new buffalo

this saturday we were going to head over to this place to celebrate kim's 43rd birthday. we did this last year and had a great time and i was definitely looking forward to it. its in new buffalo, a small town by the lake, which is about an hour away. the food is good but its the atmosphere that i love. takes me back to my younger groovy california days.

unfortunately the plans have been canceled. after reading the speckled egg this morning i was reminded even though i live in a boring town doesn't mean i cant visit the places i love. so this friday, mike has the day off and i or we will be heading up to new buffalo to check out the shops, eat at stray dogs and for me to take lots of pictures. when it was just ham and i, we would go almost every weekend and stay the nights on my parents boat. we would go miniature golfing {which has been turned into an apartment complex} and get a pizza to eat on the boat because the lines at redimaks was way too long, read books and color till it got dark. the next day we would hit the lake and walk around town and get a bite to eat and ice cream at nancy's. we would head over to light house mall in the nearby town or catch a movie. come back and spend the night again on the boat. we would also drive around looking and wishing for cheap housing and for me to find a job so we could just live up there. there wasn't too much at the time but its grown since then. i wouldn't mind living there now.