Posted February 2, 200916 yr Didn't have class or work last Friday so I decided to get some photos and groceries at the Kerrytown Market 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
February 2, 200916 yr Wow, I am really impressed with Ann Arbor. That market looks awesome. The town looks like a typical college town meets a big city.
February 2, 200916 yr Great set, beginning to end. I love the bell tower shots, and the market looks first-rate - lots of goods with a lot of variety, and busy.
February 2, 200916 yr ^It really is so much more than a typical college town. It's got more going on than cities in this country ten times its size. There are very few places quite like Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor actually has class, a rarity in many college towns. Coming from Athens, it's a real shock. This college town is nothing like my college town, not even remotely similar. Even during Homecoming, there's a civility to Michigan that you just would never encounter at OU. I'm used to colleges faking their class and trying to look Ivy League (cough, cough, Ohio University). Michigan is the real deal. This town oozes intellectualism and maturity. The kids here are completely different from the kind of kids I went to college with. Jesus, I can't believe I turned down Michigan...that's like rejecting Natalie Portman in favor of Paris Hilton. :| Bismillah, out-of-state tuition... Yeah I just looked at tuition costs+room&board. $45,000/year. Ouch.
February 2, 200916 yr I would say one of the perks of living in Toledo is only being an hour from Ann Arbor, lol. No seriously, Ann Arbor is gorgeous and a ton of fun. Love it.
February 2, 200916 yr oh god you just gave me a horrible flashback. back in the 80's a bunch of us got toasty so we stayed at the hotel embassy for the night. turns out it was a freakin sro aka single room occupancy aka a flophouse for derelicts. ugh. which was kind of fitting i suppose. :laugh: worst rathole i have ever tried to sleep in & come to think of it we left for toledo even before the sun came up.
February 3, 200916 yr ^It really is so much more than a typical college town. It's got more going on than cities in this country ten times its size. There are very few places quite like Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor actually has class, a rarity in many college towns. Coming from Athens, it's a real shock. This college town is nothing like my college town, not even remotely similar. Even during Homecoming, there's a civility to Michigan that you just would never encounter at OU. I'm used to colleges faking their class and trying to look Ivy League (cough, cough, Ohio University). Michigan is the real deal. This town oozes intellectualism and maturity. The kids here are completely different from the kind of kids I went to college with. Jesus, I can't believe I turned down Michigan...that's like rejecting Natalie Portman in favor of Paris Hilton. :| Bismillah, out-of-state tuition... I don't know what Ann Arbor you're referring to but it's class is about as Happy as the Pizza, ya dig? Anyway, nice job Hayward. You made Ann Arbor look downright appealing in those photos and not a second-rate London, Ontario (with good breakfast, views from musical and demonic parking garages, and near the legendary Mt. Muffie in Windsor). "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 3, 200916 yr oh god you just gave me a horrible flashback. back in the 80's a bunch of us got toasty so we stayed at the hotel embassy for the night. turns out it was a freakin sro aka single room occupancy aka a flophouse for derelicts. ugh. which was kind of fitting i suppose. :laugh: worst rathole i have ever tried to sleep in & come to think of it we left for toledo even before the sun came up. Yeah, Huron and 4th Av's is literally the intersection of outcasts. I really don't want to say this in a mean way, but it's got a senior housing project, Hotel Embassay (it's really a hostel in better terms), the county courthouse where the soon to be incarcerated sit outside, and a converted gas station with undetermined retail.
February 3, 200916 yr hey i am glad to hear the embassy hotel has upgraded to a hostel. great idea. not so long ago tearing it down would have been an upgrade! heh. not really, i'm kidding, it was our woozy, clueless mistake to attempt to stay there. i think the general discouragement & disappearance of skid-row sro type hotels like that starting in the 80's greatly added to the rise of the homeless population. they play or played an important function as a buffer between homeless shelters and the streets.
February 4, 200916 yr yeah ann arbor is one of the things that makes toledo tolerable. a number of u toledo med faculty commute from there. i'm going to hafta visit at graduation time to see what cool stuff the rich kids throw out. and it's only about a half hour from the ohio state line. (exit 37 on 23, speed limit 70)
February 13, 200916 yr Thought I'd brag just a bit Ann Arbor was recently named the #1 College Sports Town in the nation http://www.freep.com/article/20090213/SPORTS06/90212100/?imw=Y Not a huge fan of forbes rankings, but oh well. I'll take it over the worst of everything rankings of nearby Detroit Recently Ann Arbor was also named America's Healthiest City by AARP
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