40. DETROIT
Historically crime-ridden Detroit may not spring to mind as a hot tourist spot, but don't tell that to the city's bullish hoteliers. Newcomers include the MGM Grand Detroit (www.mgmgranddetroit.com), the MotorCity Casino Hotel (www.motorcitycasino.com) in an old Wonder Bread factory and the historic Book Cadillac Hotel, being transformed into a Westin (www.westinbookcadillac.com). Plus, the Detroit Institute of Arts (www.dia.org) just reopened after a $158 million renovation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/travel/09where.html?pagewanted=2&WT.mc_id=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M007-ROS-1207-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click&ei=5087&en=7e01f8b8c6c9bc72&ex=1213160400&mkt=TR-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M007-ROS-1207-HDR
Look Detroit is ranked 40th in the 53 places to visit in 2008 by NYTimes.
from She Was a Phantom of Delight
SHE was a Phantom of delight
When first she gleam'd upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament:
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair; 5
Like twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful dawn;
A dancing shape, an image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and waylay. 10
I saw her upon nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet 15
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food,
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. 20
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death:
The reason firm, the temperate will, 25
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly plann'd
To warn, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright
With something of an angel light.
William Wordsworth
Isnt this poem beautiful?!=)
Woohoo. School wil be over in just another 8 more days.
Hang on it there!!!=))
