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Recovering from another annual Schwaben Ladies'
Get-Away, I write this article so as not to miss a detail. This year's
agenda was brainstormed and organized by the writer. Our group consisted of
eleven (11) ladies, representing approximately fifty percent of our
membership. Ten (10) members (including one new member) and a guest. We left
for our adventure on the morning of Saturday, April 14th. 2007. We carpooled
and our destination was Grand Rapids, Michigan. We started out at the
beautiful Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park where the annual
butterfly event was in full swing. A treat for the entire family!
We checked into our hotel which was located in the heart
of Downtown Grand Rapids. After settling in, everyone gathered together for
a hospitality toast and conversation. We walked to the Bull's Head Tavern
where we had dinner reservations. The atmosphere was cheery with character.
The bar was on the main floor with formal dining upstairs. The menu ranged
from tenderloin to seafood to duck. The prices were reasonable and the meals
were delicious! After our wonderful dining experience we walked to the Amway
Park Hotel to investigate". The hotel is beautiful a must see".
We then walked on over to the BOB". This is a single
building with several different bars, restaurants and places of
entertainment. After checking it out, we went on to Dr. Grins where we had
reservations for their 10:30 p.m. comedy show. What an event; not just the
comedians, but the audience was just as entertaining. Not to forget the
waitstaff. Thanks to their inability to juggle" drink trays, several of our
members received drinks on their clothes, I mean, on the house. There were
three comedians with three different types of humor. Although the style of
humor may not have been everyone's choice", it was fun just being there as a
group and having some laughs. The show lasted until after 12:30 a.m. Not
wanting to necessarily walk home in the dark and cold, some of our creative
members managed to negotiate a reasonable and comfortable ride back to the
hotel in a limousine.
Arriving back to our hotel, the bar inside was in full
swing with music, dancing and plenty of action. Some members stayed in the
bar and others gathered together in the hospitality room. When the bar
closed our members again united for more laughs. The fun continued until
4:00 a.m. when the group had two choices, either go to our rooms and get
some sleep or find ourselves being kicked out due to excessive noise
complaints. Yes our laughter was that loud. But the fun didn't end here.
After a short nights sleep, we all met in the hotel restaurant for
breakfast. After breakfast, some of the members went on to The Gerald Ford
Library to view his memorial while others went shopping.
To sum up our adventure, it was one big laugh! If this
sounds like fun to you and you are the wife of a member of the Schwäbischer
Männerchor and would like to know more about who we are, please call Ingrid
Grotloh at (586) 268-0181.
Until next year.
Katja Hartmann |
