Perhaps the best Mexican restaurant in Oakland County is a little dive right off of Woodward called Margaritas. While it's called Margaritas, no alcohol is served, which makes for some angry customers who want some dang margaritas with their meal.
Anyhow, the Spanish translation for margaritas is "pearl" and I think that's a perfect name for this joint. I asked someone at our church if they'd been there and he couldn't place it even though he grew up within a couple of miles of the joint. It's a tiny little pearl...not much to look at from the outside. Especially considering its off of Woodward, which is lined with storefronts for 15 miles from Birmingham to Detroit.
We found Margaritas one night while house-hunting. Specifically, we'd visited the house we ended up buying and had asked the owner for some Mexican food recommendations. She pointed us in the right direction. We've only been there three or four times, but you get more bang for your buck at Margaritas than anywhere. For $14 dollars they bring out the biggest platter of fajitas I've ever laid eyes on. Rogers and I could easily eat two meals off of it. (However, since I have a "Leave no food behind" Army approach to eating I manage to stuff myself pretty good.) This stuffing is only aided by the chips and salsa, which aren't too shabby.
Why am I writing this at 1:30 a.m. when I have to get up for work in 6 hours and have a busy day?
1) I was up working anyway.
2) I haven't updated my blog much recently.
3) I might just be headed to Margarita's tomorrow...it's either that or Stuffed Crust pizza.
Happy Weekend, friends. May this weekend be car accident free and full of health and good meals for us all.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
"Glad she never fell in love with me"
Well since January is nearly over, I suppose there's really no need to continue my chronicle of Christmas vacation. That was ages ago.
Perhaps more interesting will be a brief description of our hit and run adventure on Saturday evening. It was an exciting night in the Rosenberg household. After hours of debating on what we should do on Saturday evening it was decided we would go to Target. After all, I had a Heroes Season 1 rain check and we like walking around that store. Little did we know the journey home would be even more exciting.
On the southern edge of Royal Oak about a mile away from our house we drove south through a flashing yellow light only to be met by a black car driving east through a flashing red light. I saw the car coming in one second and saw him touch his breaks. The next second we both let out a scream as we spun around. If you haven't been in a car accident, a scream I have found is unavoidable. Kind of like when someone scares you...it just comes out.
We came to a rest a full three quarter turn and a lane over resting perpindicular to the curb and nearly touching a telephone pole. We ended facing east and I saw the car step on its breaks for about two seconds before driving off.
Lisa banged her arm very hard on the car door, but other than that we had no injuries. She quickly called 911 to report the accident. A man named Richard stopped to see if we were OK. He had seen us spinning around, but hadn't seen the whole accident.
Our rear passenger wheel area was completely smashed and the car was definitely not driveable. Do flashers help when you're car is sideways in the street? After standing outside in about 10 degree for a few minutes a police officer came to begin the process of creating a report. He called the tow truck and had the car taken away while we sat in the back of the police car with Season 1 of Heroes, our other Target goods and a few other items we thought it would be better to take with us than leave in a car that was going to the tow yard.
The backseat of a police car is made of plastic -- at least in Royal Oak. We waited for about fifteen minutes while the car was towed and the paper work was completed. The police officer poked around outside with his flashlight and came back with a black Chevy Impala grill and said, "Does this look familiar?"
After having a chauffered ride home in the police car, we tried to figure out what to do with ourselves. Riding home in the back of a police car is never a good thing. But its better than riding elsewhere in a police car or riding to a hospital in an ambulance.
We debated going to the Emergency Room to have Rogers' arm checked out as she was in a lot of pain and couldn't move it much. We called my father who was playing canasta with friends to get his input on whether it would do any good to go right away if the bone was in fact broken. We decided to make a sling out of a scarf and wait to go to a Med Center in the morning.
Thankfully, Rogers' arm wasn't broken and is feeling better already. The car wasn't totaled and is being repaired already. Both were the answers to prayer that we were hoping for, praise the Lord.
$5,000 worth of repairs to the Sebring. I'm wondering if State Farm is going to kick us out of coverage since we've had $7,000+ worth of repairs in six months worth of coverage!
Unfortunately, we had to cancel plans to eat at Middle Kingdom "Best Chinese Food" with my aunt and uncle on Sunday. That should tell you how bad the accident was...
Perhaps more interesting will be a brief description of our hit and run adventure on Saturday evening. It was an exciting night in the Rosenberg household. After hours of debating on what we should do on Saturday evening it was decided we would go to Target. After all, I had a Heroes Season 1 rain check and we like walking around that store. Little did we know the journey home would be even more exciting.
On the southern edge of Royal Oak about a mile away from our house we drove south through a flashing yellow light only to be met by a black car driving east through a flashing red light. I saw the car coming in one second and saw him touch his breaks. The next second we both let out a scream as we spun around. If you haven't been in a car accident, a scream I have found is unavoidable. Kind of like when someone scares you...it just comes out.
We came to a rest a full three quarter turn and a lane over resting perpindicular to the curb and nearly touching a telephone pole. We ended facing east and I saw the car step on its breaks for about two seconds before driving off.
Lisa banged her arm very hard on the car door, but other than that we had no injuries. She quickly called 911 to report the accident. A man named Richard stopped to see if we were OK. He had seen us spinning around, but hadn't seen the whole accident.
Our rear passenger wheel area was completely smashed and the car was definitely not driveable. Do flashers help when you're car is sideways in the street? After standing outside in about 10 degree for a few minutes a police officer came to begin the process of creating a report. He called the tow truck and had the car taken away while we sat in the back of the police car with Season 1 of Heroes, our other Target goods and a few other items we thought it would be better to take with us than leave in a car that was going to the tow yard.
The backseat of a police car is made of plastic -- at least in Royal Oak. We waited for about fifteen minutes while the car was towed and the paper work was completed. The police officer poked around outside with his flashlight and came back with a black Chevy Impala grill and said, "Does this look familiar?"
After having a chauffered ride home in the police car, we tried to figure out what to do with ourselves. Riding home in the back of a police car is never a good thing. But its better than riding elsewhere in a police car or riding to a hospital in an ambulance.
We debated going to the Emergency Room to have Rogers' arm checked out as she was in a lot of pain and couldn't move it much. We called my father who was playing canasta with friends to get his input on whether it would do any good to go right away if the bone was in fact broken. We decided to make a sling out of a scarf and wait to go to a Med Center in the morning.
Thankfully, Rogers' arm wasn't broken and is feeling better already. The car wasn't totaled and is being repaired already. Both were the answers to prayer that we were hoping for, praise the Lord.
$5,000 worth of repairs to the Sebring. I'm wondering if State Farm is going to kick us out of coverage since we've had $7,000+ worth of repairs in six months worth of coverage!
Unfortunately, we had to cancel plans to eat at Middle Kingdom "Best Chinese Food" with my aunt and uncle on Sunday. That should tell you how bad the accident was...
Monday, January 07, 2008
"All the freckles on your face"
It's been awhile...a long while. In fact, I reckon this has been the longest time I've gone without posting on U.S. soil -- if not ever. I have my reasons, most of which are wrapped in a 9-day trip to Indiana, and the others are a lack of motivation.
But to kickoff 2008, let's do a rundown of all things that were enjoyable as 2007 closed and 2008 began.
But to kickoff 2008, let's do a rundown of all things that were enjoyable as 2007 closed and 2008 began.
- Christmas vacation (not the movie) -- it was a great time spent with family and friends for many of the reasons that follow
- Time spent with family and friends -- they helped make Christmas vacation great for many of the reasons that follow
- Great times -- Christmas vacation was a great time thanks to time spent with family and friends
- Grandparents -- This may have been my Grandpa Martin's last Christmas as his cancer has spread and he's been told he has about 6 months left. Thankfully, we convinced him to come spend some time in Indiana for a few days.
From here, why don't I do a Day-by-Day Log of our Vacation sprinkling in a few highlights:
- We arrived in Indiana, dropped our dog off at Lisa's Mom's house, then went to my parent's house to unpack and great the family. My maternal grandparents arrived as well. My Grandpa was crying as he walked up to the door, so that was touching and sad. It was interesting to see my family talk about his condition and death for the next few hours. The way it was handled was unexpected. After dinner at Hacienda with Cathy we journeyed out with a few amigos to I Am Legend where Shannon grew angry that she was tricked into a Zombie movie and the rest of us enjoyed a good movie -- except for Lisa who was on the bubble and kind of mad about the zombie part too. As it poured rain that night, we decided to venture to Steak 'n Shake for some late-night conversation. It was a good day.
- After church we ate a fantastic meal at Texas Roadhouse with Angela and Cathy Rogers. We then exchanged Christmas presents with Mama Rogers before heading back to the Rosenberg's for the family Christmas dinner and gift exchange with Grandma and Grandpa Rosenberg. The tree was reloaded Santa's presents for little Noel and Preston and all the other Rosenberg gifts that would be exchanged the following day.
- This was December 24, but we pretended it was Christmas morning at the Rosenberg household and traditions such as stockings' first, turn-based-opening, and no one gets dressed before noon went off in typical fashion. We later played Outburst and Taboo, the latter of which found Rogers and Becky bonding...Turns out Lisa has a knack for Taboo and Becky really likes to win so the two made for great teammates. That night we went to Madison Park's Christmas Eve service at 11 p.m. to ring in Christmas Day.
- Christmas Day was spent in Marion with Tom, Angie and her boyfriend, Matt. We exchanged gifts, played Clue and cards, and went to see Charlie Wilson's War, which we all enjoyed. Tom cooked some great food for Christmas dinner. It was a long day in Marion and a good day in Marion.
I suppose that's enough for now. I'd imagine this is fairly boring to read anyhow, but I promised (above) a log of our vacation and a log ye shall get.
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