What a Weekend! (Saturday, Part 2: German Park & The Metro Cafe)

Our fun didn't end with the ball game...we had somewhat unknowingly planned two seperate outings for Saturday. As a result of our slight lapse of planning, we went right from the ballgame to meet the Jamies at German Park.

I didn't take any pictures of the festivities at German Park, but it's held on property privately owned by the German Park Recreation Club, which is made up of families of German descent. There's a review of the event by arborweb.com. The last Saturday in June, July, and August, they open up the park, serve German food (spätzle, two types of sausage, sauerkraut, etc.), and of course, German beer (I believe they sell Miller & Budweiser too, but why buy American beer at a German festival?). This Saturday the park was packed! The festivities begin at 4pm and run until 11. We arrived about 8:45pm, I got in line for beer and was told they were out of my first choice, and barely had any beer left at all. Much of the food was gone already too. However, that didn't ruin the mood; they still had cookies left and it was a beautiful night.

We left German Park with the Jamies around 10:30 or so (if I remember correctly) and went to The Metro Cafe in the Kerrytown area of Ann Arbor. It has a great patio below street level and boasts having the largest martini menu in Ann Arbor. The girls decided that they did have an excellent selection of martinis, but they weren't quite as high quality as the martinis available at Goodnight Gracie (their favorite location for martinis). We ended up staying out waaaay past our bedtimes...