Happy September everyone and all. Here is a friendly reminder telling you that you can no longer wear white pants. Sorry. It's non-negotiable according to the F.P. (Fashionista Police). I serious. If you do it then you will be looked upon as a social pariah.
The last two weeks have been the busiest (and maybe the craziest) of the summer. It started with yet another family reunion in Detroit, MI and ended with a visit to my old college buddy Mike in Portland, ME. Over the next few days I will be filling you all in about these events.
The Davis Family Barbecue was held at a place whose name I can't remember but I definitely know is located somewhere in Michigan. It is the type of location where every family and/or large group loves to congregate. It offers a wide open spaces as well as numerous (and extremely large!) trash cans. Go city park, whose-name-I-cannot-remember, go! Usually you go to a city park and all of the cans are overflowing. My lady and I even bought a badminton set. It was one of those budget ones where the rackets were just like the real ones except they were missing the neck. It was more like we were playing Squash but without the wall or any of the rules that go with it. After playing the game for the first time in over a decade I realized just how much I really suck at the game.
The food was amazing! I lost count of how many different types of foods they had there. There were the usual items like fried chicken, steak, greens, corn, beans, mac and cheese, and bread. Desert offered chocolate cake, brownies and peach cobbler. The food offered a variety of pleasant assaults on our culinary senses. To top it all offer there was plenty of Faygo! What is Fayo you ask? Read on...
Faygo has been around for 101 years and seems to be a major part of the Michigan culture. they have all of the classic flavors and plenty of sugar! They give the other soda makes a run for their money. Faygo seems to have held onto their identity while remaining innovative at the same time. A quick example is their website. It has that cutting edge norm of the website that maintains the classic retro look and appeal of the product. This is still the case even after being bought out in 1987 by the National Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:FIZZ).
There were a few other games. Two that were played were the 'Tug-of-War' and the other was the water balloon toss. The water balloon replaced the raw egg years back from obvious reasons. I'll let you, the reader, decide what that reasons. The picnic ended as quickly as it had began. There was the big cleanup and then everyone went home.
Join me tomorrow for the next part of the craziness.
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