Today did not start out very auspiciously. I knew the time changed overnight. Fine. Time changes don’t really bother me and I was planning to get up at my usual time, DST or not.

Problem. I have two time-telling devices on the dresser next to my bed. My iPhone, which automatically changes the time and my alarm clock, which does NOT. Guess which one I kept looking at throughout the night? If you guessed alarm clock, DING DING DING. You win the booby prize. So when my alarm clock proclaimed 6:54, I wondered why it was so light out. Well, because (you ding dong) nobody reset the time. iPhone? It’s actually 7:54 (you ding dong). Good thing I don’t have a JOB to get to on time.

It was a gorgeous warm day (for March in The Great Lake State) and the GG walked to Dexter. He called me around noon to ask for a ride. I said, “Does this come with lunch?” Yes. Yes it can. An obvious choice would’ve been Dexter’s Pub but he said something about Manchester and I couldn’t think of any place in Manchester except the Blacksheep Tavern but that closed eons ago. But we decided to head south to Manchester and take our chances.

We settled on The Village Tap. It doesn’t look very auspicious does it? There was a newer fancier sports bar across the street and I’m sure it would’ve been fine but the Village Tap was calling my name. We walked in and 1) it was a little shabby and 2) I was the only woman in the bar except for the bartender. But still.

We took seats at the end of the bar and were NOT disappointed. I had chili in mind when I walked in and they had it but when I saw OLIVE BURGER, I switched to that. The bartender was VERY friendly and attentive and anticipated things we didn’t even know we needed, i.e., “I cut your olive burger in half. They can get messy.” Yes, they can and I greatly appreciated that. The first bite I took got all over my chin! Good though! Manchester is not on our regular country roads “beat”, at least not at lunch time but that is one place I will remember whenever I am in the area and in need of lunch.

The icing on today’s cake is a loverly call with my uber cousin UKW. We don’t call each other often but when we do we have a great time catching up. Love and laughter abound. Nothing like spending your summers with two fellow female cousins your own age and a bunch of other beloved relatives. They say it takes a village and we had one.

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