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                     So much food today, oh so much food

I don't recall the last time I ate at the Mexican Village [1], but it's been
something like 30 to 35 years. It is my second favorite place to eat, Buddy's
[2] being my first. I missed eating at Mexican Village ten years ago, and I
wasn't about to miss it this trip. So Bunny and I drove the 25 miles between
there and the hotel.

I will say that one thing I do not miss are the Detroit roads—it's like one
extended pot hole half-repaired. Ka-thunk ka-thunk ka-thunk bud-a-bud-a-bud-a
bud-a-thunk ka-thunk. **The entire way!** And back again!

Anyway, other than the road conditions, the trip was mostly uneventful.
Things have changed in the 30+ years since I last visited Mexican Village,
and let's just say the junction between I-75, I-96, and the Ambassador Bridge
[3] is a snarled mess under construction and half-blocked off. And the
neighborhood there is … um … shall we say, economically challenged and slowly
being reclaimed by nature. It's an odd mix to say the least.

But one oddly maneuvered U-turn in an otherwise abandoned lot later, we
arrived. And the place hasn't changed at all in the past 30+ years. I even
recogized the same art work on the walls. Amazing!

Way too much food. Just way too much food.

A few hours later, and we were off to an after-rehearsal dinner at The Honey
Hole [4] in Plymouth, Michigan [5]. We had the entire restuarant for the
party as the groom-to-be, my cousin Jordan, was also a part owner of the
place (and is still in the process of reopening the place now that Michigan
is slowly opening up). His brother Aaron, owner of the Westwind Brewery [6]
in Elkhart, Indiana [7], was curious about the brewing possibilities in the
basement (it's Michigan—every building has a basement, and it's something I
sorely miss, living in South Florida), When we were given a tour of the
basement, it was clear that brewing beer was not an option, unless you hired
a bunch of Hobbits (or Oompa-Loompas—they would work just as well).

And then the food arrived. Way too much food. If this keeps up, I might have
to use a baby care bag [8].

[1] https://www.mexicanvillagefood.com/
[2] https://www.buddyspizza.com/
[3] https://www.ambassadorbridge.com/
[4] http://honeyholediner.com/
[5] https://www.ci.plymouth.mi.us/
[6] http://westwindbrewery.com/
[7] https://elkhartindiana.org/
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2021/06/15.2

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