a really good friend of mine during our last year there. We met on an alternative spring break planting trees in South Carolina and bonded over being 5ft tall and having the same exact birthday one year apart! Ha!

My mom and I arrived into town and set ourselves up in an adorable bed and breakfast-one that actually serves a full breakfast in the morning. See more about there here. I have never actually stayed in a bed and breakfast and was so excited that it turned out to be less than other “budget” hotels in town that do not serve breakfast or a glass of wine upon arrival. It was so cute inside too, very cozy and not at all over done with decorations like a lot of these sorts of places.

Later that evening my mom and I met up with Anna and our friend Mike at a old haunt of ours. We enjoyed some craft beer and danced to a local band favorite. After that part of our evening my mom and I went to a 24 hour cafe for a late night snack (making weird faces).

The next day we went to the farmer’s market (yes!!) with Anna and took a tour of campus for nostalgia. Then we had lunch at a favorite restaurant of ours in town and I got the macaroni and cheese I remember being oh so good (it did not disappoint).

I also got to see another good friend of mine from college that I haven’t seen in 4 years and meet his really sweet girlfriend. Aww.

“long” bike trip to town

August 28, 2012

I wrote a brief post last week about our bike ride to town and I had just a few more picture to share. It’s about a 3 mile bike ride to town and it was only the 2nd time Mago ran along side the bikes. We were getting him trained to run around Mackinac island. He did really well, but of course we took frequent breaks for him to drink water and to rest in the shade.

I love how the scenery out here is so unchanged, it sometimes feels as if we’ve gone back in time and I love that. The bike ride was pretty fun and this was the first time I biked all the way up the big hill without taking a break or just plain walking my bike up. I thought maybe it just seemed big as a kid but it really is quite a big hill. I treated myself to a larger than usual ice cream cone in town as a reward. After our ice cream break we went to the lake so Mago could relax and play in the water (err sand). He is so silly.

iphone snippets-lately

August 25, 2012

It’s nice having so many fun things to do but when I get back that means a whole lot of orders. I suppose in this case it also means feeling just a tad under the weather. So I’ve been resting a little bit, drinking lots of water, and tea. I may be starting to feel better. At least better enough to eat Moomers ice cream one more time before leaving Michigan. Yum! The ice cream was out of town at a Maple farm so the setting was just incredible and the maple leaves are just beginning to turn.

Next week I’ll be sharing a bit more of what I’ve been up to these last couple of weeks with my actual camera photos. Also on Monday I’ll be sharing another story! This time it’s a new bride and the gifts she purchased for her bridesmaid to represent a place they all love dearly. Make sure you come back! Enjoy the rest of the weekend!