Mountain Lion to Mavericks, Restore Files on Time Machine

Hey gang, I tried to install Mavericks on my 13" MBP and it completely bombed. I had to boot into recovery and reinstall Mountain Lion. After a clean Mountain Lion install I proceeded to upgrade to Mavericks. Now I have a clean Mavericks install with no other programs, files, etc from my original Mountain Lion install. I have a complete Time Machine backup  from my Mountain Lion install but when I try to use Migration Assistant it doesn't see the disk. I can browse the disk through finder though. How can I get my files from my Mountain Lion install onto this new computer? I do have access to another MBP with Mountain Lion if required to do this.
Thanks

If that happened to me, I would use the Recovery Disk bootstrap and do a "Restore from Backup".
Here is how:
Restart your computer, holding the "Command" and "R" keys until you see the Apple logo.  This will boot into recovery mode.  You can then choose a "Restore from Backup" once you establish your WiFi, etc.

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