MISCELLANEOUS MICHIGAN

July, August, September 2018

Here’s a bunch of pictures to wrap-up our time in Marshall, Michigan.

Established in the 1930s on the corner of Conant and Six Mile roads as a neighborhood tavern in Hamtranck, it was not until 1946 that Buddy’s first introduced its famous square pizza — the first of its kind — to Detroit.  Not quite as thick as Neapolitan-style deep dish, the crust is thick and the pizza (not fair to call it a pie) is baked in a sided-pan so that every piece (not fair to call it a slice) develops its own very crispy crust.  To make it a Detroit pizza you’d place a mixture of brick and mozzarella cheeses directly on top of the crust, add the toppings, then add a ladle of sauce down the center of the pizza and bake. Delicious!

Battle Creek was an important underground railroad stop.  The following pictures are of 2 small sections of a bronze statue that stands in one of the downtown parks.  It shows Harriet Tubman and local conductors as they lead a group of runaway slaves to safety.

Yup-we did spend a delightful afternoon at the County Fair.  Before you ask, we had only 1 jumbo corn dog.

 

Greek Festival in Plymouth, Michigan.  All of the food was prepared by the members of the congregation of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, and the congregation provided all of the labor.  Because of attendance, traffic control is provided by the local police; the company next door permits use of their parking lot, and a shuttle gets visitors back and forth to the festival.  Unbelievable how many people attend and make a day of it, enjoying the celebration and taking home bags and bags of food (the Greek pastries were fabulous!) .

 

We had heard that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor would be in Lansing giving a lecture as well as the welcoming address to the incoming students at MSU.  Why Justice Sotomayor?  Lansing was a participant in the One Book One Community program, which had selected her memoir “My Beloved World” as this summer’s read, and all incoming students at MSU were given a signed copy of the book.  The public was able to attend!

 

Fun times at The Big House. First an open practice then attending the first 3 home games this season. Very emotional times for Brian standing on the 50-yard line and looking up into the stands. It might have been 49 years ago the first time, but so very hard to forget

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

Barbara and Brian