A tiny house in the woods calls for a tiny stove. But oh … which one? The first decision one faces is between wood and natural gas (or propane, I suppose). Wood, of course, much more romantic. Gas, far more practical. At first I was leaning toward this Hampton gas stove. It has low clearances,…
Author: Elizabeth Lindau
Exploring Dearborn's culinary treasures, and rehabbing a tiny house in Michigan.
Neehee’s, or why you shouldn’t write off the suburbs
The suburbs. Such an easy target. The big box stores … the bland, national sameness. The traffic, the soul-crushing monotony … OK, I will stop. Because in the surburbs, you will also find … Neehee’s Indian Vegetarian Street Food. What exactly can one expect from Indian Vegetarian Street Food? Well, from their website: “Whether you crave…
Flooring conundrums
The tiny house is build on a slab … a large piece of concrete poured directly on the ground. If you have any experience with a house on a slab in Michigan, you will quickly realize that the floor is very, very cold all winter. Miserably cold. The house came with two flooring surfaces on…
Bathroom decoupage
The bathroom in the tiny house can best be described as “functional.” Its best feature, the swing-in window, was marred by water stains from condensation that gathered during the winter months. Over the first killer winter of 2012/2013, we noticed that the drywall around the window was damp. But where was the water coming from?…
Allen Park’s Hungarian Strudel Shop
Thanks to the folks at Edible Wow for tipping me off to the Hungarian Strudel Shop in Allen Park, Michigan. It seems like nothing much has changed at HSS in a long, long time. I wondered about the origins of the dancing couple on the store’s sign … an available clip art choice at the…
My First Fatteh
Al-Ajami west, on Michigan. First come pickles. Then the fatteh.
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