It’s Monday. Just got home from a trip up to Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was a short weekend trip to attend my niece’s graduation. She’s now a nurse and starts her first professional job in January. She’s a great kid, I know she’s going to be a fantastic nurse and do very well for herself. Couldn’t be more proud of her.

While I was in Michigan we had dinner at Black Rock Bar & Grill in Portage, Michigan. I had never heard of the place, so I was surprised to find out that your food comes to you raw on a plate with a blistering hot rock in the center. They explained that you cook your own dinner right on this hot rock! I had a steak, three shrimp, and two scallops that I proceeded to bathe in garlic butter and cook on this large flat super-heated stone. I have to admit that it was fun and damn tasty! Everybody had a great time and no one sustained third degree burns! And we didn’t even have to sign a waiver! Seriously, how does this place not get buried in lawsuits?

Another thing about Michigan… they had snow. Plenty of it. Abby was in dog heaven!

-keep