I tried yet another dispensary in New Buffalo, in search of gummies to help with sleep. This time I was joined by my 92-year- old aunt who was impressed by the clean bathrooms, in particular, at Uniq cannabis.
I found yet another option to try, this time Camino chews, rather than gummies. Think hi-chews or starburst rather than gum drops. Very efficient and pleasant place with a much-pierced salesclerk, maybe one-third my age, who referred to us as “hon.”
We had an excellent breakfast (Huevos rancheros, poached eggs) at The Mason Jar in Benton Harbor, which was very busy on a Sunday at around 1 pm but there are lots of tables inside so the wait was only 15 minutes.
In Birmingham, the restaurant at The Hotel Townsend proved a nice quiet place for dinner, as did Phoenicia (skip the artichokes and spinach cheese pie, yes to shush tawock or baked chicken) for the cutest 90-something’s.
Some new and old dining in the Detroit area this trip. New included a very lively ( for a Monday night) Mexican Restaurant in a humble, post-industrial neighborhood of downtown Detroit near the Ambassador Bridge (to Canada) called Mi Pueblo. I had good steak and shrimp Fajitas and a cheap margarita.
The next night we celebrated my birthday ( yes, the one in April, again) at Bella Piatti in snazzy Birmingham near the Townsend Hotel . I had excellent Scaloppine Saltimbocca (veal medallions, Parma prosciutto, fresh sage, white wine, lemon crushed potatoes). We shared a delicious Involtini Di Melanzane (Grilled eggplant rolls, seasoned ricotta cheese, tomato sauce.)
The old favorite was The Stage Deli in West Bloomfield, where I had a delicious “small” Mark beltaire salad ( with strips, on request, of corned beef, turkey and Swiss cheese with a creamy white ranch dressing and a bowl of kreplach soup. Yum!
