Hi.
After leaving Vegas this year we Tally Ho’d to my home state, Colorful Colorado (with a quick stop at Arches National Park).
Once in CO, we got to see my cousin get married, see a lot of my family (thank you weddings!), camp on a lake, and spend a good chunk of time with some of our besties. The weather was great and we loved our CO time.
After leaving there, our next big stop was The Windy City. We’ve blogged about Chicago before. This year, we parked in a truck yard and walked into the city. It was a pretty long walk, but it was along Lake Michigan and had a couple playgrounds. It also provided Matt and Siena with their first lightening bug sightings. Aww! We devoured our 2 favorite pizzas there, and this year Lou Malnati’s was the clear winner. We took the obligatory Bean Pic (see below). And we were called out by some teenaged/maybe 20 year old girls!! Here’s what happened, we had parked on the street and were walking away from the RV. The girls were walking by and Matt overheard one say “They livin’ in there. They Gypsies.” Too funny…and true.
From Chicago we made our way to Motor City, USA.This was a big deal. For starters, it was as far East as OTH had ever been AND it was a virgin city for all 5 of us on board. (Henery said he used to play jazz in a nightclub in Detroit back in the 60’s, but he’s known to stretch the truth.)
As we pulled into Detroit we played 2 songs, this one and this one. We all preferred the Trick Trick one.
I was really pleasantly surprised by Mo Town! Sure, if you look closely it will depress the hell out of you that all these beautiful buildings are crumbling and spray painted. But I actually LOVE graffiti. I appreciate it as a very colorful and expressive art. So I was in heaven with all the graffiti! We also had a really knowledgable and friendly host and tour guide (even if he can’t parallel park for a crap! BTW, if you can’t either, here’s an answer that spells out the formula). Matt met Brother Wood playing poker in Vegas in 2011 and we have been blessed to meet up with him about 4 times in different areas of the country. He’s now in Detroit and knows of all the greatest places to shove food into our faces (Buddy’s Pizza is THE SPOT! When Matt found out I hadn’t mention Buddy’s he almost blew a gasket! Anyways,) Brother Wood is awesome company and introduced us to some of his local family and friends. He and Matt played poker a couple times at Motor City, but Ben Affleck wasn’t there–I asked Matt to keep a look out for him and to lick him if he saw him. (It’s possible he DID in fact see him, and just not want to lick him. It’s always easier to lie to your wife than to lick a celebrity. I don’t blame him.) ;)
We had a blast! Thank you, Detroit!!
Next stop? Canada!
Gypsy Bree, OUT!!
XOXO
Now we’re cookin! I hope I’m getting FULL credit for getting you back to posting again. Of course it looks like you crossed the entire country in about 30 minutes, but that’s O.K. Great photos. And to be REALLY excited about Detroit …not having been there, I’ll have to take your word for it. It DOES have a nice skyline and river atmosphere, I must say.
LOL! I do thank you for lighting the fire. :) And like I said, I was really surprised by Detroit. It helps to have the right guy to show you the great parts! (That’s true for anywhere, I guess.)
wish i had known you were in detroit. i would have lovedto see you. and take you to national coney island for great hotdogs and cold beer plus the best lemon chicken soup you ever ate in greektown. i hope to have a fouton next year so people can actually sleep at my apartment. glad you saw past the negative places in detroit and saw it is really a great city. nationally they are still putting us down. beautiful wedding gown. glad to see your little belly showing already.
Oh! I’m sorry we didn’t realize you were living in Detroit! So sorry we missed you!
We did check out Greektown (no soup though, just some really great sweets!!)
Next time we are in town, we will make sure to see you!!
XO
What a fun post!! Thanks for taking us with you on your adventure. I’m a sometimes great parallel parker, but I’ve always remembered there was an exact way to do it. can’t wait to try
Throwin’ some hands up and showing some love…tutu :)
I cant’ wait to write about your visit, Tutu! XO