{"id":18567,"date":"2016-12-06T01:11:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=18567"},"modified":"2016-12-06T01:11:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T01:11:23","slug":"detroit-shared-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/detroit-shared-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit: A shared meal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001\" width=\"530\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001-585x1024.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001-768x1345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Detroit_a-shared-meal-page-001-scaled.jpg 1462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our first Challenge project with MACC Development reminded me of the importance of sitting down with others &#8211; those you know well and those you may have just met. Building and sustaining relationships is so important to the foundation of any community, any individual. I have found that my time spent in Detroit has been nurtured through this simple practice.<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are some of my favorite meals to date. As you can tell, it is hard for me to choose just a few! Written above is a poem reflecting on one of these meals shared, any guess as to which it might be?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting the <strong>Pupuseria<\/strong> after Open Streets with <strong>Yesenia<\/strong> translating for too many <strong>fellows<\/strong> to count<\/li>\n<li>Ordering <strong>happy hour &#8216;totchos&#8217;<\/strong> at Coach Insignia with new coworkers after my first day of work at the <strong>Detroit Grand Prix<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Eating <strong>burgers<\/strong> at Craft Work in West Village with <strong>Toyia<\/strong> and <strong>Edythe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Snacking on some <strong>pickles<\/strong> in <strong>Lauren&#8217;s kitchen<\/strong> after picking up a new coffee table<\/li>\n<li>Making a Pico de Gallo with vegetables from the <strong>backyard garden<\/strong> and sitting with my <strong>neighbor&#8217;s cat<\/strong>, Brains, on the back porch<\/li>\n<li>Trying <strong>Gus&#8217;s Chicken<\/strong> &#8211; the Tennessee fried chicken joint down the street &#8211; with <strong>Mike<\/strong> right before the Tiger&#8217;s game<\/li>\n<li>Inventing <strong>new recipes<\/strong> in my Midtown kitchen with <strong>Ryan<\/strong> while we wait for <strong>Poonam<\/strong> to join us for dinner<\/li>\n<li>Traveling home to Clinton Township with my <strong>&#8216;six pack&#8217; cousins<\/strong> to hear I&#8217;ll have a second cousin in <strong>9 months<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Acting as sous-chef for <strong>Peter<\/strong> as he made a <strong>6-egg omelet<\/strong> and too much <strong>homemade pizza<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Deciding to spontaneously stop at a <strong>taco truck<\/strong> in Southwest with <strong>Everett<\/strong> after hearing from a local photographer<\/li>\n<li>Cooking <strong>Thanksgiving dinner<\/strong> all morning with <strong>my mom<\/strong> and learning how to a turkey<\/li>\n<li>Indulging in some <strong>poutine<\/strong> after hiking to the southern-most tip of Canada with a few folks that I know are already <strong>lifelong friends<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our first Challenge project with MACC Development reminded me of the importance of sitting down with others &#8211; those you know well and those you may have just met. Building and sustaining relationships is so important to the foundation of any community, any individual. 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