Mid-Michigan Dining

Well, my time in Lansing is pretty much up.  We’re halfway moved in to Kalamazoo and J started her new job yesterday.

That doesn’t mean the end of Mid-Michigan Dining.  I will still be back in the area quite a bit this winter.  In fact, I’m heading back later today for a football game up at CMU this weekend, so expect a couple reviews from that.  It just means things are going to slow down considerbly while I concentrate on my new blog project. 

If you’re interested or live in the Kalamazoo area, check out the new blog, SW Michigan Dining. 

Again, it’s been fun Lansing…I’m sorry to see it coming to a standstill

I knew this day was coming.  I just wasn’t expecting it for at least another six months or so. 

The day before our wedding, J got a call from her boss.  Her job in Lansing has been eliminated and she’s being transferred to Kalamazoo.  The timing was awful, but it’s actually a huge step up for J so it is something we are really excited about.  With the new job comes another move. 

When J and I moved to Lansing a year and a half ago, we didn’t really have intentions of making Lansing a permanent home.  We did expect to spend a little more time here than we did and we grew to like Mid-Michigan.  We’ve had a lot of fun adventerous.  We got to see Traverse City, Mackinac Island, two Tigers games, a Michigan football game, an MSU men’s basketball game, Hell, and Frankenmuth.  We took my first trip out of the country when I bought J tickets to see a concert in Windsor for Christmas.  A few months later, we took my parents gambling in Canada….a trip my mom still talks about.  We took my niece to her first baseball game at Comerica Park this past July and we had pizza at Buddy’s which still freaks my family out.  We’ve been to The Henry Ford.  We took an inpromptu trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.  We’ve shopped in Birch Run and loved the outlets in Howell.  All of this while being centrally located in Lansing. 

Most importantly, J and I got engaged in Lansing.  Neither of us will ever forget our kitchen table where I set the ring for her to find when she came home from the gym.  We planned a wedding and got married while we were Lansing residents.  J even bought me cuff links for the ceremony that had a map of Peoria, IL and Lansing, MI.  One for where we met…and one for where we got engaged.  No matter where we go from here, we’ll always remember Lansing.

I’m not sure when the move will happen yet.  I know it will be very soon and before the end of October.  I’m going to keep my blog going, but as SW Michigan Dining.  Mid-Michigan Dining will still be somewhat active.  I’ll be making the drive back to East Lansing quite often as I picked up a lot of work this fall and winter.  I’ll, at the very least, cross post, but more than likely, have unique posts only on this blog. 

It’s been fun.  It’s been hard at times and not having a full time job in over a year and a half was challenging.  Luckily, I’m in a business where I can find work here or there and make a pretty good day out of it.  We’ve seen a lot of this state and been able to sample just about everything Mid-Michigan has to offer in the culinary world. 

Thank you to the over 200 people who, for some reason, care about what I have to say and have followed me on Twitter.  Thanks for the handful of people who comment frequently and get engaged in conversation.  Thank you to eveyrone who has stopped by looking for something to eat in Mid-Michigan.   

Don’t delete me off Twitter yet and if you’re ever looking for something in the Southwest part of the state, don’t forget to look me up….

….for the next week and a half.  There definitely won’t be any local reviews…I may have some travel reviews if I get time and have a reliable Internet connection.  If not, I’ll get back to a regular schedule the first week in October.  Some of you can figure it out, but I’ll fully explain in a week or so. 

Keep checking and follow me on Twitter.  I’m hoping to eat really, really well the next ten days….