Detroit, United States Travel Blogs

Detroit Institute of Art
Mar 26, 2005

... . Each wall has a theme: North & South walls - Races that shape North America, the automobile industry, other Detroit industries (chemical, medical and pharmaceutical). East wall - Origins of Human Life and Technology. West wall - Technologies of Air ...

Change planes in Detroit
Apr 23, 2007

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Travelling Back Home
Jan 11, 2008

... where many things can go wrong to make it more miserable. This is why I found what happened in the sports bar in Detroit Metro so peculiar to me. I was sitting there with my beer, watching Sportscenter (finally sports...in ENGLISH!) and just unwinding ...

Detroit > Roma
Sep 8, 2006

... first off, let's catch up the first part of the European segment for the Fall of 2006. After a very smooth flight from Detroit to Paris and a short layover for the flight to Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome, I arrived in the early afternoon and was ...

From Amsterdam to the Motor City
Dec 19, 2006

... jayne cortez made the scene with her crazy poetry- making machine & to top it off, making his first detroit appearance in recorded memory, the pride of orange, texas, ladies & gentlemen, that mighty man of music, mister ...

A long return home
Feb 15, 2009

... 24 hours we are home and enjoying stories of our travels with the family. Our path will show a direct flight to Detroit, in reality we connected through Paris again (and thankfully our luggage followed us home this time). Thanks again to everyone for ...

End of the Longest Day of my life.
Aug 17, 2006

Stuck in DTW customs for 1 hour whilst they searched everything.

Our Trip to Motown - More Baseball
Jun 18, 2005

... obsession that we've established a rating system for ballparks that we've visited together. From first to worst:   Ellen:  San Francisco, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, New York (NL)   Jack:  Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco, Cincinnati,  New York (NL)                                              ...

Today is the day!
Jul 21, 2007

I am packed (had to unpack and repack due to weight - who knew clothes weighed so much).  I got up at 4:30 a.m. to finish packing and getting ready ~ we leave Mt P at 10 am -- about an hour and a half from now.  The weather in Ireland is still ...

Flight Home
Aug 30, 2006

Flight Home

Rock City!
Jun 22, 2009 (2 photos)

... and it's hard to see a family like theirs go through this kind of thing.  In a way, it's prophetic that they live in Detroit, a dying city, and I can only be glad that I got a chance to meet and visit with their father.  I've decided to stay an ...

Detroit Just in time
Jun 21, 2007

Barely got to Detroit before the plane left.

Dinner with My Daughters
Dec 22, 2006

... , and Celia will stay with her mother in the little place where she and Sunny and B live in the depths of the east side Detroit ghetto by the satellite state prison near Davison Rd and Mound. When Sunny and B get back on the 29th or 30th of December, they' ...

Not impressed
Aug 17, 2008

Nope the best of days.  No shower=no run.  The day overall left a lot to be desired.  Ah, living the dream. ;)

Leaving Motown
Sep 23, 2004 (2 photos)

Hi Everyone, I am finally done with my residency program after 5 long years. I have everything packed up, ready to drive to LA. My apartment is a complete mess but it totally worth it. I will be driving to ST. Louis ,MO tomorrow followed ...

Be it ever so humble...
May 26, 2008

Up, eat, pack, take off. Jerome was supposed to meet up but we begged off, leaving him a bottle of wine and taking a cab to CDG. The flight was overbooked and it was impossible to change seats. We relied on the kindness of others and succeeded in ...

Get your motor running
Sep 8, 2009 (4 photos)

... cereal, sausages scrambled eggs and toast plus coffee We head off towards Detroit Canada is not much different in looks to the united states, except for a plethora of Tim Horton donut and coffee take always. We have also noticed take away chip vans next to ...

The clock is ticking...
Jul 27, 2009 (2 photos)

... the infamous eastside bar where the mussels are steaming, the Belgians are boozing, and the featherbowling never stops. Cadieux is a must visit if you are ever in the Detroit area. I'll be there tonight to watch the No Reservations premiere.

Detroit - Tag 1/2 (prov. Titel)
Sep 6, 2007

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Travel Day...
Apr 18, 2006 (1 photos)

Leg one of many...Grand Rapids to Detroit. In Detroit I'm meeting up with my college roommate Katie. From there we fly to Los Angeles for a 6 hour lay over, then it's to Sydney! Total travel time is about 36 hours. I sure hope I can sleep!

Detroit
Sep 13, 2007

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WDET > Peter Werbe > Rock-A-Billy's > Buzz Bar
May 8, 2007

... and motor out to Oak Park to meet Peter Werbe at WRIF-FM. Werbe is one of a tiny handful of left-wing broadcasters in the United States and he's held down a talk show on local FM giant rocker WRIF for probably 30 years now. He's also the de facto editorial ...

An evening in Detroit
Jun 4, 2005

A stroll by downton Detroit

Nippon bound
Aug 24, 2006

My flight into Nagoya was scheduled for the afternoon. This gave me plenty of time to get last minute packing done and of course a pedicure. Unfortunately, there was no one available to take me to the airport. So for the first time ever, I called a taxi ...

Detroit Airport
Dec 7, 2007

Thanks to my Mom and Dad for driving us all to the airport. The border was extremely effortless and they waived us right though.  We were able to do a bit of shopping at a mal close to the airport Once we found a parking spot we were able to checkin ...

Go get em' Tigers!
Jun 26, 2006 (5 photos)

... . Lovely day at Comerica Park, good game, and the Tigers completed a sweep of STL (poor Monte, the Cards fan). Downtown Detroit is slowly but surely looking better and better. Mostly visits and more visits and eating and more eating. I've eaten Lebonese ...

North to Detroit and a special party
Jun 2, 2007 (4 photos)

When we got back on the road, we went pretty much straight north on up to Detroit, MI. Some very good friends of ours from Maui, Al and Lori, had planned to renew their vows and celebrate 25 years of marriage. The extra special part, was that they did ...

Dare to Dream - Detroit
Oct 27, 2008 (19 photos)

... a plan this morning .....   let's just 'pop in' and see the HENRY FORD MUSEUM ....., with a look around Detroit, before heading up to Toronto, Canada. Well, we completely and utterly underestimated the enormity and 'weight' of this ...

Kicking Out The Jams
May 3, 2007

... , I'm going to do it. So I just concentrate on myself." To that end, Sinclair splits his time between the United States and Europe, where he travels around, performing his poetry with a procession of regional bands dubbed the Blues Scholars (disclosure: ...

A Day in DTW
Jul 19, 2007 (1 photos)

... one table away from the President of our organization. Paul left me a voice mail that the flight was delayed until 3:30 or 4 pm. The Detroit airport (DTW) is very nice, but there is really only so much to see and do all day. Paul called at 4 to say ...