Quality time in Detroit can mean a ride on the mother of all merry-go-rounds and taking in a view of fully-loaded freighters, or having fun with trains that put Thomas to shame and puppets that make Elmo look like a chump. Whatever it is, here’s a guide to carving out some family time to take in a handful of Detroit institutions you might take for granted or discover some unique gems you might not yet have learned to love.
It’s a lovely Saturday, and you’ve got $20, some Canadian change, two kids and time to spare. What to do? Turns out the city’s got loads of inexpensive, easy entertainment: cool fountains, fuzzy bunnies, cheap eats, tall bridges, and, maybe the pinnacle of the entire experience, a train.
When you look at a vast city like Detroit and environs, it’s only natural that an online community of arts, culture and civic-savvy bloggers and webmasters should thrive here. If we’re not driving in our cars, we’re sitting on our asses in cubicles or hatching plans in basements and home offices in far-flung corners of the city. The growing proliferation of blogs has touched even The Tubes of the Ren Cen with GM maverick VP of design Bob Lutz running (yes, it’s actually him posting and commenting) a wildly popular automotive blog.