Sweatin’ & Chillin’
I rode my bike to Union Pier (from Three Oaks where I live) to try and help Milda with her computer. It was the hottest day of the year so far, 92 and kinda humid, so perspiration was abundant, but it felt great. I couldn’t do anything for Milda, but since she owns and runs Milda’s Corner Market, which also has a great deli, she fed me the most delicious bacon buns. Now I know why people have been raving about them on her Facebook page. And then her gyro was an incredibly scrumptious and messy treat, weighing in at 3 pounds or something like that.
Luckily I had ridden my bike down to the tiny public beach in Union Pier before I ate that thing. The lake is still quite chilly, but after riding 8 miles to get there on a very hot day, it felt like heaven. Besides, the pool I swam in growing up was pretty damn chilly too. And the Pacific Ocean for that matter.
Milda and her husband are both great people, and both very proud to be Lithuanian. They carry a lot of foodstuffs from all over the world (their website says 40 countries, I don’t doubt it), and they make all kinds of delicious food, including some Lithuanian specialities, like a cold beet soup with dill that’s fantastic. I got the last pint of it a couple of weeks ago and some folks who came in looking for it were not very happy with me. It was worth the emnity!
