One of our favorite things to do on the weekends is to venture downtown (Detroit) for some urban foraging and exploration.   Over the past few years, the downtown areas have benefited greatly from the influx of new money and investors.  Simply on the basis of esthetics, I have never seen the city look so good.

This weekend presented a particularly good opportunity to head down.   We had received a “comped” room from a friend at the Motor City Casino Hotel.  Although gambling isn’t really our thing,  we do enjoy the accommodations at the hotel.

Now I can honestly say that we knew what we were in for, as this particular weekend coincided with the annual Youmacon convention.  What is Youmacon?  I can best describe it as Comicon, but for the anime crowd.  Here is a link, if you really wanted to know more about it.    http://www.youmacon.com/

Thousands of kids between the ages 12 and 50 descend upon the city; many engage in cosplay  (costume play) with some incredibly well made costumes.

The three day convention holds different events at the Renaissance Center and Cobb Hall which pretty much creates a steady flow of “characters” walking between the two venues.

The People Mover also gets overrun.

We met up with my sister in Greektown for some sushi.  (yeah, I know… sushi isn’t Greek, but they’ve got some pretty decent rolls at Fishbone’s)

Free hugs?

Ending a pretty cool weekend in the D with a couple of my favorites, huevos rancheros and chiliquillas for breakfast!  Evie’s Tamales in Mexican Town have some of the best you’ll find.