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- AndyRoss0
Gotta go to The Lager House! The last time I was there, a whole busload of Santas came in and cheered everybody up.
And you gotta go to The Majestic/Magic Stick/Garden Bowl entertainment complex for fun, then cross over to the Union Street for some victuals and to say hi to Tina.
And the Detroit Institute of Arts has some amazing Diego Rivera murals, plus several very prime Van Goghs, Picassos, Rembrandts, and a cool Nam June Paik. Don't let the really boring Serra rusting outside put you off; it's a solid museum.
One great thing about Detroit: almost nothing you can imagine doing will get you arrested there!
- joyride0
for real, the mote is the express ways. 696 is dug down, if it filled up with rain it would totally be a mote. But on the real, for the most part, inside the mote to downtown downtown is the badish areas. (Sorry kcstock, you're a hoodlum)
Oh yeah, and drive down woodward from downtown to the suburbs, I call it the hooker tour. It's funny, you see everything. One time i saw this pimp slappin his hoe in the street. my girl wanted to stop and help... I almost cried i was laughing so hard, the cops don't even help, wtf would I do. "Excuse me there, holmes?"
- DRIFTMONKEY0
Thank you guys for all the responses. I got tickets to Friday's Tiger game, and will be spending a lot of time downtown.
That motorcityrocks site seems cool too, so thanks everyone!
- acedeuce0
last word.
- Mimio0
Alright one more and I'm done evangelizing....
- Mimio0
Ann Arbor is great , I grew up there, but you would really be missing out to skip downtown.
http://www.motorcityrocks.com/
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- acedeuce0
OR!....you can use that saturday afternoon and head down to the farmer's market in Ann Arbor and then head across the street to world famous Zingerman's Deli and have yourself an amazing sandwich.
Then in the evening go down to the Blind Pig (music venue) to catch a sweet show for cheap. Either there or the Ark.
- Mimio0
Seriously though, go dowtown on a Saturday afternoon, hit The Eastern Market, go to Roma Cafe or La Dolce Vida for food, walk around snap pictures of the old buildings etc.
- acedeuce0
Ann Arbor = Ashelys' (they have a thick ass book of all the beers they have round' the world)
Detroit = Tiger's game, Fox Theatre, Second City Comedy, HockeyTown Bar.
Royal Oak = 5th Avenue Bar (upscalie-ish, go upstairs tho where the live band is) If you're looking for a dive, go to Gasoline Ally
Ferndale= Boogie Fever, The Post
Birmingham = The Corner Bar (upscale-ish), Blue Martini (you'll find Tigers and Pistons players here.)
have fun and no you won't get shot u haters.
- Mimio0
There's lots to do.
Also Greektown (that was already mentioned has good food). If you're going to the bars and clubs downtown you'll need someone who knows what they're doing(i.e. what you like) to take you around. If you have a car there's some really great landmarks to hit as well. People who like Jazz and Blues I usually take them to Baker's on Livernois.
- wearthescar0
the cranbrook grad show is this weekend.
dont know of much next weekend.
- madirish0
do they have NT in Southfield?
j/k.
have fun.
- flavorful0
Haha good lookin’ joyride.
I’m personally not meeting with Organic, I have to go to greet a client at our Detroit Office which is actually in Southfield so I think that is suburbs.
My job is slowly changing from Software Engineer to Smiley Face Person, haha.
- Point50
(outside the mote) == good too.
joyride
(Apr 19 07, 10:52)---------------
HAHAHA, joyride, I remember when you described that "mote" area that surrounds downtown Detroit to me... is there a bridge that drops like every 2 hours that you can cross over the mote safely?
- kcstock0
A lot of D-town love going on here.
Greektown has a lot of great bars. Around Comerica Park is fun too. Head north on woodward and checkout ferndale, royal oak and birmingham.
There is a great sushi place at woodward and 9mile "Sakana"
There is always the casinos too.
- bgheen0
just spend all your time in Ann Arbor.
- joyride0
flav, I know you on yer' best is still bad - lol. That's why I'm sayin in. All in all detroit's ok. some places have a bunch of jackass'. all depends on where you go. downtown downtown == good,
suburbs (outside the mote) == good too.
- mrdobolina0
mimio is there, no?
- madirish0
working w/ organic?
- flavorful0
Me on my best behaviour is pretty much anyone else on their worst behaviour, hahah.
I’ll be with a client though, so I imagine we won’t be going anywhere seedy.
Though one of the guys I am meeting there is from Detroit (in NYC now) so perhaps he may have some haunts he wants to revisit, haha.