My City Is NOT Miserable!

I LOVE Detroit! I go out to eat here. I go out for drinks here. I work here. I shop here. I live here. 

From the beautiful view of the river from my apartment to the amazing city scape you can see from the water, Detroit is beautiful. There is so much life in this city, but it's hard to see it from states away. This past week Forbes ranked Detroit #1 on their list of America's Most Miserable Cities in 2013. I thinks it's deplorable for a magazine that considers itself "Information for the World's Business Leaders" to further our city's bad reputation when we are fighting to bring this city back to greatness. 

There are more and more jobs and young adults moving to Detroit these days. This city is just starting to build more commercial and residential buildings, while tearing down abandoned homes across town that are inviting crime. Those of us who live here, work here, and go to school here are proud to say we love Detroit. While our previous mayor is on trial and our city is nearly bankrupt, we are still fighting. Detroit is still bringing in business and jobs. For the first time in 20 years, Detroit is submitting an application to be considered the next city for the summer Olympics location. Our city should be encouraged by periodicals like Forbes, not taking cheap shots so that more of the World's Business Leaders will buy more magazines or send more traffic to forbes.com.

It is easy to get caught up in the crime and violence that frames Detroit in the media, but if you walk the streets, eat in the restaurants, skate in Campus Martius, shop at Eastern Market, catch a wings game at the Joe or a Tiger's game at Comerica Park, that is when you see beyond the news stories.

This is the real Detroit.

Clark Park

Historic Homes

Amazing Cityscapes

Great Food!

I LOVE DETROIT

Thank You Ikea

Hank refuses to acknowledge that Ikea is good for anything other than the big, blue bags.

He hates the fact that the minute Josh and I return from Ikea, instead of giving him our full attention, Josh immediately strews pieces of furniture everywhere and ignores us both for hours. I know I gave a little tease of my new dresser a couple months ago, but I have finally gotten around to showing the final product.

TA DA!!!

This is my lovely blue dresser from Ikea, in one functioning piece thanks to my patient, talented boyfriend. I was smitten with this dresser the minute I laid eyes on it. Better yet, Josh felt the same way! So it was settled. This would be my wardrobe's new home in our bedroom. So long tupperware bins! Well, most of them... You might find one or two if you look under our bed.

This bedspread just so happened to coordinate with the dresser, so it had to come home too! My next project is to have some primary colored details casually placed about to give our bedroom more character. I am thinking a bench for the end of the bed would be a nice touch. Let's not let me get too carried away, but hanging some artwork will be my final victory. I cannot believe it has taken me this long to finally get this apartment put together, but I am happy that it is coming along.

So far this year I have epically failed at my resolution to post more often, but at least this is a start. See you soon!