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YUM is Going on a Weekend Getaway

May 2, 2014 by Chrystal 7 Comments

This is a photo from the dock of one of my favorite places here. Although I miss my home state of Oklahoma, I have found some peace in the beauty that my current state has to offer; like all four seasons.

As a young girl, we would travel back to Michigan for summer vacations and every year my mother, grandmother, aunts and a few cousins would make the drive up north to this quaint little coastal town. I have fond memories of this place and get all choked up every time I visit. One of the first getaways the husband and I went on was to Tawas. Since then we’ve made a lot of new memories. [Read more…]

The Cajun Gator in Port Huron, MI

April 28, 2014 by Chrystal 28 Comments

Alright. I am behind on this post. It’s been a ~~couple of weeks~~ month or so since husband, kiddo and I went on an improv road trip. Ok. It was in March. Before St. Patrick’s Day. I had pre-spring fever.

Once the snow melted and we had a warm day we decided to start venturing to some cities we were hopeful of finding work and moving to. We picked Port Huron because there are two hospitals there, it’s located on the water, and the bridge to Canada is right now the road.

Literally.

You can look out of the window of the Cajun Gator and see the bridge.

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The Keg Steakhouse in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

October 5, 2013 by Chrystal 1 Comment

We are nearing the end of my reviews from our short trip over to Niagara Falls, Canada. With the busy schedule that my husband is dealing with this semester (his final year of clinical’s) and his graduation next spring I don’t think we’ll be taking any more trips this year. (Boo!)

When we first checked into our hotel we knew we wanted to eat at The Keg because they gave us a $30 voucher to start with, but also because it had a nice view overlooking the falls. We had originally gone to Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse located inside our hotel. They had a live DJ that night and we had a $60 voucher. A quick peek at their menu told us why their voucher was more. $80 just for one steak! Ouch. No thanks.

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Crepe de licious Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

September 29, 2013 by Chrystal 2 Comments

This was just too yummy not to share. While on our quick little trip to Niagara Falls, Canada we stopped in this cute little crepe shop for a quick-lunch.

I have had quite a few crepes in my life – in America.

I find that they always have one thing in common – the crepe itself is bland, often doughy or too thin, and lacking flavor. I think a lot of places just use a thinned out pancake batter. Hello, one should not be using the Bisquik. No. No. No.

Crepe de licious is a “Proudly Canadian” franchise so I was a little hesitant about the “authenticity of its crepes. But when a little French man appeared behind the counter I was just tickled to death to watch him prepare my crepe that I was sold the minute he started asking me questions about how I prefered my crepes.

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UPS N' DOWNS in Sarnia, Ontario

September 28, 2013 by Chrystal 44 Comments

This is the ~~last~~ (almost) restaurant review from our quick trip to Niagara Falls. We left Michigan, stopped in London for some Bangers N Mash, did some sight-seeing and eating in Niagara Falls. We drove there, hung out and drove back all in 3 days. On the way back we stopped in Sarnia. We stopped at a place called The British Shop after the advice of my husbands dad and wife. Sadly we learned too late that they stopped serving food at 3 p.m. My in-laws rave about this little shop all the time. So we’ll have to make it a point to go back very soon. Thankfully Sarnia is only a couple of hours drive from our place so that is very doable. The owner of the shop knew my in-laws by name and description. She was very sad she could not feed us but was more than happy to point us in the direction of another place called UPS N’ DOWNS, which was another place my in-laws had suggested.

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