On Friday, we flew to Detroit. We stayed at the Atheneum Hotel in downtown Detroit (right by Greektown). On a sidenote: we were NOT impressed with the hotel or the customer service at the hotel... I think we just had a bad experience there, because everyone else seemed to be fine.
On Friday night, Matt and I decided to hang out in the bar and wait for the others to show up. We figured that everyone would make it to the bar eventually. We were right. We all went out to dinner at Pegasus and then hit the Greektown Casino. I turned in early around 12:30 and Matt continued to gamble.
This is when the first incident at the Atheneum took place... I came back to our room to go to sleep and my key wouldn't work. I always have problems with those stupid electronic keys, so I thought it was just me. I went down to the front desk to get another key and it didn't work either. Turns out the battery in the lock on the door was dead. Now, this seems like an easy fix, but it really just is not. There is no way to even open the door unless the battery is working... seems safe, right?!? Since it was 12:30am, they had to call an engineer to come to the hotel and replace the battery and give me access to the room. In the meantime, they gave me another room to sit in and wait. I didn't want to fall asleep so I watched tv (ironically, one of my favorite shows was on tv - the Golden Girls!) At one point they were telling me they wouldn't be able to fix the door until the next day and I was NOT happy about that. FINALLY, they were able to get the door opened and they fixed the lock. By the time I got back into my room and they were done messing with the door, it was 2am. Matt didn't get back until 3am, so he missed all the fun.
Saturday morning when we woke up, there was another incident with the stupid hotel keys and getting in and out of the room... the keys did not work AGAIN! The hotel staff didn't really offer much of an apology either. Plus, our room was hot (most of the weekend) and the cable went out.
Anyway, we got all prettied up and went to the wedding ceremony, which was at St. Joan of Arc Church in St. Clair Shores.
After the ceremony, Erin's parents had a party at their house for the guests with snacks and drinks. It was a nice afternoon and we sat outside in the backyard.
By the time we got back to the hotel, we had about an hour to kill before the reception started, so we had a few drinks in the hotel bar.
The reception was a ton of fun! The first hour was drinks/appetizers and then dinner and dancing. The band (Intrigue) was really good. We were on our feet dancing the entire time! And the best part was that Erin & John had supplied pairs of Old Navy flip-flops for all the girls to wear!
After the reception, Matt went to the casino to gamble again and me, Jeannette and Carolina (she's from the Netherlands) went to Fishbones to see the band that was playing there. I introduced Carolina to touchscreen Photo Hunt. I'm a big fan!
On Sunday, we slept in a little and then headed over to Comerica Park to watch the Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox. Erin's parents had bought tickets for us all to go (so nice!)
Welcoming the wedding party...
After the game, Matt and I grabbed a quick bite to eat with Dan, AJ and Carolina at another Greektown restaurant. I had some more saganaki (flaming cheese)... so good!
Matt and I went to the casino and played roulette and lost. Luckily, Matt was up $200 already, so the loss wasn't too terrible. We went to take a short nap before going out for dinner and wouldn't you guess it... when we got back to the room, the keys didn't work AGAIN! This time it was because they thought we were checking out on Sunday instead of Monday and locked us out of the room. It took a couple of tries before we could get back in the room, but we eventually made it. I was getting tired of riding up and down that darn elevator!
We totally crashed! We woke up a few hours later and went to Fishbones for dinner. The food was really good and we topped it off with a stop at Cold Stone Creamery. On the way back to the hotel, we stopped off and played a few games of Photo Hunt.
This morning (Mon), we flew back to Chicago. We logged in some time napping on the couch and now I'm laughing at all the funny pictures I (and Colin, Matt, whoever had control of my camera at the time!) took.
What a great wedding and weekend! : )
To see all the pics, click here.
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