Oh, Rich, just to clue you in:
the place for celebrities to stay and get their bearings here - and now,
you're one! (
great picture, BTW: what did we ever do w/o Photoshop?!) - is the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham:
Detroit Hotels: The Townsend Hotel Official Site | Luxury Hotel in Birmingham, MI.
The Rolling Stones stayed there when they played at the Superbowl here a couple of years ago, and because I had an appointment in B'ham that day, I saw Ron Wood exiting... I also, last year, waited in the heat (no pun intended) for 45 minutes outside the Townsend, hoping to catch a glimpse of Shaquille O'Neal when Miami played the Pistons last year... Almost all visiting pro sports teams (and new, ballyhooed signers of contracts with the Wings, Pistons and Tigers) stay at the Townsend. (New acquisitions by the Lions (
) tend to settle into the Days Inn in Livonia...
)
So... Until you get settled in, the Townsend is really
the place to stay here.
Congrats.
Margaret