Asian Village

well, Asian Village has finally opened on the River!!! kinda... according to my sources, the coffeehouse and the sushi bar are open, but the rest of the place has a couple more weeks to go... eventually it'll have a fine dining restaurant as well as some grab and go kinda stuff... they're trying to give you the feel of walking down a street in a major city in Asia by offering you typical things that you might find there... i.e.- some sort of Asian bbq pork, fresh fish and Asian deserts... i think it's gonna be great... most of all, i can't wait for the Bubble Tea!!! unfortunately, it is not quite yet available, but is supposed to be soon...

spent a lot of time on the River this past weekend... totally awesome!!! the River Days festival has been a success so far... i'd never seen so many Detroiters in one spot (when i say "Detroiters" i mean actual citizens of Detroit)... everyone was just chillin' out and havin' fun... i think the whole city is glad that we can finally use the riverfront for fun instead of work... it's really only the beginning... some people are predicting Detroit's demise in the coming years, i predict the exact opposite: a new Renaissance, one that will defy the odds... one that will show just how powerful God is...

sound crazy??? good!

Detroit Jokes

i am so sick of Detroit jokes... trust me, i love to joke around... but i hate hearing jokes about how violent Detroit is... it isn't because i don't think it's true... i know Detroit is still high in crime... it is mostly because i think the jokes don't help... i pretty much think that if you don't have anything good to say, why say it??? the city is getting better... jokes about Detroit's violence don't help the city, they only hurt it... and if you think that's not true, just ask any person not familiar with the city... they're terrified of the city, not because of experience, but because of what they've heard from others who prolly don't have experience either... conversely, i talk to people who have lived down here and they want to stay here... they're excited about the future and they love things how they are now... i wish people would talk more about that stuff... which is why i can't stand Detroit jokes... they don't tell the whole story... they don't tell the better part of the story... for some strange, twisted reason, people love to hear all the bad about something and don't really care much about the good... it is definitely twisted...

Festivals and Walks

headed to the Detroit Festival of the Arts today... very cool... it seemed bigger and more populated... a good indicator for how things are faring for our beautiful city...

Detroit a beautiful city!?!?! yeah, it is... you just have to have the eyes to see it... if you're looking through the lenses of tired old viewpoints passed on through hearsay or lack of experience, you couldn't possibly believe it's beautiful... but come on down, come to the right places and you'll see it's pretty beautiful...

also, the Riverwalk expanded this past week... very cool!!! haven't been down there yet , but you can bet the wife and i will be there a lot... my main concern with the Riverwalk is parking... where will we be able to park??? how much will it cost??? i think i've talked about this before, but these are relevant questions... if i have to park and walk across Jefferson everytime i wanna head to the River, what good is that!?!?!

anyways... that's good for today...