'Take Him to Detroit'

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Year that Detroit, Michigan was founded by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Kerrie and I went to Detroit -- actually the northern Detroit 'burbs -- for a wedding this past weekend. Gentle Reader, I'll spare you of any long-winded descriptions of the city, since we never actually set foot anyplace downtown. With an additional day, we'd have at least gone to a Tigers game, but we spent our few hours of downtime in the Birmingham and Royal Oak neighborhoods.

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Stanley Cups the Detroit Red Wings have won, including the 2007-08 Cup 11 days ago. There were plenty of displays of championship pride that we saw around town, including the stand pictured here, at a gas station near the airport.

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Years ago, Detroit musician Vincent Damon Furnier took on the stage name Alice Cooper. Kerrie and I are now back in Bourne, where tomorrow, public-school students get to say "School's Out!"