Celebrating the Holiday at the 90th America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Big Heads, papier-mâché heads of singer Aretha Franklin and Detroit hockey player Gordie Howe

It’s our first year here. I can’t believe how much fun it is to see the parade in person!

The young women and her husband sat next to me on the sidewalk along Woodward Avenue.

We quickly exchanged names as we settled in to watch the parade. Her two young children oohed and aahed as the parade floats slowly traveled by us. Continue reading Celebrating the Holiday at the 90th America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Photo of the Week: USS Detroit

USS Detroit on the Detroit River

Like many people in metro Detroit, I couldn’t wait to see the USS Detroit docked on the Detroit River along the downtown Detroit Riverfront.

The U.S. Navy ship, the sixth warship to be named for the city of Detroit, arrived on October 14, 2016 for a week of tours and events. Continue reading Photo of the Week: USS Detroit

Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market at Eastern Market

Black and white lion with piercing blue eyes surrounded by whimsical cartoon charaters

If you didn’t know to travel down a back alley to peer across an empty field surrounded by three buildings, you might have missed the two-story tall lion mural on the building at the edge of Detroit’s Eastern Market. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market at Eastern Market