The Perry has a special place in my heart!

Maybe you can tell that from the pictures. We found it one year (2000) heading through town on our way to Mackinac Island. We saw it up on the hill as we passed by. On our way back home, we were hungry and decided to stop in downtown Petoskey. Nothing was open, except the Noggin Room at the Perry. We thought it was the coolest place, decorated to be true to it's period. So we planned to stay there on our first honeymoon spot. We've been back every year since for a weekend around our anniversary. It's our place that we like to get away to.

View from the H.O. Rose dining room. 

Our breakfast table before heading back home. 

H.O. Rose Dining Room at the Perry. 

Entrance to the Perry Hotel. 

Corner where the Perry Hotel sits. 

Doorway to the Noggin Room, bottom floor of the Perry Hotel. 

Perry Hotel 

Perry Hotel 

Some Pictures from our weekend in Petoskey, MI

This is the coffee-drink menu at Roast and Toast downtown Petoskey, MI.

The children, Sharkie and Camaro. Doesn't Sharkie look like me? 

ME

This Is Me

Bloody-Murder Casserole by my husband.

Bless his heart, my husband attempted cooking while I wasn't home. The ingredient consisted of: Swedish meatballs, marinara sauce, DIET strawberry pie filling, and crackers. His dad brought us a bunch of stuff from the plant that makes the pie filling and marinara. His dad (FIL) was allowed to take whatever he wanted because he delivered boxes there. Anyway last week we tried putting some peach pie filling over a ham. That was actually good. Well hubby ran with the idea thinking he can do something similar with another meat and another pie filling. Yes, I tasted it, and no, I didn't like it. It went straight into the trash.

this is so damn frustrating

I've downloaded the necessary program to add pictures to this site. Go to that website and all you get is how great it is and what you can do with your pictures. There's nowhere that tells you how to start the actual process of sending your pictures. Must....control......fist......of......death.
What kills me is they show toolbars that look nothing like what is on my computer.

Why I enjoyed watching Johnny Carson

I'm trying to think of anything that hasn't already been said about Johnny Carson. What I liked about him was that he was always interested in what his guests were saying, and didn't interrupt them. That's important to me in life now and I try not to do that to other people. That look he gave the audience when something was said that can be taken more than one way, was priceless. The endless ripping on him by guests about his marriages were always well taken. And one word that he was not: Snarky. Snarky had not been around yet, and quite frankly, we were better for it. The sarcasm everyone spews now is tiring. I think we are realizing now how good it was. When he retired, he stayed out of view, and went on with his life. I wish a lot of actors out there would do the same.

There ARE good people out there

We got snowed in last night. Living on a busy street means we're stranded until somebody plows us out. I called a guy that was recommended by by husband's bosses. Two and a half hours later, the guy is nowhere to be found. I needed to get to work. I didn't need to be there for any particular time, but I know I was going to be there for an extended stay, and I wanted to get home before it got dark out. So pissed off and angry, I tried to shovel out the end of the driveway where the car would get stuck. Every minute I was out there, somebody with a plow on their truck would pass. I started waving at them, hoping they would stop and help me out. A guy in a white jeep with a yellow plow stopped. I asked if he could plow out the end of the driveway for me, I think I could drive through the rest of the driveway. He said he'd do the whole thing! I asked how much does he charge? "Nothing". Nothing? I felt so bad, I didn't even have any brownies in the house I could give him. So I ran in the house to get $20. We've been charged $30 and $25, so this was the least I could give him. I ran out there to give it to him, but he wouldn't take it! He asked if I had any kids. I said no. He asked if I had a dog and I nodded. "Spend it on your dog, then". I was speechless! When he way done with the driveway, he just drove away.

What's wrong with this picture? There's a check written out on our kitchen counter for a person who does this for a living, and he's nowhere to be found. A guy with a Jeep rigged with a snowplow just happens by and he does our drive for free. Unbelievable.

Lemme tell you a story

Hello!
I decided to start my own blog because I like to tell stories and share my photos. Garlic-Breathed Storyteller was the best title I could come up with. I've been known to tell a story from high-school or earlier, and to people's amazement they would wonder "how do you remember that?". Honestly, I don't know. I can tell you stories from 8th grade, but can't remember where I left my keys. That's how I operate. Rants and observances will also be included here, plus some goings-on of daily life.