8/23/2009
After a really fun and busy day (we also visited the Detroit Science Center) we went to an evening Mass at St. Stephen and Mary Mother of the Church. By the end of the service it was 8:00 and we were starving. We had planned to eat at a place called Harry’s, but while driving there we passed by a Little Caesar’s Pizza and couldn’t resist. We recently moved from Newark, Ohio to Columbus – and away from a Little Caesar’s and the best pizza we had ever had. As soon as we moved to our new place we found a Little Caesar’s, but it was terrible. Whoever owns the Newark Little Caesar’s is a god among pizza men. We wondered if the Detroit Little Caesar’s would be as good. It wasn’t. However, we also ate there because we knew we were going to eat at some nice (read: expensive) places a couple of nights, so we thought it best to not waste money on food the other nights. While we were waiting for our pizza, some guy came up to us and started playing with Daniel’s toes. Um… Please don’t do that, scary Detroit guy.
We spent the night at the Allen Park Best Western Greenfield Inn. It was very nice and not very expensive at all. (As an aside, our room had a TV in the bathroom. How much time do people spend in the bathroom that they need entertainment in there?) They gave us breakfast, and this time – as opposed to the Days Inn – it was actually breakfast. It was good. Laura and I had to take turns eating because Daniel was particularly fussy and needed comforting. We try to keep him in a routine and obviously the trip was throwing him for a loop. Poor little guy.
Our first stop on Sunday morning was Fair Lane Mansion, the estate of Henry Ford. While merging into a highway entrance ramp the car in front of us suddenly stopped and we saw a little black kitten skirting around on the road. I got out and tried to help the lady recover the kitty which had hidden itself under her car. We tried to reach in and grab him, but then he jumped up into the underside of the engine! She turned the engine off and we were able to pull him out. It was then that I noticed the lady’s Pet Smart uniform. If there was anybody who could help this cat, it was her! Disaster averted, we continued on our way.
We got to Fair Lane in time to join a guided tour given by a very stern woman who kept warning people not to lag behind so we could keep on schedule. Some people did try to dawdle to take pictures, but she’d snap at them to keep moving. It was actually pretty funny. We enjoyed the tour, but it is your standard “walking through a rich guy’s house being told stories about the furniture” place, so you either like that kind of thing or you don’t.
The end of the tour drops you off at the gift shop (how convenient) but this day there was no one there to man it. This created a lot of consternation in the staff, who were running around attempting to find whoever was supposed to be there. While we were waiting, we needed to change Daniel. The public restroom facilities are actually a part of the house, so I changed Daniel on the carpet in one of Ford’s rooms. Anyone who’s had a baby knows that sometimes unexpected things can happen while trying to change a diaper. I had visions of Daniel urinating on one of Henry Ford’s rugs. Now, how many people can say they did THAT? Luckily, no such incident occurred.
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