Friday
I worked until about noon on Friday, and hit the road for Stef’s house. It was about 1:30 by the time I made it into town, and I was getting pretty hungry at that point. We grabbed a quick bite at this burger joint in Birmingham, and came back to relax at the house for a while before heading out to visit Stef’s grandma.
I hadn’t seen her in a while, so it was nice to sit and catch up for a while. Stef and I have been trying to round up some pictures so I can do a graduation video for her, so we spent some time going through June’s collection while we were there.
Of course, the main reason for our visit was to go out to dinner at June’s church for their fish fry. While I don’t mean to knock the fish fry at St. Casmir, the one at June’s church had a much better variety of foods to choose from – salads, pasta, all kinds of fish, calamari, spinach pie, etc. – and the price was pretty comparable. I know the Catholics like to think they have the market cornered on fish fries, but watch out for those Greeks.
Anyway, dinner was really good, and we hit the road at around 7 for the drive into Detroit for our concert at the Majestic. We got there, parked, and made it inside by around 8PM. The venue was pretty small – just this main floor that would probably only hold 500-600 people, stuffed to the gills – but what was cool was that we were able to get up front and lean right up against the stage.
The show was supposed to start at 8, but the opening act didn’t take the stage until 9, and Badly Drawn Boy didn’t come out until 10. After BDB’s 2+ hour set, we had been on our feet for well over four hours, and were both completely exhausted.
Of course, it was well worth it. The show was even better than I imagined. BDB played pretty much every song I wanted them to play, and the highlight of the night was when Damon came over to our side of the stage during “All Possibilities” to shake people’s hands. Stef got a couple of closeups with her camera while he was by us, and we both got to reach out and shake his hand. I realize no one has any clue who this band is, but for me, this was an amazing concert, and I’m so glad we were able to go.
Saturday
We didn’t make it home until well after 1 on Friday night, so it felt good to sleep in until about 10:30 on Saturday morning. Stefy and I eventually got up though, and she made me an omelet for breakfast (mmmm).
That afternoon we headed out to the mall to finish getting a few things for Danielle’s birthday. There wasn’t a whole lot left to do, but it’s always nice to get out and putz around the mall for a while. After we were done shopping, we grabbed some smoothies in Birmingham, and started heading home. By the time we made it back to the house, we pretty much had to start getting ready to head out for the birthday party.
This was something like Danielle’s fourth or fifth “surprise” party in a row, and believe it or not, she claims she was surprised yet again (although I have my doubts). Still, we had a lot of fun at her house, and chowed down on some yummy food from Steve’s Deli before heading out to see a Second City show in Novi.
The only Second City performance I’ve ever seen was the B-stage in Chicago, and this one had a similar setup. The thing that was cool though was that they threw in some Michigan-specific jokes, which a lot of people seemed to appreciate. All-in-all it was a really funny set, and we were all thankful to Danielle’s mom for inviting us. Stef and I were pretty tired by the time we made it back to Danielle’s house for birthday cake, so we pretty much had to eat and run.
Sunday
After another late night, we both wound up sleeping in late on Sunday morning. With the time change, it was actually 11:30 by the time I woke up, which was pretty ridiculous. Stef made me another omelet for breakfast, and we just sorta lounged around for a couple hours, which was nice. After catching up on last week’s 24, we eventually got up and around, and headed into Birmingham for a late, light lunch at Pita Cafe.
I pretty much packed up and hit the road after our lunch, and made it back to Lansing by 6 or 6:30. To be honest, I was kinda looking forward to a lazy night at home, but I forgot that I needed to get some groceries for the week, so I headed out to Kroger at around 8 to do some shopping. After that I just watched a little TV, and tried to get to bed at the usual time, even though I wasn’t really that tired yet (damn time change).
Anyway, that was it for the weekend. I hope everyone had a good one.
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