Good Times In Detroit

We were in Detroit last week, which I was totally NOT looking forward to. I had a bad experience the last time I was there with some ghetto folk, and the negative feelings kind of stuck. However, The Fox theatre is my favorite theatre in America, so I was excited to go back there.

I decided to drive my car to Detroit from Cleveland for the week, which made my entire week so much better! I did some research on a few places I wanted to check out in the suburbs, and had a really busy week.

The first day I was there, I went to downtown Birmingham, which is a small cute area of town with shopping and stores. I found a few Christmas gifts, and had lunch at a place called 220, in some old Edison building. It was actually a really nice afternoon by myself, which was exactly what I wanted.

On Thursday, a few of us went to Meadow Brook Hall, the home of the Dodge family. Or more like mansion. It was quite a debacle finding the place, but we eventually made it. It was 88,000 square feet! Who needs all that space? The architecture was beautiful, and the interior design was amazing. The Dodge family donated the home and all of their land to Oakland University. Just gave it to them. It was worth tens of millions! Friday, we went to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Little did I know that this place was a city. We did the Village first- it was kind of like a colonial town, and each building was set up to demonstrate a trade from the times. We watched glass blowing, weaving, printing, etc.

There was a restaurant in the Village called Eagle Tavern, and they served food that would have been served in the 1850's. And they dressed like it was 1850. And acted like it too. These people were really into it. But the food was good! For some reason everything seemed to have apples in it. Including the mulled cider we all indulged in.

The museum itself was unreal. I had no idea how much stuff would be in there! Everything from trains to cars to furniture to carriages to 80's memorabilia.

And the Oscar Mayer Wiener.

On Saturday, my dad and my friend Debbie both came up to visit. My dad hung out for the day and watched the show, and Debbie and I watched the OSU game and went to the CASINO that night! (However, this is not my friend Deb in the picture, it's my friend Molly). We all lost.

I kept myself so busy in Detroit that I barely spent any time in my room, and I was exhausted every night when the day was over. If you just get out of the downtown area, the city really isn't that bad!