My plans for celebrating my 25th year include a 9 mile run, sloppy joes with Grandma, Papa, Hannah and Roo, getting my taxes done, being an usher at church and Fig Leaf Conspiracy.

But the celebrations kicked off in earnest today with a cake and card during our Managed Health Division meeting and lunch at Trattoria Stella in Building 50 at the Village at Grand Traverse. The Village is REALLY a cool thing, a bunch of businesses (retail, restaurants, wineries, bakeries, professional offices) are in the restored State Hospital Grounds. The State Hospital was a State Run Psychiatric Inpatient Hospital for a number of years. My favorite places in the Village are the Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery (breads), Underground Cheesecake, Sweet
Asylum (bakery), Cuppa Joe (coffee/food) and Gallery 50 (art). (hahaha, think I like food??)  I highly encourage people to check this place out, with old brick walls, winding corridors, and iron gates instead of store doors, you know it is different than your average mall/shopping center.


I also had a little celebration with Brent's family a few weeks ago including funfetti cake, a new running outfit and camping accessories.