With nearly every visit back to Michigan (time permitting), there is a requisite stop at a Coney Island. You can’t drive more than a few miles in the metro Detroit area without hitting a Coney, and I’m pretty sure they are all awesome. My go-to Coney growing up was Leo’s, but sometimes convenience outweighs loyalty. So last time I was back in the homeland, we went to Lulu’s Coney Island in Walled Lake. Continue Reading»
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Rants and Raves
Beef…In…SPACE!
June 19th, 2009According to the Calgary Herald, Canada is about to take beef jerky where few people have gone before. Space! Reportedly, it is part of a program to get international comfort foods to the International Space Station so the po’ wittle astwonauts can have a little taste of home when they get homesick. At least when the aliens invade the space station, they will see the supreme control we have over our Earth-cows. If we don’t demonstrate our control, this could happen:
(via Calgary Herald)
Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat
Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State. No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries. While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery. The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.
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