7.26.19 Detroit

Thursday night we headed to Detroit, Michigan after work. 

We stayed at the DoubleTree Suites downtown. 

Friday morning, Glenn and I worked. Our friends Jon and Jackie arrived at lunch time. We headed to Grand Turk Pub where I had a delicious Turkey Reuben sandwich. 

After lunch, we went to the gorgeous Apparatus Pub at the Detroit Foundation hotel. It was gorgeous. I had a very spicy margarita and everyone else had beer. 

Our car came to pick us up and we headed to the Michigan Brewers' Guild Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti. The beer fest was fantastic. 1,150 beers from 150 Michigan breweries. 

Our favorites were from Arclight. They had some delicious sours. Witch's Hat and Speciation were also tops for us. We made a big mistake at not evaluating the food options before picking a line. We ended with partially frozen hamburgers when we could have had tacos. 

At the end of the night, we brought our A game to the port-a-potty line. The people in front were not paying attention. I may have ran to the front of our line and pushed a large man into a port-a-potty so our line could move ahead of the other lines. Allegedly. It ended up being a pretty fun move as everyone then started cheering for this own line. I got an ovation when I exited the port-a-potty. Someone said I'd get a gold medal in the Port-a-potty Olympics. I humbly said I was happy to be of service. We headed back to the hotel for a night cap. We headed back to the hotel for a nightcap. I was so happy to see my favorite New Holland gin on the menu. 

Saturday, we headed to the Eastern Market in the morning. 

We tried some beers at Eastern Market Brewing. They were not our favorite. 

We also tried our luck at the Detroit City Distillery. 

I had the gin flight and it was fantastic. Glenn enjoyed his bourbon cocktail. We tried some pierogis, but they had nothing on the Polish food you can find in Northern Michigan. 

We headed up to Ferndale to sample some Mead. We stopped at Public House for a quick bite. Then we went to Schramm's Meadery. We tried all the meads on the menu. Glenn's favorite was The Rebuttal - a cherry mead aged  on cocoa nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans in a bourbon barrel. My favorite was the ginger. 

Finally, after a short nap, we headed to the baseball game. It was a gorgeous, cloudy night. We had great seats on the third base line front row. 

My favorite thing about the stadium was an awesome food court with a carousel in the middle. 

We also LOVED the chicken shawarma nachos. It was a funny moment because Glenn asked our car driver from Friday night was food was Detroit known for. He answered Mediterranean and chicken shawarma. We were skeptical. 

After the game, we went to a dive bar near our hotel - Anchor Bar. It was a great spot. Good service. Great prices. A decent ham and cheese sandwich. 

Sunday, we stopped at the Detroit Institute of Arts before heading to the airport.  We encouraged Jon and Jackie to check out the Star Wars Costume Exhibit while we wandered around the museum. They had a great baseball card exhibit. We were impressed with the museum and the exhibits.