Fourteen hours of fun

Saturday was a marathon of Ann Arbor fun, and a great way to spend one of our last weekends with so many of the people we'll miss while we're in NYC.

We started at 10 a.m. with an MBA tailgate on the roof of the b-school parking structure. Parker's buttery spiked hot cider kept me warm on a a crisp, sunny fall morning, laughing with some of the people who kept me company on my five-year Michigan adventure.

















Sure, Dana had an extra ticket to the Ohio State game, but why sit outside on a hard metal bench when you can go to Lenny and Anne's for a BBQ and watch on two TVs in cozy comfort?







Toward the end of a nailbiting game, I actually watched the game, but for someone who cares minimally about sports, it was more fun to enjoy the food, the drink and the company.
This party is a perfect example of what I'll miss about NYC: I sent an email around asking a few people if they had any plans to watch the game any place, and Lenny and Anne took it as a call to action, inviting us all to have a little Midwest conviviality in their house, which is close enough to the stadium that we could hear the crowd noise on the back deck.


Last stop -- Lara's rockin' 30th birthday bash in the crowded sports bar din of Fraser's. A close loss to Ohio State didn't send the masses home to pout. It was cheek to jowl as stranger after stranger bought Lara birthday shots.
Lara, drink lots of water and maybe you'll feel better by the time your actual birthday arrives on Thursday.






























When I think about moving to New York for good, it's hard to imagine leaving our friends behind. We want to have a guest room that gets lots of use -- are you listening, gang?