Category Archives: Dining

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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A Friend Over for Christmas

Posted on January 11, 2022 by thewineraconteur

As I have stated over the years, my Bride loves to invite people over for dinner.  She always is concerned that if they are a widow or a widower that they are not eating properly.  The Mother Hen syndrome, I … Continue reading →

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An Early Dinner

Posted on January 7, 2022 by thewineraconteur

My Bride keeps in contact with plenty of her past associates and some have developed into long lasting friendships.  She has groups of friends going back to the days when everyone and every business seemed to be located in downtown … Continue reading →

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A Retirement at Rocky’s

Posted on January 5, 2022 by thewineraconteur

Not mine, as somehow, I just eased into a retirement mode after practicing for it, for several years, or so it seems.  Not my Bride’s either, though she is chomping at the bit and making her plans for it.  I … Continue reading →

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