Members ggm1960 Posted April 22, 2015 Members Share Posted April 22, 2015 Planning a short trip. I reckon I'll want to check out the Motown Studio and do some drive by of the collapsed auto industry rubble but what else is there to do? Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members monstermaker Posted April 23, 2015 Members Share Posted April 23, 2015 Drive north and check out the fishing. Beautiful state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philboking Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 Buy a Kevlar suit & helmet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 Tigers game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 I get bored quickly watching sports and I don't have much patience for fishing either. I enjoy visiting large urban areas and checking out unique shops, displays, events, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 24, 2015 Moderators Share Posted April 24, 2015 Look up Rodriguez and jam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 You might like going out to Belle Isle, or maybe Greenfield Village. Easy-going stuff, not spectacular, but interesting enough and good getaway time spent. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 I was just checking into taking a river boat tour but it's a bit to early in the season for that yet. They have a chat screen pop up on their page and I was told I could take the boat out for $700 an hour, it holds 175 people. I replied that there are only two of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 I live on the other side of the Detroit river. I'm in Detroit every few weeks. I go shopping in Detroit, and to the restaurants afterwards. I know that you are coming for more than restaurants and shopping, but to save you a few $ I'll make a few suggestions. Chili's have 2 for $20 menu every day. Logan's Roadhouse have specials at the beginning of the week. Enough with chain restaurants....they are probably the same in your hometown. If you want to pick up inexpensive computer and or parts check out Microcenter (I-75 @ 14 mile road) It has been a very long time since I jammed in Detroit, so I can't suggest any bars. As to Mowtown, you will be going through some rough neighborhoods. Generally speaking, I get on the freeway and get out to the suburbs as quickly as possible. In the summer there are usually musical events at Hart Plaza downtown, but that is it ! The BURBS is where I go most of the time. The "DETROIT" Zoo is actually outside city limits. If your wife likes UPSCALE shopping check out Fairlane Town Center, which is near the http://www.thehenryford.org/village/historicdistricts.aspx Henry Ford Museum and GREENFIELD VILLAGE (also outside city limits) . Southgate Mall on Eureka Road or Oakland Mall are more down to earth with prices. (Oakland Mall is also across the street from MicroCenter) A friend of mine lives in a nice neighborhood , but it is almost 22 miles northeast of downtown. Houses in Macomb ( my firiends subdivision) are in the 250K-300K in that area.....if you want to see some nice homes. Royal Oak and Farmington also have some nice older homes. Recently , I ate at Vinsetta Garage,.It is a converted garage into a restaurant. Food in the $12-$30 range. Check the link below. http://blog.preservationnation.org/2...-a-restaurant/ DAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Temple of Light Posted April 24, 2015 Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 leave, as soon as possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2015 I live on the other side of the Detroit river. I'm in Detroit every few weeks. The "DETROIT" Zoo is actually outside city limits. If your wife likes UPSCALE shopping check out Fairlane Town Center, which is near the http://www.thehenryford.org/village/...districts.aspx Henry Ford Museum and GREENFIELD VILLAGE (also outside city limits) . Southgate Mall on Eureka Road or Oakland Mall are more down to earth with prices. (Oakland Mall is also across the street from MicroCenter) A friend of mine lives in a nice neighborhood , but it is almost 22 miles northeast of downtown. Houses in Macomb ( my firiends subdivision) are in the 250K-300K in that area.....if you want to see some nice homes. Royal Oak and Farmington also have some nice older homes. Recently , I ate at Vinsetta Garage,.It is a converted garage into a restaurant. Food in the $12-$30 range. DAN Great suggestions Dan, thanks! I stumbled upon that Henry Ford Village/Museum earlier today while surfing. That sounds like the type of thing we would be into. That Vinsetta Garage might be our kind of thing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 I forgot the Detroit Science Centre and the Detroit Institute of Arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mister natural Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 http://movement.us/ or http://demf.us/ or http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/ peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 Detroit is known for its large Middle Eastern population...and, of course, fantastic Middle Eastern food.http://www.urbanspoon.com/f/19/100039/Detroit/Middle-Eastern-Restaurants If I were going to Detroit, i would photograph a lot of the fantastic decaying, abandoned buildings of yesteryear, but most people probably wouldn't be interested in doing that. Eastern Market:http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1994456_1994357_1994246,00.html And I'd probably go to the Motown Museum as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 Detroit is a pretty fascinating place if you can get past the mono-media images of the empty houses and the dead industries. Lots of people still live there, imagine that! Doing pretty much what they've always done, some rich, lots poor, and the middle in a muddle. My Dad was born and raised in Detroit, and Grandad was a big corporate guy in the early 20th-century auto industry 'till the crash. Grandad lived in the same high-rise apartment from the palmy days of the early, booming auto industry, through the crash, and way on into the sixties when we would visit him on summer vacations. If you've ever watched the movie Finding Forrester, where Sean Connery is an aging writer living in a once-grand apartment building that is in the middle of spreading slums in later years - that's exactly what Grandad's old apartment was like. Inside the building it was all old faux-victorian finery, and all around outside it was all poverty and slums. I remember watching the black kids shooting craps in the alleyways behind the decrepit old place from the high windows of the crumbling luxury inside. Detroit has taken it on the chin before - it will recover in time. A survivor of the dark side of the so-called free economy. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 I forgot to mention the casinos. There are 3 casinos in the area, that I know of, Greektown, and Motor City in Detroit, and if you cross the US/Canada border we have Caesars Windsor here. If you manage to cross the border, there is also Point Pelee National Park(35 miles southeast) with marsh boardwalk, birdwatching, bike trails and ecosystem AND Jack Miners Bird Sanctuary, where most of the migratory birds pass through at this time of year ,in Kingsville. You will also benefit from a weak Canadian dollar, right now, and you should get $1.20-$1.25 for each US dollar here. Back on the US side, Belle Isle (which USED TO have a Zoo) still has a nice park. As I mentioned earlier,in Detroit, you need to stay on the main freeways and main roads. Just a few weeks ago, I took a different road (Dequindre) and ended up going through 5 miles of burnt out buildings and gang grafitti. Luckily it was quiet though. Also avoid Mack Ave. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mister natural Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 I try to get my out of state friends to look past the cliché of Detroit as wasteland and think about the music.http://www.ranker.com/list/detroit-bands-and-musical-artists-from-here/reference- missing from this list (fwiw) are Don Was(and Was/not Was), Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter and Glen Frey the music festivals I've listed above are IMPORTANT pay attention people; Detroit is somewhat more than what they show you on your TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thankyou Posted April 25, 2015 Members Share Posted April 25, 2015 Was there in the nineties. One place I liked was Trapper's Alley, which is in the middle of the city, but on one of the train stops. Lots of great Greek restaurants and bakeries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 26, 2015 Members Share Posted April 26, 2015 pay attention people; Detroit is somewhat more than what they show you on your TV True, although you could say that about everything. People, cities, topics, and everything else are far more complicated and nuanced, but the media, late night comics, social media memes, and so forth often paint these things simplistically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted April 26, 2015 Members Share Posted April 26, 2015 The recent novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is a multi-generational novel about Greek immigrants to Detroit - lots of Detroit history, and probably more than you wanted to know about hermaphrodites in the bargain Good book, really, Pulitzer winner. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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