Thursday, September 20, 2007

Your Room Awaits


Your Room
Originally uploaded by stevenjude
A few things that you should know about Ann Arbor before you come and visit....

Ann Arbor ain't that big - there are about 115,000 people; a populatin that falls to 78,000 when the students go home.

It's one of the few left wing bastions in Michigan - famous as the place thta Kennedy announced The Peace Corps, Johnson asked or a 'great society' and anti-Vietnam demonstrations first blew up.

It's not always cold - though around 130 days a year sees tempertaures below freezing

It's home to Zingermann's - a rather good deli that feels more Californian than anything.

It's twinned with Tubingen, Belize City, Hikone, Peterborough (Canada), Juigalpa, Dakar and Remedios

The words "Go Blues" go a long, long way

Locals call it The People's Republic of Ann Arbor or 25 square miles surrounded by reality

We have space for you. You'll get a bedroom, a rooftop terrace, a skylight and a train that comes through twice a night making more noise than you thought legal or even possible

See you there

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ah yes... zingermans... i had a turkey and cranberry sandwich there 17 and a half years ago... funny what you remember. and i've been on that train too!

Dr Jude said...

so it's people like you that promote the two middle of the night trains. I knew there was a reason to grumble at you ...

Anonymous said...

i find the slow rumble and clang of american trains restful...

I thought you were going to say... that must have been a hell of a sandwich... would have been January... 6th or 7th 1990... God i wish my brain still worked like it used to. What day is it?