Category Archives: Dining

I Cooked for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 20, 2022 by thewineraconteur

It is true, and we didn’t have to call for an ambulance.  I have a secret, I can cook, but I can’t cook for one or two people, if the Fifth Army was stopping by, I could cook.  I once … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day – Part Two

Posted on February 18, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Life is never quite how you plan it.  We were going to go see the ice sculptures in downtown Plymouth and it would give us a day of exercise.  One year, we went and it was so warm the sculptures … Continue reading →

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A Head Start

Posted on February 16, 2022 by thewineraconteur

If romance is in the air, it must be St, Valentine’s Day.  Now, my Bride and I are not partial to going out, when the rest of the world is expected to be out for dinner.  The restaurants and staff … Continue reading →

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Butter Run Saloon

Posted on February 14, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Butter Run Saloon * Spirits * Nourishment * Character* is the basis for a recent get-together.  If I leave it to my Bride, we will always dine at the same restaurant, have the same meal and the same wine.  Not … Continue reading →

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Rodney Strong Pinot Noir

Posted on February 4, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Every now and then, you go out with friends for dinner, and with a group, it is fun, but not everyone likes the same stuff.  That is just human nature. On occasion, you also have to make arrangements with the … Continue reading →

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Stufato di Frutti di Mare

Posted on January 29, 2022 by thewineraconteur

One day in one of my enjoyable trips to my local wine shop The Fine Wine Source in Livonia, Michigan, I was just getting ready to leave and I got waylaid.  Now I realize that it sounds peculiar that I … Continue reading →

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Up in the Balcony

Posted on January 27, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Some people may not even know what a balcony is, the multi-plex movie theaters don’t have them, and most local neighborhoods don’t have a movie house either.  When I was a kid, my local neighborhood had two on one block … Continue reading →

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Another Dinner at Chartreuse

Posted on January 23, 2022 by thewineraconteur

The Park Shelton is not normally convenient for us, but it is ideal when we are on the grounds of Mid-Town, where the museums, including the Detroit Institute of Arts where we had just left, and the campus of Wayne … Continue reading →

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Blame it on the Pacific Supply Chain

Posted on January 15, 2022 by thewineraconteur

We went out to celebrate a birthday and we met another couple at a chain restaurant located in a very large shopping mall.  They were doing quite a bustling business, and that particular mall, I am sure has survived all … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve 2021/2022

Posted on January 12, 2022 by thewineraconteur

It was dubbed the original “Amateur’s Night” by one of Hollywood’s most famous bad boys, Humphrey Bogart, who created the Rat Pack that eventually came to be associated with Frank and the boys.  A different era, a different lifestyle and … Continue reading →

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