Thanks for the compliments Amos.
I laughed when I saw your comment about living in major food country. I have been telling people that for a while but it wasn't until recently that people are realizing this. The Durham area has 2 chefs nominated for Beard Foundation awards this year, not bad considering almost every other chef comes from a major city.

I was born and raised in Michigan and lived in Marshall for 8 years before moving here. So I was living about 70-75 miles from where you are now. I was in sales for a brief time and that southwest corner of MI and Northern Indiana was my territory. Very familiar with the area. Haven't been back to that area in about 2 years, most of the family is in Detroit or the Flint/Lansing area.