Mid-Michigan Dining

About a month ago, J decided she wanted a new car. We did the usual Internet research and found a couple cars she liked. The first car we test drove was at the Ford dealership in Okemos. We were kind of turned off by the salesman and didn’t feel like we were getting a fair price, so we left. ...

J and I have been in Kalamazoo all of a few hours and where do you think our first stop to eat was? We’re kind of moving in trips. My brother has helped me everytime I’ve had to move (and it’s been quite a few times) and he can’t get up here until Oct. ...

Getting closer. The final day of our honeymoon started awfully early in the morning. We got up and got going because we wanted to go apartment hunting in Kalamazoo. Since it was still a four hour drive from Indianapolis to Kalamazoo, we got on the road early.

Our trip was winding down and we needed one more hotel before making our way back to Mid-Michigan. We initially planned on driving the whole way back to Lansing because I was supposed to work on Friday. ...

One more chance for BBQ before leaving Tennessee. J and I got up just before lunch time in Nashville. Our next stop was four hours away in Indianapolis where we were going to spend the night before going apartment hunting in Kalamazoo. It seemed like a good stopping point.

While BBQ may have been the thing I was most looking forward to on our trip, line dancing at the world famous Wild Horse Saloon may have been J’s.

I don’t know when it happened, but at one point when I was living in Peoria, I started listening to country music. Growing up, I hated the stuff. Only the “hicks” at my school of 400 ...

When J and I were planning our honeymoon, we decided we were doing a BBQ tour. Originally, the plan included a stop in Memphis, but once we realized how far Memphis was from not only Nashville, but Lansing, ...

For someone who likes to think I know a lot about food and restaurants, I felt a little ignorant the first time I saw a sign for Krystal. J and I were driving through Sevierville, TN on the way to our ...

You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to find a local place in a tourist town. J and I went on a quest to find something that wasn’t going to be cheesey or touristy, but we didn’t have an Internet connection in our cabin, so it was real hard to research. ...

I wasn’t going to write about any of the attractions we went to, but this was too good to not say something about.

Before leaving on this trip, I had been warned by several people that Gatlinburg is not some hidden treasure in the Smokies. It’s a giant tourist attraction. After seeing it, the first thing I thought was Wisconsin Dells. ...

After lunch at the Pottery House Cafe & Grill, we walked around the Old Mill District to see what else they had to offer. At some point, we picked up a coupon book which had an offer for a free piece of fudge if you bought two from the Old Mill Candy Kitchen. ...

Day two in the Smoky Mountains began with lunch. We started to drive towards The Parkway which is where all the attractions are in Gatlinburg when J said she sort of wanted breakfast. Had I continued the ...