The Challenge

My wife and I are empty nesters. I try to cook for us every night, but on Mondays I leave for work at 6:00 am and get home at 6:30 pm, and I just don't want to cook.

So we decided that we'd go out to eat every Monday night. It's just the two of us, so we can afford it. As we were eating at one of our favorite restaurants, Spagnuolo's on the far eastern edge of Okemos, we decided that it might be fun to sample some of the restaurants in our area that we have never tried. Then we decided, heck, why not sample ALL of them? (Not all at once.) And then write a report.

My wife, being somewhat OCD, liked this idea of moving steadily west down Grand River Avenue, one restaurant at a time. I laughed and asked, "Do we have to eat at McDonald's" har har har? She looked at me seriously, and said, "Yes." "Old Country Buffet?" "Yes." "IHOP?!" "Yes."

Suddenly it was seeming less fun. But she says that the job won't be done, the reviews won't be complete, unless we eat at EVERY RESTAURANT.

So we'll give it a go. Every restaurant in Okemos along Grand River Avenue, from Spagnolo's to Coral Gables (which is actually in East Lansing). We only have 15 weeks this semester, so we won't hit them all. And I don't know what our schedules will be next semester, so the experiment is not a sure thing.

But for now, we should be able to get to, oh, Okemos Rd, by the end of December. Stay tuned.