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Shop for doodads and nonsense at T e Rocket Nowhere is Ypsi’s unique eccentricity stronger than at T e Rocket. It’s called a shop for candy and giſt s, but it would more accurately be called a fun house of magically nostalgic fi ddle-faddle. Seriously. It’s hard to even explain. It’s a fl amboyant celebration of kitschy pop culture from the last half century. You can fi nd anything from specialty lunch boxes, to glow-in-the-dark stars, to novelty T- shirts. It’s the kind of shop that makes the lit le kid in you come alive.
Grab some late-night grub from Abe’s Coney Island Proper diners are magical for two reasons: never-ending coff ee and 24-hour service. But not all diners are created equal. Abe’s Coney Island is a cut above the rest. T ey not only do all of the diner staples bet er than anywhere else, but they also let you customize some of those classics in ways other places won’t. Plus, if you sit in the
corner by the front door at night, you can gaze down Michigan Avenue at the city aglow in orange fl uorescence. T e view can’t be beat.
Go on an adventure to the abandoned paper mill T e paper mill is an iconic part of Ypsi- lanti. T e tired let ers of its rusted sign peer up to campus, quietly beckoning students to come explore the mill’s sur- roundings. If you shimmy along the side of the building or look over one of the walls, you’ll fi nd that many have—as evi- denced by the decades of graffi ti that line the interior. It’s a somewhat dangerous expedition, but well worth it for those daring enough. You can gaze out across the dam and toss rocks down to the river.
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At night, the moon shines down milky and magical across the water. And remember if you want to play it safe—the view is just as pret y from afar.
Go see live music at Woodruff ’s Woodruff ’s is a bar named aſt er Woodruff ’s Grove, the village that begot Ypsilanti, and it’s hands down the best place to see live mu- sic in town. Quality acts come through on a weekly basis and it’s pret y easy to see why. Although it’s a bar, the stage and the vaulted ceilings make it feel more like a theater. T e set up is a diff erence you can hear as talent from near and far grace your eardrums.
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Get your fi x at the Ugly Mug For java lovers, a visit to the Ugly Mug is mandatory. It’s a delightfully haphazard blur of thoughtful human quirk. Decapitated robots stare at you from the wall as you sit on secondhand furniture and sip on some coff ee—some really good coff ee. T e Mug roasts its carefully sourced beans in-house and their coff ee doesn’t just taste good—it looks good, too.
Find yourself at North Bay Park Located on the Southern boundary where the city ends and the township begins, North Bay Park takes up a cor- ner of Ford Lake near the mouth of the Huron River. What’s truly remarkable about this park are the bridges that con- nect the mainland to several small islands off shore—visitors can walk out until they’re virtually surrounded by water. T e beauty is somewhat marred by the proximity of I-94, but the juxtaposition is surreal and oddly peaceful. At sunrise, if you watch the light spill over the horizon and listen to the morning traffi c rush- ing by—you’ll feel as though the whole world were waking up at that moment. 3
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