Somehow, even though we went to college in Chicago (Loyola), two of my best college buddies live in Detroit. This past weekend, I took a trip out there to visit them. I was only there from Thursday - Sunday, long enough to confirm that things have changed in the past seven years.
2004: Not a care in the world. Typical weekend included going to a bar and dancing with random dudes until maybe 3am or so and then sleeping until noon (or so). Some studying occurred. (Hey! I graduated Cum Laude.)
2011: Two of us are married, one of us has kids, we all have full-time jobs and various sources of debt. We went to a bar. (Both nights! Friday
and Saturday!) On Friday we got home pretty early, with the best intentions of going out to another bar with dollar beers but ... didn't. Saturday night we were home early enough to catch an episode of America's Next Top Model on Bravo and be in bed by 1am and up before 9am. Despite seven more years to "exercise" my liver, I drank much less than I did in college because I don't want to get dehydrated (runner, much?) or fat (hey I'm not a hot young 21-year-old anymore.)
Time for photos!
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| Dog video on iPod = Dog Sitter |
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| Belle Isle |
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| Great Lakes Museum |
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| Great Lakes Museum |
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| Great Lakes Museum |
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| Great Lakes Museum |
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| See those buildings across the water? That's as close as I got to Canada. |
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| Stay classy, Detroit |
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| Chalkboard walls in the ladies room at the bar |
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| I'm also another year older, as of yesterday. Flowers from The Sailor |
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| From my co-workers |
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