
This adorable market place is across the street from Community High School, home of at least one famous (and devilishly handsome) Alma mater - Kent!
The shops contain our favorite Tuesday spot, Kosmo Deli, what we describe as a Korean Coney Island. They know us by name there. Really. Also, check out Hollanders Paper Goods, and see where Kat got a lot of inspiration for the wedding invitations. Don't forget to go upstairs for the spice shop, and Mudpuddles, Kat's favorite competition. Catch the market chimes, an amazing 7 ton musical instrument with 17 bells. There is plenty to see and enjoy, take a look at the link and see for yourself!
(As a bonus, the famous Zingerman's Deli is also just across the street, so if Korean food is not up your alley, check out "America's Favorite Deli", as featured on Opera and Rachel Ray.)
Visit the lovely and out of the way place Kat and Kent take afternoon walks on those rare days off that they have together. See turtles! Beautiful flowers! Mud! Walk the many trails and enjoy the river.
Marvel at Kat's amazing window displays and see where she spends most of her time.
Kent is here into the late hours of the evening, far after all the little organic gnomes have gone to sleep on their happy hemp sheets.
Enjoy more nature! The Paint Creek Trail is an 8.9 mile linear park, located in northeast Oakland County. It was the first Rail-to-Trail in the State of Michigan, as it was converted to a trail from the former Penn Central Railroad. Open to the public since 1983, (so it's equally as old as both the bride and groom) the Paint Creek Trail receives over 100,000 visitors annually. The non-motorized Trail is 8 feet wide, and traverses through Rochester, Rochester Hills, Oakland Township, Orion Township and the Village of Lake Orion. It is likely that a certain Father of the Bride will be easily found walking this trail and wishing he was biking.
Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Daily
A whole museum about cars that is surprisingly not lame to non-car aficionados. If you're from the area chances are you've been here before, but if you haven't seen a movie in the iMax, then you ought to. It's the only place Kat and Kent will go to get blasted out of their seats with speakers projecting at you from behind a screen the size of Texas. Oh, and aside from a giant movie, you can also see the original Oscar Meyer Wiener-mobile, the limo Kennedy was riding in that fateful day, and cool relics and recreations from the early days of flight.
Also, here's what the website has to say: "It began as a simple yet bold idea to document the genius of ordinary people by recognizing and preserving the objects they used in the course of their everyday lives. It grew into the ultimate place to explore what Americans past and present have imagined and invented — a remarkable destination that brings American ideas and innovations to life. The sheer scope and design of Henry Ford Museum is as grand as the vision that inspired it. It’s impossible not to feel a sense of awe as your mind adjusts to a different sense of scale — more vast, more expansive and more diverse— by far— than anything you'll encounter in everyday life. The sweeping, single-floor space with its soaring 40-foot ceilings covers nine acres dedicated to showcasing the finest collection of its kind ever assembled."
Wow. Hope it lives up to all that grand verbiage.