Jho's Place

The weekend trip

I love Detroit. I know of no other city that has such a long history and has been through so many changes. No where else, that I know of, do you see beautifully well kept homes in an area that in their literal back yard are houses that are literally crumbling. It's a place where anything is possible because it can't get much worse. It has so much going for it too and a reputation to beat. They have an AMAZING Art Institue (the DIA) and is only going to get bigger and better. Being that during the Automobile boon in the 1920's the city has AMAZING architecture and some of those buildings are abandoned and some of them are being turned into condo's now. (they are a bit behind on the times) When a city was built for 2 million and now has a population of maybe 900,000 it's easy to see why some areas are ghost town. We drove through an area that used to be their China Town and there is nothing. The kiosk sign are still up, but the people left a long time ago. It's a city that people are proud of because they are the ones making it a better place to live. It's a battle and there is immense wealth surrounding it and finally people are waking up and investing in the city.

My last day was spent in Chicago on Sunday. I had a wonderful southern brunch at Wishbone with Anna, dropped off my bags at Dave's, and then went to the Lake to walk for an hour and then lay down on the sand listening to the waves. I then went to downtown Andersonville and had a delicious salmon salad at Charlie's and then booked it back to Dave's and we watched a movie and some TV. It was perfect.

I missed Minnesota though. I love my town. We have so much going on for us here and a great quality of life. I was happy to be home and am now. And as for the Mega Bus, I think I prefer flying hands down. I would use it again though if the price is right.

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