Michigan

A Roast of Dad of Divas

December 21, 2010

Dad of Divas, aka Chris Lewis tells you this about himself: I am a dad who works in Higher Education Administration by day and by night a dad to two girls (divas). I was born in Michigan and after some moving around the Midwest due to working for several colleges and universities, I am back [...]

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Over the Threshold and Into the Kichen

November 29, 2010

Image by Realtor Susan via Flickr Smart and Final gave me $50 to shop for our Thanksgiving meal.  They had great sales and of course I readily agreed. It has been at least 5 years since I have been home for Thanksgiving, usually I am in Michigan getting ready to do a casino run to [...]

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Ashes to Ashes – literally

May 6, 2010

Waterfalls hold special meaning in my family.  As kids I don’t recall any big family vacations mostly weekend trips to various campgrounds and waterfalls throughout Michigan, Canada and the Midwest.  We hit everything from Tahquamenon which is huge, to Scott falls which is a trickle on the side of the road. I have memories of [...]

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Good Service is NOT a thing of the Past

December 1, 2009

On our drive up to the Sault, we stop at the Casino in St. Ignace to kind of do our warm up exercises on the slots before hitting Kewadin. Upon leaving the casino Erika lowered her driver’s side window to tease me and could not get it to go back up.  Uh oh! Mind you, [...]

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Home for the Holidays

November 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia In about 48 hours I will be touching down the landing gear at DTW. I am going home.  I have lived outside of Michigan for more than half of my life now, but every time I go back it feels like going home. I won’t lie, it is a different feeling now, [...]

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Are You CampusReady?

August 7, 2009

This post was sponsored by Sears. All the opinions are mine. While in Michigan, Gretchen, Megan and I went to the mall.  It seems to be something Megan enjoys as long as the mall has an Auntie Annes in it.  Which reminds me I need to send her my coupons for free pretzels.  Anyhoo, while [...]

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The Ugly Truth

August 6, 2009

Last week while in Michigan, I knew I wanted to take some time to go to the movies with Megan.  Her little theater in West Branch doesn’t get many shows and it is something we both enjoy doing.  There wasn’t much to choose from that week so we settled on The Ugly Truth.  And ugly [...]

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