Taste of Detroit!

[Apotheosis]

Anyone planning on going to this festival?

It starts Thursday, June 30th, and ends Monday, July 5th.


I'm definitely going, as there are a number of great bands that will be there.

It's free admission, safe, and a helluva good time Detroit style!

[Asha]

I'll be there.

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by Drayal
I'll be there.

sure you will :D

[Czeska]

I'm actually going to be in Detroit on business, but I'll most likely be ordering my Taste of Detroit from roomservice.

[Drew]

I only go to Detroit for the Auto Show and I try to get out of there as soon as possible.

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by Czeska
I'm actually going to be in Detroit on business, but I'll most likely be ordering my Taste of Detroit from roomservice.

Well, that's too bad, if you feel slightly adventurous and/or need bodyguards, let me know, it's really going to be a great event. There's also lots of fun stuff to do in the wealthier suburbs north of Detroit. :D

[AnticorRifling]

Taste of Detroit?! Who wouldn't pass up the taste of burning tires and gang related activity?

[Asha]

Originally posted by Yswithe

Originally posted by Drayal
I'll be there.

sure you will :D

:lol:
Would be an expensive day for me.

[Hips]

Hmm... I might be in the Waterford area around then, I'll see if the boyfriend wants to go. :D

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by AnticorRifling
Taste of Detroit?! Who wouldn't pass up the taste of burning tires and gang related activity?

It all goes down well with Faygo soda and some good 'ole BBQ.

[Apotheosis]

For those of you with a negative view of Detroit:

You're right.

[Czeska]

I'm not bashing on Detroit, I'm just saying I"ll probably camp in my hotel room. :)

[DeV]

The Taste of Chicago is where it's at, sorry Yswithe. :P

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by DeV
The Taste of Chicago is where it's at, sorry Yswithe. :P

there's enough room for both.

and yes, there's a special place in my <3 for chicago, but right now, detroit is all I get for big city fun at this point in my life, so maybe some day i'll get to do the chicago thing.

[Edited on 6-28-2005 by Yswithe]

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by Czeska
I'm not bashing on Detroit, I'm just saying I"ll probably camp in my hotel room. :)

No fun!!!! I'll even bring you to one of the best sushi bar's in the area, if that'll convice you to come out. (umm, being a moderatly broke college student, you'll probably have to cover your own portion of the bill),

it'll still be a blast though.

Now, we need more people, It'll be a blast!!

[Hips]

Mmm, sushi. What's the name of the place?

[Czeska]

Gah! Don't tempt me with sushi. Hell, I"m even going to be able to expense my meals that day. Hmmmmmmmm

[DeV]

Originally posted by Yswithe

Originally posted by DeV
The Taste of Chicago is where it's at, sorry Yswithe. :P

there's enough room for both.
True enough. What bands are playing there this year?

[Atlanteax]

Originally posted by Czeska
Gah! Don't tempt me with sushi. Hell, I"m even going to be able to expense my meals that day. Hmmmmmmmm

Dinner is on Czeska!! :!:

What time and where do we meet up with you? ;)

[Czeska]

MY meals. MINE! :rant:

[Skeeter]

Originally posted by Czeska
I'm not bashing on Detroit, I'm just saying I"ll probably camp in my hotel room. :)


Don't blame you. You should still bring a gun though. may have to return fire from the window of your hotel room.

[Czeska]

Packing list:

Clothes for 3 days.
Laptop.
Kevlar.
Toothbrush.

Check.

[Czeska]

I have no idea what time I"ll be done working on the 30th, since I'll be visiting accounts north of detroit all day. But if you guys set something up, post it or U2U me and if I can show, I will.

[Apotheosis]

Originally posted by DeV

Originally posted by Yswithe

Originally posted by DeV
The Taste of Chicago is where it's at, sorry Yswithe. :P

there's enough room for both.
True enough. What bands are playing there this year?

Well, the bands I'm looking forward to are

Electrix Six
Brazilian Girls
and there's a few others I don't remember.. Will try to get a schedule up by this evening, or find a link to the band list.

[Apotheosis]

http://www.newcenter.com/tastefest/2005/music.htm

http://www.newcenter.com/tastefest/info.htm (main page)

There's also a few stages, I am prefering the Pure Detroit stage, but that reflects my music tastes.


brief weather outlook

Thursday (24 hours) : Scattered thunderstorms. Highs in the low 90s and lows in the mid 60s.

Friday (24 hours) : Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 50s.

Saturday (24 hours) : More sun than clouds. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the upper 50s.


[Edited on 6-28-2005 by Yswithe]

[Edited on 6-28-2005 by Yswithe]

[hectomaner]

oh wow, mike huckaby and kevin saunderson will be there. anyone going is in for a big treat.

[4a6c1]

Originally posted by Yswithe
Anyone planning on going to this festival?


Sure. You know I live in that cardboard box on the sidewalk outside your lofts so I'll just follow you there on the 30th, mkay? Walk. Dont take taxi. Its inconsiderate to make Santa Clause excercise his jolly-cankles in this heat.

[longshot]

The sushi in Detroit is god awful. You only think it's good because you've never had the real thing.

There's tons of Koreans and other asians trying to make a buck off Japanese culture, and the food is terrible.



Originally posted by Yswithe

Yotsuba (Ann Arbor, MI) - reasonable quality, as well as a large variety of other meals, moderate pricing, more traditional, ok. Wide variety of asian beer/sake served here.


-Owned by Taiwanese, and incredibly overpriced. I give it a D-


Originally posted by Yswithe

Sushi.come (Ann Arbor, MI) - reasonably priced, good quality, hole-in-the wall campus sushi bar/restaurant


Don't know... only communists and chicks with hairy armpits go to Ann Arbor though.



Originally posted by Yswithe

Noble Fish (closson, MI) - low price, high quality, doubles as an asain market and they supply most of the fish to the other restaurants in the area, so it's very fresh. May have some asian beers


If you're in Clawson, you should just go to Nippon Kai. Japanese owned, and very good food... and you won't be crammed in the back of a grocery store.



Originally posted by Yswithe

Shiro (Farmington, MI) (I think) - High priced, high quality, old mansion converted into a restaurant/sushi-bar. Also rumored to be haunted. Wide variety of alcohol



Never been there, but there is a very large concentration of Japanese people that live in Novi. "Sakura" (or Cherry Blossom) is always excellent. "Ajishin" is extremely good also, but there is ALWAYS a wait, as this is the only place I've found that has authentic noodle dishes.


Originally posted by Yswithe

Kabobgy (Southfield, MI) - high priced, high quality. Lebanese cusine AND sushi bar. This place is my favorite, not only do they have awesome hommous/tabouli they also have some other great dishes, PLUS a sushi bar and a wide variety of alcoholic beverages. There's also entertainment ala middle-eastern themed music and belly dancing (occasionally). This place is frequented by Arabic/chaldean folks for the most part, but if you don't mind, then this is the place I reccomend.


Owned by Arabs. Enjoy your meal as you fund the next Jihad.

The sushi chef is named "Willy Wang". Google it if you don't believe me.

(Willy Wang is not Japanese...)


I will not be joining.

Sorry...

[Apotheosis]

ROFL @ the Kabobgy comment (willy wang is the man!), and obviously, the sushi in new york, california and Japan is probably 900x better than any of the sushi bars here, but all the places I've mentioned have fairly palatable offerings (yotsuba is my last choice).

Haven't been to the other places, but would definitely consider trying them next time I go out for sushi.