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Ann Arbor Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ann Arbor, United States
Returning to the Scene of the Crime
... Film Festival in Amsterdam on November 27th and spoken with the audience afterward, but this was a whole different thing. This was Ann Arbor, where the shit actually went down, and there were definitely people in the crowd who had been at Crisler Arena ...
Driving Cars - My Co-op with Car and Driver
... the long-term test cars to go on trips to put miles on them. This was right after I proposed to Jacqui and she moved to Ann Arbor with me after she graduated(she was a 4-year program) So we got to make many trips using the cars from C&D ...
New Year's Party
Depois de passarmos o Natal em NY e de conhecermos Washington DC nos voltamos para casa para passarmos o Ano Novo tranquilos, recuperando as energias, pois pobre volta a trabalhar logo no dia 2... rsrsrsrs Fizemos (na verdade o Marcio fez tudo ...
Katla?
I am flying to Iceland in 3 weeks and I'm starting to get a little nervous. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano, on the southern coast of Iceland, erupted on March 20th and then again on April 14th. Neither of these volcanoes created any danger in Reykjavik, ...
Probably the last blog entry for a while
... and even more slowly getting used to living in one place for more than a few days at a time. I moved into my apartment in Ann Arbor about a week ago, and I’m having the same kind of thoughts I did at the beginning of my trip—something along ...
Illinois to Michigan
... 12 and we can't wait to see them. The next 6 nights we will be with friends or family, and then will be almost home.... Ann Arbor Sunday, June 28th After a drive up through cherry country and a short walk on a piece of a new hiking trail that goes from ...
Back to the Scene of the Crime, Part 2
... it was proudly known as the Dope Capitol of the Midwest. Now America's second-wealthiest community, right after Orange County, Ann Arbor is totally controlled by the massive research and training corporation known as the University of Michigan, and it's ...
A toast to Mom on Mothers Day
... ); and then on to my sister, Jill's house for the afternoon. We took Jill out to a favorite Chinese restaurant in Ann Arbor, and spent a nice relaxing afternoon at her house, catching up on life since we last saw her last summer. Fun to ...
Final Trip Preparations
Here we are, 2 days before leaving on our big trip to Brazil, and we are so excited! We are nearing the end of a long checklist of preparations and have been keeping busy visiting with friends and family before we leave. Erin is a little ...
Living The Creek
... to no avail. Again with no plans, no direction, we settle on Ann Arbor for a quick stop before Canada. I’m keen to see it for collegiate reasons, but the guys go along with ...
Day 55 - Culture of Chi-town
... game to be at. The craziness actually begins there. I had planned on leaving promptly after the game so that I could be in Ann Arbor at a decent time. I was going to be staying with either Nina (my old boss from the community college) or my friend ...
A good ol' American college football game...
... and one that we wanted to be apart of was a college football game. With the start of the season, we found ourselves near Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to the University of Michigan's Wolverines. We knew they had a great team and it'd be exciting to be at ...
Thanksgiving and Mom's 90th Birthday in Michigan!
... the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, arriving at Detroit Metro Airport and picking up our rental car early Wednesday morning for the drive to Ann Arbor. There was more snow on the ground and colder temps than I ever remember this early in the year, and ...
More Fun in Michigan with Family and Friends!
Last week, after our "Mini-Mills Reunion", we had Mom come and stay with us in the motorhome for a few days, and, as usual - she had a ball! We relaxed in the sun, played Bananagrams and Scrabble (which she beat me at, 2 of 3 games!), and ...
Law School
... a blueberry bagel with peanut butter and did some writing and texting. After 30 more minutes of driving, I got to Susie's street in Ann Arbor at 4:10. I parked down the street and thoroughly gathered my stuff up. Then I pulled into her driveway at 4:30, ...
Crazier By the Hour
It was an interesting morning of sounds. It rained so that cooled it off a bit thankfully. Then both girls left around 8:00 and then Skeater would bark randomly out the window at passing dogs. Still, I got up at 9:40 feeling pretty rested. I ate a few of ...
Departure Day!
Sing along with me everybody! Thanks Dennis for reminding me to check in with Bob when I get there :) I think I'm going to Kathmandu I think its really what I'm going to do If I ever get out of here I'm going to Kathmandu ...
Michigan Wolverines vs. Northwestern Wildcats
Score: Michigan Wolverines: 38, Northwestern Wildcats: 31 With: Mom, Dad, Mike O'Brien, Bob Chalice, Steve Callejas, Tamara Callejas, Rob Karagosian ...
Any day now
We applied for our visas 6 weeks ago now. In May, that felt like such a big and immediate step. Already? What about our great American summers? We will have to jam everything we want to do into June! Well we did, and here we are into July. We've gone up ...
Home Sweet Home
Back in Denpasar, we were informed our Hong Kong-Chicago flight was 50% full, so we were encouraged that we would be able to each have a row of three seats to ourself. By the time we boarded, even though our row was full, Mike just plopped down in ...
RIPPED off in Detroit ...
Jumped on American to Chicago....got exit row seats (good news) BUT they did not recline (bad news) So it was a straight up flight all the way there. Smooth connections in ORD...got into Detroit, and off to Budget to pick up our car. While I was ...
Planning and waiting
Started getting all shot up a month before leaving. Hep A, Hep B, Polio booster, Yellow Fever plus Typhoid pills and got a shopping list of more drugs to take with us. Kenya visas - check. The actual trip planning took a lot of effort and ...
Getting Ready To GO
Hi All, We are getting ready to leave on Friday and are tying up all the loose ends. I don't know how Donna and Bob do this all the time, it is hard to be gone for a month! I've never done this before! We have our backpacks nearly full ...
Still at Home
I'm still in the good ol' USA, still haven't packed, still don't have a cell that will work in Europe, still don't have a train ...
Hitting the Road
... been a member of our family for the past 5.5 years. Once we got over the separation we hit the road! A 5 hour drive to Ann Arbor via Sarnia with a brief supper stop. Not much excitement there except the family had to hit the sack (arrived ...
Why are we doing this anyway?
... what my reasons are for wanting to go. How exciting!!!....wait a minute, we love our big fat American life in our Ann Arbor neighborhood with our Michigan dwelling friends and family just a car ride away. Why would we do anything to ...
The final-ish entry
I am back. There are now claw marks on the exit doors at Heathrow airport. I'm doing this last one for my own memory. Last day in Geneva: I did walk around a bit. I got a map of the city and sights from my hostel, but to be honest, there aren't ...
Sunday in AnnArbor
It's a quiet Sunday in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since my friend, Cendra, is a true night owl who usually doesn't get to bed before 3 or 4 am, and I am a lark so I'm up much earlier than that, I have the house to myself. Scooter and I are staying in Cendra's ...
Ann Arbor to Long Island
After some hectic last-minute packing, a final trip to the travel clinic, and breakfast at the Fleetwood, we're off to New York to hang with family and friends before departing for ...
One last day of fun!
... ; We walked around the downtown college streets. For lunch we went to an amazing restaurant called Gratzies. This week in Ann Arbor is called Restaurant Week. Each restaurant has some sort of special going on. For $12 we got soup ...