We always welcome people to use our bench even when we aren’t at the moominbeach. I dunno if very many people actually use the bench but today our friends of porterization visited.

They are on their way downstate to The Planet Ann Arbor and of all things, they are staying at the Hotel Ojibway overnight. Growing up in Sault Ste. Siberia, the Ojibway has always been a fixture in town, not to mention one of the tallest buildings. Six stories.

I have dined at the restaurant at the Ojibway many times throughout my life. Sometimes good times, other times really really bad service. I think our friends went to the Lockview restaurant tonight though.

Way back in the day, Cube Neighbor was following the Umich hockey team and she encountered a pic of my doc-uncle in the Ojibway. Yup, I knew that guy. He’s the one who brought flu shots out to the beach. The Commander: “Get outta the water. It’s time to get your flu shot.” Yeah, right mom…

The Twinz of Terror took The Comm out to dinner at the Ojibway for her 90th birthday and she was treated like a queen. Her take on the whole evening? “Those boys spend money left and right.” Yeah mom, they were spending it on *you* and they can definitely afford to buy you dinner.

After The Commander died, we stayed at the Hotel Ojibway on quite a few occasions for the next couple years when we were in town and the moomincabin was closed for the season. And we were selling Command Central, The Comm’s house up on Dillon Street. Some day we’ll talk about the day I managed to end up in Sault Ste. Siberia with two cars and one driver (meee). Both cars were in the Ojibway Hotel parking lot and we (I) did figger it out.

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